Skilled nursing at home means a registered nurse is directly involved in your loved one's care. Not just consulting from a distance. Doing assessments, building the care plan, supervising delegated tasks, and adjusting the plan as conditions change.
AnchorPoint provides Level 5 skilled nursing services under our comprehensive in-home care license. These services are for clients with stable and predictable conditions, the kind of clinical needs that require nursing oversight but don't require a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
We're an in-home care agency, not a home health agency. That distinction matters. Home health typically follows a hospital stay and is short-term, Medicare-covered, and time-limited. We provide ongoing nursing care for clients who need clinical support as part of long-term care at home.
Comprehensive nursing assessment at intake and ongoing reassessment as conditions change
Written care plan built and signed by an RN, coordinated with the client's physician
Blood pressure, pulse, temperature, oxygen saturation, and weight tracking
Daily insulin injections under RN delegation with physician orders
Maintenance care for stable ostomy and catheter clients, under RN supervision
RN delegates tasks to trained caregivers, supervises performance, and conducts return demonstrations
A licensed nurse visits the home to evaluate the client's condition and determine what level of nursing involvement is needed.
We obtain physician orders for any administered medications, treatments, or delegated nursing tasks.
The RN writes the care plan, identifies which tasks can be delegated to trained caregivers, and which require nursing performance.
The RN conducts monitoring visits every 90 days, reassesses delegation every 60 to 180 days, and adjusts the plan as needed.
Home health is short-term, Medicare-covered, and follows a qualifying medical event like a hospitalization. In-home care nursing is ongoing, covers stable and predictable conditions, and can be paid through Medicaid, VA, private pay, or long-term care insurance.
We provide maintenance wound care for stable wounds under RN supervision. Acute or complex wound care is typically handled by home health agencies.
Our scope under the in-home care license covers stable clients with specific nursing needs. IV therapy is generally outside the scope of in-home care and requires home health.
The RN conducts a formal monitoring visit every 90 days minimum. Visits happen more frequently if the care plan requires it or if conditions change.
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