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Home Safety for the Homebound Patient

Home Safety for the Homebound Patient
By Doug Rodgers, First Texas Home Health, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
Managing a home-bound patient’s medical condition is obviously top priority for any home health company including ours. However, there are other key areas that can impact a patient’s medical condition and affect his or her health outcome as well. One of these very important areas is home safety. […]

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First Texas Home Health on the social worker's role in achieving individualized home health care – LIVING WELL Magazine

The Social Worker’s Role in Achieving Individualized Home Health Care

By Megan Adams, LMSW, First Texas Home Health, Texoma and Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
One of the beneficial aspects of providing healthcare in the home is the opportunity for providers to get to know the patient as an individual. Therapists, nurses, and social workers work with patients based on environmental factors that make their situation unique. This also happens to be the very thing that makes home health more challenging. When evaluating a person’s personal environment there are factors to consider. […]

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First Texas Home Health Discusses Diabetes

By: Dana Weaver, RN, First Texas Home Health, for SENIOR Magazine (Northshore edition)

Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles. Diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes, is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States. […]