Lehigh Valley Home Care–Schuylkill

Lehigh Valley Health Network Home Care–Schuylkill is dedicated to providing quality health care in the comfortable surroundings of a person's home. Please call us at 570-621-5050, we also have a 24/7 on-call service. When needed, our Home Care department can bring a variety of specialized services in to the home on a part-time, intermittent basis for acutely ill, terminally ill or convalescing patients of all ages.



By providing these personalized services and teaching family members how to help in the care giving process, a person can remain in the comfortable, familiar home surroundings often for the length of the recovery period.



Our Services



-Skilled Nursing

-Physical Therapy

-Speech Therapy

-Occupational Therapy

-Enterostomal Therapy

-Medical Social Work

-Personal Care Services

-In-home IV Therapy

-Medication Management



Eligibility




-Must be home bound

-Must be in need of skilled, part-time, intermittent care

-Must be under the care of a physician



Referrals

Requests for Home Care can be made by:




-Physicians

-Hospital social workers

-The patient

-Family members

-Friends

-Neighbors and other agencies.



Lehigh Valley Health Network Home Care–Schuylkill is certified by Medicare and The Joint Commission as a provider of home care services.



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