Managing MS Exacerbations in Home Health: A Distinct Clinical Skillset Beyond General Neurological Rehabilitation

How OT, PT, and MSW Adapt Their Approach for the Unpredictable Relapsing-Remitting Course That Defines Most Multiple Sclerosis Care Multiple sclerosis presents home health therapy with a clinical challenge that…

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Clinician Safety and Ergonomics in Home Health Practice: Protecting the Therapists Who Protect Our Patients

Why a Therapist-Owned Company Takes Clinician Musculoskeletal Health and Occupational Safety as Seriously as Patient Outcomes Home health practice imposes physical demands on clinicians that differ substantially from institutional practice…

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Vestibular Disorders and Dizziness in Home Health: A Distinct Clinical Domain Within Fall Prevention

How PT Vestibular Assessment and Treatment Addresses a Specific, Frequently Undertreated Cause of Dizziness and Fall Risk Dizziness is one of the most common complaints among older home health patients,…

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Postpartum Home Health: An Emerging and Underutilized Clinical Service for Maternal Recovery

How OT, PT, and MSW Support Physical Recovery, Pelvic Health, and Mental Health in the Postpartum Period at Home Postpartum home health represents an emerging and significantly underutilized clinical service…

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Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis in Home Health: Clinical Considerations for OT, PT, and MSW

How Home Health Therapy Addresses the Fall Risk, Cognitive Impact, and Functional Decline That Accompany Advanced Liver Disease Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis represent a growing home health referral population…

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Malnutrition Screening and Nutritional Rehabilitation in Home Health: A Clinical Priority Every Discipline Should Own

How OT, SLP, and MSW Identify and Address the Malnutrition That Undermines Wound Healing, Immune Function, and Functional Recovery Malnutrition affects a substantial proportion of the home health patient population…

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Sleep Disorders in Home Health: An Overlooked Clinical Variable That Affects Every Rehabilitation Outcome

How OT, PT, and MSW Can Identify and Address the Sleep Disruption That Undermines Recovery, Cognition, and Safety in Home Health Patients Sleep disorders and sleep disruption are pervasive in…

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Hip Fracture in Frail Older Adults: A Distinct Home Health Population Requiring Its Own Clinical Approach

Why Post-Fracture Home Health Differs From Elective Joint Replacement — and What OT, PT, and MSW Must Address in This High-Mortality-Risk Population Hip fracture in frail older adults is a…

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The Home Health Career Journey: From New Graduate to Clinical Expert. What Growth Looks Like in This Field

A Reflection From a Therapist-Owned Company on the Arc of Professional Development That Home Health Practice Uniquely Offers Seventy posts into this series, it is worth pausing to reflect on…

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