Amputee Home Health: Clinical Competencies for OT and PT Serving Lower and Upper Extremity Amputees in the Community

What Every Home Health Therapist Must Know About Residual Limb Care, Prosthetic Training, and Functional Rehabilitation for Amputee Patients Lower extremity amputation is one of the most prevalent and most…

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Spinal Cord Injury Home Health: Clinical Competencies for OT, PT, SLP, and MSW Serving This Complex Population

What Every Home Health Clinician Needs to Know to Serve Patients With SCI Safely and Effectively in the Community Spinal cord injury represents one of the most clinically demanding patient…

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Social Determinants of Health in Home Health: How the Conditions Where Patients Live Shape Every Clinical Outcome

Why the Home Health Team Must Address Housing, Food, Transportation, and Economic Security as Clinical Priorities — Not Just Social Services Social determinants of health — the conditions in which…

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Dementia Home Health: Evidence-Based Clinical Approaches for OT, PT, SLP, and MSW Serving Patients With Cognitive Decline

What Every Home Health Clinician Must Know About Dementia-Specific Assessment, Intervention, and Family Support Dementia is one of the most prevalent diagnoses in the home health population and one of…

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Substance Use Disorders in Home Health: Clinical Competencies for an Undertreated and Misunderstood Population

How Home Health Clinicians Can Serve Patients With Substance Use Disorders More Effectively — and More Equitably Substance use disorders are among the most prevalent and most underidentified conditions in…

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Serving Patients With Obesity in Home Health: Clinical and Operational Competencies That Most Agencies Underestimate

How OT, PT, and MSW Address the Functional, Safety, and Psychosocial Dimensions of Obesity-Related Home Health Care Obesity is one of the most prevalent conditions in the Houston home health…

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SLP in Home Health: Beyond Dysphagia — The Full Clinical Scope of Speech-Language Pathology at Home

How SLP Clinical Depth in Cognitive-Communication, Voice, Aphasia, and Dysphagia Makes Home Health Therapy More Effective for Complex Patients Speech-language pathology in home health is frequently reduced, in both referral…

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Post-Orthopedic Surgery Home Health: Serving Hip, Knee, and Shoulder Patients With Clinical Precision

Clinical Guidance for OT and PT Providing Home Health Therapy After the Most Common Orthopedic Procedures in the Houston Market Total joint replacement — hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty, and to…

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Wound Care Coordination in Home Health: What Therapy Contributes to Complex Wound Management

How OT and PT Support Wound Healing Through Positioning, Off-Loading, Edema Management, and Functional Rehabilitation Wound care in home health is principally a nursing domain — the assessment, cleaning, debridement,…

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