These changes can be extremely successful for everyone involved. Increasing independence through assistance helps the elderly experience a renewed sense of purpose and the feeling that life has meaning and hope for the future.

As a leading provider of skilled companions for the elderly, Companions For Care strives to help ensure a higher quality of life for its clients and their families.

Certified Home Health Aide Services

Our Home Health Aides assist our clients with personal care services such as:

• Personal Hygiene / Bathing
• Toileting
• Oral Care
• Companionship
• Light Housekeeping
• Meal Preparation / Clean Up
• Medication Reminders
• Laundry / Changing Linens
• Essential Errands
  • Store
  • Pharmacy
• Transportation (Client's Car)
  • Doctor's Visits
  • Beauty Parlor / Barber Shop
  • Grocery Store
  • Social Events / Outings

Companion Services

Our Companions provide our clients with support services such as:

• Companionship
• Light Housekeeping
• Meal Preparation / Clean Up
• Medication Reminders
• Laundry / Changing Linens
• Transportation (Client's Car)
  • Doctor's Visits
  • Beauty Parlor / Barber Shop
  • Grocery Store
  • Social Events / Outings

Personal Care Plans

Our Registered Nurse Supervisor will develop and coordinate a care plan tailored to your special needs, based upon an evaluation and professional assessment.

Long and Short Term Homecare

We provide you with a skilled, trained and dependable paraprofessional, who will care for you or your family member on an hourly, daily or live-in basis. These services can be provided in the patient's home or a facility.

Qualifications

Companions For Care has a solid reputation of having the most skilled caregivers available. That means you feel secure and have peace of mind about who is caring for your loved one. We employ paraprofessionals who have experience caring for people of all ages in their own home, or in a facility setting. Giving our clients and their families peace of mind is our primary goal.

Commitment

Our agency is dedicated to serving you and your family. We are committed to providing the highest quality of care to meet your needs. Our dedicated staff can help your loved one maintain functionality and independence in the privacy and comfort of his or her own home, or in a facility. This commitment is demonstrated by the expertise of our office staff that collaborates with your family to identify your health needs and to provide optimum care.

Healthcare Consultants' rehabilitation team is dedicated to providing clients with world-class home care services and equipment while helping each patient become as functionally independent as possible.

As a home care company that has operated in the Delaware Valley for twenty years, we have a full platform of rehabilitation services. We provide shift nursing, skilled nursing visits, durable medical equipment, multiple therapies, and supplies to patients of all ages.

Healthcare Consultants, Inc. has the experience, expertise, technology and sensitivity to ease the transition from rehab setting to home care for the patient and family. Whether it is for a single piece of DME, or for a complex case, our rehabilitation team provides clients with superior coordination of care. By having all of the patient's needs met by one home care provider and by incorporating patient and family concerns into the professional plan of care, we have proven successful in delivering better patient outcomes.

Diagnoses and Therapies

Healthcare Consultants, Inc. provides therapeutic interventions for which are job related, results of a car accident or results of a medical condition. These may include:

• Neurological conditions
  • stroke
  • head / spinal cord injury
  • neurodegenerative diseases
• Respiratory conditions
• Orthopedic conditions
• Post-surgical conditions
• Amputation
• Speech or swallowing disorders
  • dysarthria
  • dysphagia
• Decreased mobility / functioning
  • posture / balance disorders
  • gait dysfunction
  • strength / endurance deficits
  • range of motion deficits
  • arthritic conditions
  • decreased personal care ability
  • contractures
• Home infusion needs
  • antibiotics
  • Ig G
  • Desferol
  • pain management
  • enteral / parentenal nutrition
  • baclofen refills
• Training needs
  • prosthetic / orthotic training
  • wheelchair training
  • equipment training
  • home safety training
  • family / caregiver training

Rehabilitation Team

Each client is carefully evaluated and matched with a multidisciplinary home care team specifically selected to meet his or her unique needs.

Home Care Rehabilitation Nurses function as care coordinators, care providers, educators, liasons and team members in order to facilitate our client's transition from hospital to home. Each nurse is dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals with a disability or chronic illness, and work to achieve optimal outcomes of each patient's goals. We employ both RNs and LPNs. Our skilled nurses are highly trained and have extensive experience in:

• Rehabilitation
• Wound Care
• Enterostomal procedures
• Tracheostomy / ventilator care
• Home infusion therapy

Physical Therapists work with our clients to maximize movement potential with range of motion therapies, gait training and continous passive motion therapy.

Occupational Therapists assist our patients to maximize functionality and to regain independence utilizing various therapies and fitting of orthotics.

Speech Therapists provide therapies to our clients for dysphagia, cognitive conditioning and to improve speech and language skills.

Respiratory Therapists collaborate with the physicians to identify and evaluate the mechanical support systems and design individualized respiratory support programs to meet the daily requirements of our patients with chronic respiratory conditions.

Home Health Aides help our clients with personal care services such as bathing, toileting, dressing and grooming.

Companions provide our patients with support services such as errands, laundry, meal preparation, light housekeeping and companionship.

Medical Social Workers provide treatment for the severely brain injured in need of behavior modification, goal setting and self-esteem activities. Counselors may also assist our clients in coping with the social, emotional and financial difficulties of rehabilitation.

Durable Medical Equipment

Healthcare Consultants, Inc. provides patients with the best and latest medical equipment that is the most appropriate for homecare. This may include:

• Oxygen concentrators
• Portable oxygen tanks
• Helios Liquid Oxygen systems
• Ventilators
• Tracheostomy supplies
• Pulse Ox
• Enteral pumps and supplies
• Beds, walkers and wheelchairs
• CPM units
• Parafin baths
• Traction equipment
• Tens units

Our staff has extensive experience with all respiratory supplies and equipment. 24-hour on-call service is provided to meet our clients' needs.

Home Infusion Therapy involves the administration of medications using intravenous, subcutaneous and epidural routes. This care is administered to patients in the convenient and comfortable surroundings of their own home and allows them to take a more active role in their own health care. Home Infusion Therapy is not only more cost-effective than inpatient treatment, it eases the stress and anxiety of treatment resulting in better patient outcomes. NBN Infusions is a home infusions company dedicated to providing quality, family-centered care through specially designed common ownership with Newborn Nurses, which is recognized as a premier nursing agency in the Delaware Valley. Our expertise and commitment to high quality healthcare stand alone.

NBN Infusions has an on-going formulary of different IV drugs and therapies. If a patient is on a non-formulary medication, our pharmacist can order and have the drug within 24 hours. Therapies include but are not limited to:

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD)
  • Emphysema
  • Asthma
  • Bronchitis
• Restrictive Lung Diseases
  • Lung Cancer
  • Pneumonia
  • Cystic Fibrosis

Specialized Pediatric Services

With the expertise of our pediatric respiratory therapists and pediatric nurses, NBN Respiratory reaches out to infants, children and adolescents who have acute and chronic needs.

If you have answered YES to any of these questions, then we may be able to help you!

Program Features

New Behavioral Network utilizes a team approach to assist all types of families. We strive to keep the family united and healthy in positive ways, while working to bring forth the inherent strengths of the family.

We provide clients with a quick intake process and a thorough assessment of each case. Our team has over 25 years of combined knowledge and clinical expertise while keeping up to date with the most current information. We utilize state-of-the-art treatment on an individualized basis, and each team member is compassionate and sensitive to the needs of each distinctive case. Our team is active in the home environment with the goal of maintaining the child in the home, school and community.

Team Members

Behavioral Therapists

Behavioral Assistants work with clients in both the home and community. They provide services such as, role-modeling appropriate behavior, behavioral modification techniques and assist the client in adopting positive behavior in order to be successful in many areas. They might assist with homework, take the client on an outing as an earned reward, or just provide an ear to listen to the client in times of stress and assist them in making the most appropriate choices.

Mobile Therapists

Our mobile therapists work with the child using the newest and proven effective therapy techniques. Our therapists come from various social service fields and are Master level or above. The family is asked for input into devising the treatment plan that will be used throughout the service period. This holistic approach is proven successful since the child is part of a whole; the family. The therapist will provide referral services to the family and client when appropriate.

LCSWs - Clinical Supervisors

Our LCSWs or Clinical Supervisors provide supervision to our therapists and behavioral assistants. They also guide the therapist in writing a treatment plan, and along with input from the behavioral assistant, will provide a behavioral plan devised from the individuality of each client. They provide training for workers, assist the families with securing the most appropriate services after our tenure in the home has ended and provide support to the staff at all times.

Expertise In

• Abuse / Neglect
• ADHD
• Adoption Issues
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Behavioral Issues
• Bipolar Disorder
• Conflict Resolution
• Depression
• Family Reunification
• Grief / Loss
• HIV / AIDS Education
• Learning Disabilities
• Life Skills Building
• OCD
• Parenting Skill Development
• Peer Relationship
• School Issues
• Self-Esteem
• Sibling Conflict
• Socialization
• Trauma

When considering a company that will come into your home and provide highly skilled nursing care for your neonate, child or senior family member, you will be looking for reliability, clinical expertise, efficiency, sensitivity and compassion.  Our nurses are highly skilled professionals who can give each family peace of mind that their loved one is in excellent hands twenty-four hours a day. Newborn Nurses has twenty years of experience in providing outstanding home care to clients with various needs and circumstances. Newborn Nurses provides each patient with a multidisciplinary team of highly skilled medical professionals.

Each client is carefully matched to a custom medical team based on his or her own unique needs. This may include:

• Certified Home Health Aides
• Occupational Therapists
• Physical Therapists
• Respiratory Therapists
• Speech Therapists
• Licensed Practical Nurses
• Registered Nurses

Private Duty Nursing

Pediatric Private Duty Nursing can be arranged for as little as 4 hours per day up to 24 hours per day when ordered by a physician. We specialize in:

• Ventilator-dependent children
• Children with metabolic disorders
• Neurologically impaired children
• Trauma victims
• Developmentally delayed children
• Children with feeding disorders
• Seizure disorders

Our nurses take medically fragile children to school every day.

The Nursing Supervisor, who is a registered nurse, will act as the clinical manager for the patient. The nursing supervisor will work with the family and the primary doctor to create a plan of treatment. Once this plan of treatment is in place, the nursing supervisor will ensure the nursing staff assigned to the patient is oriented and proficient in the technical skills required to properly care for each patient and will follow the plan of treatment accordingly. The Staffing Coordinator will schedule all of the nurses needed to provide coverage for the patient. Monthly schedules will be provided. The Respiratory Therapist will consult with our nursing staff as needed for additional training for new equipment, as each patient's needs may change over time.

Intermittent Care can be provided in the home for patients in need of skilled nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy or occupational therapy to help assist in monitoring the health needs of you or your child. We've developed specialty home care programs for:

• Asthma
• HIV
• Cancer
• Hyperemesis
• Gestational Diabetes
• Rehabilitation
• Apnea
• Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
• Prenatal and Postpartum Care
• Well baby, Well mom

Respite Care Services can be arranged for parents who need to leave their children in the hands of paraprofessionals even for the shortest amount of time. We offer relief care for:

• Parents of children on apnea monitors
• Parents of chronically ill children
• Parents of children during high risk pregnancy