Home Health Care Services
Accu Care Home Health Services offers a wide range of services that are available up to 24 hours a day, 7 days to individuals who live in the Capital Region and surrounding counties.
Types of services include, but not limited to:
- Aides
- Private Duty Nursing
- Scheduling and care coordination to meet the needs of every client
- Initial and periodic client assessments by a Registered Professional Nurse
- Aide Supervision
- Development and implementation of an individualized plan of care
- Direct physician contact
- Shopping and errands
- Accompany clients to appointments
- Case Management
- Fiscal Intermediary services for CDPAP
Providing home care services since 1985
Nursing Services
Our Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) are licensed in New York State to provide intermittent or continuous nursing services to individuals with complexed medical needs.
For private duty nursing services, please call us at 518-449-1142.
RNs and LPNs provide:
- Pediatrics and Adults
- Clinical assessments
- Tracheostomy care
- Ventilator care
- Tube feedings
- Ostomy care
- Bowel and bladder care
- Wound care
- Medication administration
- Hourly or visits
Pediatric Services
We realize that family stress can increase over time when caring for a child with a disability. It is important to provide the appropriate skill level with personnel who are experienced to care for infants and children with special needs.
Private duty nursing is provided according to physician's orders and insurance coverage.
Before a nurse is assigned, an informal "meet and greet" is scheduled to ensure the delivery of services can be provided effectively and safely; and to see if the nurse is a good fit with the client and family.
Complex nursing care for an infant/child include, but not limited to:
- Enteral feedings
- G-tube care
- Tracheostomy care
- Oxygen monitoring/supplement
- Ventilator dependency
- Respiratory treatments
- Catheter care
- Seizure monitoring/treatment
- Assistance with ADLs
- Medication administration
- Assistance at school
- Developmental exercises
Aide Services
Our certified Home Health Aides (HHAs) and Personal Care Aides (PCAs) have successfully completed an approved training program. Our team ensures each aide is suitable to provide care to individuals in their home.
HHAs and PCAs provide:
- Bathing/hygiene
- Dressing/grooming
- Toileting
- Ambulation
- Meal prep/feeding
- Light housekeeping
- Laundry
- Medication and safety reminders
- Errands and shopping
- Socialization
- Transfer assist
Consumer Direct Services
We provide Fiscal Intermediary (FI) for individuals who participate in the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). This program allows the consumer to select, hire, train, supervise, schedule, and if necessary, terminate their own Personal Assistants (PAs).
As Fiscal Intermediary, we provide:
- Payroll
- Social Security, Disability and Tax Witholdings
- Workers' Compensation, Disability and Unemployment
- Health and Dental Insurnace
- Flex Spending
- Retirement Savings with Agency Contribution
- Aflac (supplemental insurance)
- Accrued Vacation
- Monitor the completion of the mandated health requirements for Personal Assistants