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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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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Skilled Nursing Facility to Home Transitions: What Home Health Teams Must Know to Prevent Transition Failures

Clinical Strategies for Managing the High-Risk Transition Period When Patients Move From SNF Rehabilitation to Home Health Care The transition from skilled nursing facility rehabilitation to home health care is…

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

What Every Home Health Clinician Must Know About Cognitive, Physical, and Behavioral Rehabilitation Following TBI Traumatic brain injury produces one of the most heterogeneous and clinically demanding patient populations in…

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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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Speech Therapy in Home Health: Why SLP Staffing Shortages Are a Growing Crisis for Agencies

The Often-Overlooked Discipline That Prevents Hospitalizations, Improves Quality Scores, and Saves Lives The Critical but Underappreciated Role of Speech-Language Pathology in Home Health When home health agency administrators think about…

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