Erwine Home Health - Disease Management

Erwine offers a Disease Management Program consisting of a system of coordinated health care interventions, communications and education. The program is intended for people living with chronic illness and conditions in which patient self-care efforts offer a viable opportunity to improve the quality of life and maintain health.

Disease Management includes such diseases as CHF, Diabetes, COPD, End Stage Renal Disease, Coronary Artery Disease and Cancer to name a few. The Goals of Disease Management are:

• Help avoid costly and debilitating complications of improperly treated diseases
• Assure that patients obtain the proper medical care needed to reduce health risks
• Adhere to your physician’s plans of care
• Promote self management to improve long term outcomes and reduce hospitalization and emergency care visits
• Provide the patients with the education, communication and intervention necessary to learn proper self management techniques

Availability

Services are available to patients in private homes, assisted living facilities and extended care nursing facilities.

Service Area

Erwine Health Care serves Wilkes-Barre / Scranton, Hazleton, the Poconos and surrounding NEPA counties: Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wyoming, Columbia, Monroe, Bradford, Carbon and Susquehanna.

Related Services

Erwine can also provide specially trained Home Health Aides to provide personal care, mobility assistance, light housekeeping, meal preparation, medication pickup and more to help the patient maintain daily living activities.

Accreditation

Erwine Health Care is a Medicare Certified Agency. Erwine is approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Home Health Services, Medicare and Commercial Insurance and is a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Home Health Agencies. Erwine also received Joint Commission Accreditation with Commendation in 1995 and again in 1998, 2001 and 2004. Erwine received CHAP Accreditation in 2006.

Questions, Information or to Start Services

Please contact Erwine for more information or to arrange services. You have questions and our friendly expert staff is ready to provide answers. Call 570-288-1013 or use our online form, We're here to help.

Erwine Home Health and Hospice Inc, 270 Pierce St, Suite 101, Kingston, PA 18704 Phone 570-288-1013 Fax 570 283 3722