Medicare-certified and Minnesota Department of Health licensed home care providing the following services: - Home health aide - Occupational therapy - Physical therapy - Public health nursing - Speech therapy

A care plan will be designed to meet the individual's needs. Absolute PCA offers services such as: -PCA Services -Homemaker Care -Respite Care -Midnight/Over Night Care

Provides personal care assistance services for older adults and people with disabilities in their homes or in a community setting to help them remain independent in the community, including: - Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): Activities a person needs to carry out on a daily basis to remain healthy and safe including dressing, grooming, bathing, eating, positioning, transfers, and mobility. - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs): Activities a person needs to carry out on a regular basis to remain independent including shopping, paying bills, and meal preparation. - Health-related procedures and tasks: Tasks such as supporting a person with self-administered medications or help with range of motion exercises. - Observation and redirection of behaviors: Monitoring a person's behaviors and redirecting them to more positive behaviors when needed.

Provides a wide range of in-home services such as medical care, assistance with everyday household activities, housekeeping, and shopping. Caregivers are licensed nurses, social workers, therapists, and certified aides. Home-based services include medical and non-medical options such as: - Home Health: Focuses on medical assistance including medication management, rehabilitation services, wound care, social work, and other medical treatments. Other specialized services include postsurgical rehabilitation and evaluation, physical speech, occupational therapies, disease or symptom management, catheter care, and IV therapy. - Home Care: Assists with daily living activities, light housekeeping, meal preparation, companionship, medication reminders, and more - Telehealth Services: In-home technology to let caregivers communicate with patients remotely. Telehealth devices include blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, medication management systems, and video calls with a care provider. - Hospice: Hospice care can be provided in the home, at an extended care facility, or inpatient hospice care facility. Provides quality of life to patients and caregivers who have a life-limiting illness. A team of professionals collaborates with the patient and their family in the decision-making process to manage symptoms so their last days may be spent with dignity.

Provides general medical care: - E-prescribing - E-visits - Family medicine - General X-Ray - Laboratory - Mammograms - Mental/chemical health care - Medication therapy management - Obstetrics and Gynecology - Pediatrics - Radiology/Imagining - Rheumatology - Transgender services

Provides home care services for persons coming home after a hospital stay, surgical procedure or are unable to leave their home for medical care. Services include the following: - Assistance obtaining medical equipment and supplies - Assistance with Medicare, Medicaid or commercial insurance billing - Coordination of community resources - Home health aides provide personalized support for daily life activities, such as bathing and dressing. - Home infusion therapy for patients requiring intravenous medications - Home safety evaluation and fall prevention education - Home telemonitoring - Lab tests - Medical social services - Nursing services (including assessment, patient education, medication management and skilled nursing procedures) - Nutrition counseling - On-call nursing consultation 24 hours/day - Physical, occupational and speech therapy - Physician communications - Wound care and educational support for ostomy and wound management Note: Does not provide Personal Care Assistance (PCA) services.

Private duty nursing with a focus on medically fragile pediatric clients living at home. Services also provided to young adults and adults who are living at home with their families. Services provided by RNs and LPNs for tracheostomy, BiPAP/CPAP/ventilators, congenital conditions, transplant recipients, premature infants, spinal cord injuries, and other conditions.

Home Health Services - Home health aides - Homemaker tasks including errands and light cleaning - LPN/RN and private duty nursing - Nutritional assistance including meal planning and preparation - Occupational/physical/speech therapy - Personal care attendants Hospice Care - 24 hour on-call nursing support - Hospice aides assisting with personal care and strengthening exercises - Medical services performed under the guidance of the individual's physician - Skilled nurses with individualized care plans, diagnostic-specific instruction and medication monitoring - Social services creating individual care plans and community referrals - Speech, occupational and physical therapists to help maintain maximum performance - Spiritual counselor support for any faith - Trained volunteers offering family visits

Offers home health care with licensed home case services and skilled nursing, this services include: - Home health aides - RNs and LPNs - Waivered services - Homemaking - Personal care attendants - Developmentally disabled services - In-home respite care for adults and children - Supportive living - Medicial equipment and supplies including hospital beds and incontinence supplies - PCA Choice - statewide - Independent living skills - Adult foster care - Case management - Adult rehabilitation mental health services

Home Care Specialized nursing care is provided by public health nurses in the home to assist with medication management, wound care, dressing changes, post-operative care, and other services ordered by the client's physician. The public health nurse may also assign a licensed practical nurse or home health aide to assist in the care of the client. Home health aides/elder care aides provide personal care (hair washing, showers, nail care, etc.), visiting, light housekeeping, and other services for clients with medical or health problems. Aides may also monitor vital signs and provide basic health services. The public health staff is available to perform home safety checks for families with children or for elders. A limited number of safety items may be available following the home safety check. Instruction on how to use this equipment will be provided, although the nursing staff cannot install the equipment for families. Community Health Representatives (CHR) Transportation Provides transportation for individuals to medical, dental, and optical appointments only after all other resources are exhausted. Appointments should be confirmed with the CHR's schedule to assure that clients arrive on time to their appointments. No one under the age of 18 will be transported without a parent. All persons being transported are required to wear a seat belt at all times. Delivers medical prescriptions to homebound elders who have no other means of obtaining their medication.

Comprehensive primary care, services provided: - Care for the whole family in disease prevention, family planning, health education, wellness visits, and more - Diabetes education - Family medicine to diagnose and treat acute illnesses such as cold, flu, ear infections, and similar conditions - Lab work for blood tests, pap smears, pregnancy, STI testing, urinalysis, and other tests - Management of chronic conditions such as asthma, anxiety, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), depression, diabetes, hypertension, thyriod dysfunction, and more - Pediatrics - Physical examinations - Podiatry - Vaccines for adults and children - Virtual visits available

Provides a walk-in urgent care unit for conditions like fever, cough, sprains, and strep throat. X-ray and lab services are also available onsite. Telemedicine and e-visit services are available.

Provides home health care services to help individuals who want to remain living independently in their home. The goal is to help individuals avoid rehospitalizations and emergency room visits. Services may include: - Home Health Aides: Provide periodic personal care, light meal preparation, housekeeping, and give verbal or visual reminders for performing scheduled treatments and exercises - Nurses: Monitor patient health for managing illness, infection control, wound care, home safety, medication management, and IV therapy - Therapists: Offer physical, occupational, and speech therapy to improve and restore skills that were lost or diminished due to illness or accident.

Individuals fill out a questionnaire. Answers are reviewed by an Essentia provider who will make a diagnosis and create a care plan. Prescriptions may be provided. Individuals are also given a phone number to call if they have questions or concerns. The process usually takes 60 minutes or less. Conditions Treated Allergy symptoms, like sneezing, runny nose or eye irritation Bug bites, including tick bites Colds Covid concern Eye infections, such as conjunctivitis (pink eye) Irritable bowel syndrome Low back pain Mouth sores, including canker sores - Skin conditions, including Acne Dermatitis Diaper rash Eczema Mild burns Shingles Tinea infections, also called ringworm Upper respiration infections, including sinus infections or influenza Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women Vaginal yeast infections Stye

Provides in-home skilled nursing services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Health: 24-hour skilled nursing care, complex medical care, hospice care, assistance with daily living activities Supportive: Companionship, light housekeeping, transportation services

Home Health Care Program, providing professional services, support, and individualized health care in the home setting. Services available include: Home Health Aide: - Daily Living Activity Assistance: Ambulation, bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, toileting, and transferring - Exercises and range of motion Homemaker: - Dusting - Laundry - Light housework - Meal preparation - Shopping Skilled Care: - Medical social services - Nursing Services: Comprehensive terminal care, infusion therapy, medication supervision, newborn bili-blanket therapy, teaching, vein puncture for lab tests, and wound care - Rehabilitative Therapy Services: Occupational, physical, and speech Hospice Program: - Hospice care can be given in the patient's home, a hospital, nursing home, or private hospice facility. - Nurse on-call 24 hours/7 days a week. - Enables patients to continue an alert, pain-free life and to manage other symptoms so that their last days may be spent with dignity and quality.

The Living At Home Block Nurse Program provides or arranges whatever support an elder neighbor needs to continue living at home as long as possible. This support, which may otherwise not be available, uses the program's small staff, volunteers and/or paid nursing staff. Services include: - Advocacy - Blood pressure checks - Caregiver and respite - Case management - Door-to-door transportation provided by volunteers. Vehicles are not wheelchair accessible. - Flu shots - Home health aides - Information & referral, including to county services - Phone visits - Service coordination - Skilled nursing care - Volunteer errands and visits - Volunteer services

- Family nurse practitioners and physician assistants are trained to diagnose and treat common illnesses, minor injuries, and skin conditions. Also offers health screenings and vaccinations. - Telehealth visits by e-visit or video visit - Visit the website to locate minute clinics and also whether they accept MA

Offers diagnosis, treatment and prescriptions for common conditions. Patients receive diagnosis in 30 minutes or less. All nurse practitioners can diagnose and treat: - Acne - Allergies (seasonal) - Athlete's Foot - Bladder infection/UTI - Breast infection - Bronchitis - Burns (minor) - Cold sores - Cough/cold - Ear infection - Ear pain/ear ache - Flu - Hives - Laryngitis - Lice - Pink eye - Rash - Shingles - Sinus infection - Skin/nail infection - Stye - Sunburn - Swimmer's ear - Upper respiratory infection - Yeast infection

- Acute visits - Breastfeeding support - Depression care program - Group well-child visits - Home health care - Immunizations - ImPACT testing for patients (through physical therapy) - Pediatric rehabilitation - Postpartum depression screening - Well-child visits

Medical and non-medical home care services: - Assistance with bathing and dressing - Caregiver support - Clothing selection assistance - Companionship - Laundry ??- Light housekeeping ?- Light meal preparation - Medication reminder ?- Skilled nursing services - Transitional outpatient care ??? - Transportation and running errands

- Family medicine - Annual physicals - Acute illnesses - Preventative wellness care - Minor surgical procedures - Sports medicine - Geriatrics - Nursing Home Program - Review of medications - Evaluation of the patients condition - Ordering necessary lab work - Short-Term Care and Rehabilitation Home health services - Internal Medicine - Pediatrics - Treat acute illnesses and chronic conditions - Breastfed newborn check-ups - Immunizations - Sports physicals - Mammography, Ultrasound, DexaScan, and general radiology services - Physical, occupational, and speech therapy - Telemedicine services - A variety of in-home health care and rehabilitation services, from meal preparation and medication management to IV therapy and skilled nursing for illness and injury Diabetes Services - Diabetes and endocrinology specialists treat patients with all diabetic conditions, from chronic diabetes, to potentially reversible diabetes conditions, such as gestational diabetes and prediabetes

Assists patients in managing chronic health conditions and recovering from illness or surgery from the comfort of their own homes. Services available include: - Assistance with exercise - Bathing and grooming - Chronic disease management and teaching - Exercise programs - IV therapy for antibiotics or total parenteral nutrition - Medication monitoring and teaching - Rehabilitation - Wound and ostomy teaching and care

Provides primary care services including: - Diabetes education - E-visits - Family Medicine - Internal Medicine - Laboratory - Mammograms - Pediatrics - Radiology/Imaging - Telemedicine

Community Based Services are programs designed to assist aging and disabled persons to maintain independent living Services to individuals and families are provided to: - Support and maintain independent living in the community - Assist aging and disabled persons in determining their health care needs - Avoid costly hospitalization and institutionalization - Coordinating home care services - Skilled nursing - Home Health Aide (HHA) - Homemaker - Senior Companion - Respite care - Meals on Wheels (MOW) - Transportation