Home Care
Home is where the heart is. Grinnell Regional Home Care provides in-home care for people who need assistance while recovering at home. Staff understand the importance of recovering from an illness, injury, or debilitating condition in the comforts of home. It’s easier than ever with the wide range of services, technology, and most important, the caring professional staff of Grinnell Regional Home Care.

Let our staff help bridge your continuum of care with these services:

• Home Health Nursing
• Home Care Aide
• Loan Closet
• Home Therapies
• Medical Social Services

Referrals for home care services may be made by your physician, hospital staff, a community agency, a relative, yourself, or a friend. When fees apply, home care uses a sliding scale fee based on income and financial resources available.

Grinnell Regional Home Care is a not-for-profit department of GRMC dedicated to providing health services and care in the home.

"I couldn't
manage on
my own
without the
help of GRMC
home health
services. I
like all the
people who
do so much
for me."
Beth Pagel,
Grinnell

Home Health Nurse
This service is provided with your physician’s supervision. It’s coordinated with the medical center nursing staff as a continuum of care from the hospital unit. A home care nurse will visit to assess your needs and develop a personalized care plan.

Nursing staff may change dressings, supervise medication administration, and provides a variety of highly technical nursing services.

Your home health nursing staff may also supervise a home care aide in your home, should you need those services.

Home Care Aide
This service is provided under the supervision of a home care registered nurse. Your home care aide is specially trained and certified in home health care and can provide personal care such as giving baths, shampoos, and other health services. The aide may also help with meal preparation, and home management such as laundry and light housekeeping.

Loan Closet
Home care may involve short-term use of medical equipment in the home for patient use. When the need arises, home care has a loan closet to assist clients. Users are not charged for equipment. Donations are accepted. The loan closet includes the common items such as walkers, wheelchairs, commodes, and much more. Equipment purchases are funded by donations and the American Cancer Society.

Home Therapies
While recovering at home, many clients also benefit from rehabilitation therapies. Because home care is coordinated with the hospital staff and your physician, you benefit from the multi-disciplinary approach. Your physician may prescribe physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy as part of your care plan and these may be completed in your home.

Medical Social Services
With your physician’s supervision, a social worker may assess the social and emotional factors relating to a patient’s illness. If assistance is needed, the social worker can assist in obtaining available community resources.