Insights - Psychiatric Home Care can provide a client with a smooth transition from an inpatient psychiatric hospital or a partial hospitalization program to in-home care. Through crisis intervention and resolution hospitalization can often be avoided.

Coordination of services through a multidisciplinary team approache provides quality intermittent nursing care, medication management, and education as well as meeting other diverse needs of the individual.

It is our goal to assist the client to his or her optimal level of independence by maximizing abilities rather than focusing on disabilities. By emphasizing what the client can do now, he or she will have an increase in self-realization and self-esteem.

• Certified Psychiatric nurse on call 24 hours / 7 days
• Availability for on site discharge planning with facility
• The same nurse treats both psychiatric and medical conditions
• Availability to attend physician appointments
• All disciplines receive additional training necessary to approach and treat patients with a psychiatric diagnosis
• Progress reports sent to physician and case managers
• If hospitalization is needed, it can be handled in a more expedient manner due to home assessment, intervention and ability to refer to institutions in both Kansas and Missouri

Services are provided when clients meet the following:

• Medicare guidelines for home bound status
• Is under the care of a physician
• Has a skilled need
• Is able to verbally agree to sign a written safety agreement
• Has a DSM-IV Axis I diagnosis or major depression