Bon Secours Home Care-St Pete/Tampa

05/26/2023

Did you know that your hearing can have a huge impact your health, safety, and quality life? Untreated hearing loss can lead to a higher risk of isolation, depression, falls and other injuries, and even cognitive decline and dementia.

See our short list of ways to identify hearing loss in adults! If you suspect any degree of hearing loss, consider visiting an ENT as they often have an in house Audiologist or can offer a referral to one. Audiologists can assess for hearing loss and work with you to find solutions that fit your lifestyle and budget!

05/17/2023

On Monday, we discussed signs to look for that you or your loved one may have a speech and/or language disorder. Today we are providing simple tips you can use in your daily routines with the adults in your life that may be demonstrating speech and language difficulties/disorders. These tips can help reduce frustration for all involved and improve the quality of the time you spend together.

*Comment below if you'd like any extra examples of the communication strategies provided.

*If you feel you or a loved one would benefit from more direct guidance from a speech language pathologist to improve communication, be sure to schedule an appointment with your primary care provider to discuss your concerns and determine if they feel speech therapy would be beneficial!

05/15/2023

Here are a few ways to identify speech and hearing disorders in adults.

If you feel you or a loved one would benefit from speech therapy services, be sure to schedule an appointment with your primary care provider to discuss your concerns and determine if they feel speech therapy would be a beneficial for you.

05/12/2023

The best part of having two offices on both sides of the bay? We get to celebrate twice!! Yesterday we celebrated the nurses who serve our patients in Hillsborough and Manatee Counties. We want to extend a big thank you for the good help and service you provide not just during but every single day! If you've had a 5 star experience with one of our nurses as a patient or a team member, please share it down in the comments below! We love to hear the ways our nurses help make our patient's lives better in any way they can!

Featured below are 7 of our nursing team members.
Left to Right:
Alphonso, Stacey, Lita, Michelle (our DON), Karen, Crystal, Marjorie
(missing from the celebration: Kathy, Carol, and Emily)

05/11/2023

Did you know that May is Better Hearing and Speech Month? Our Home Care team offers Speech Therapy services for a variety of diagnoses and reasons! Stay tuned to our month long series of short posts on what speech/language/hearing disorders are and how they impact your safety at home and independence in daily tasks.

Team member highlight!
Ryan, one of our Speech Language Pathologists, has been working in Health Care for over 10 years and with Bon Secours for over 5 years. Her special interests include adult language disorders and swallowing disorders. Over her years in home health, she has been a top patient advocate and worked diligently to provide good help and quality services to the patients she serves and their families. "Keeping patients as independent as possible and including their caregivers in the treatment process are two important parts of my job. Watching a patient progress in even the smallest of ways is such a rewarding experience. Seeing the way caregivers rise up to help their loved ones once given the tools they need is always encouraging to witness."

Thank you for your hard work, Ryan!

05/10/2023

Yesterday we celebrated our nurses in office to thank them for all they do for our team and our patients. We couldn't do it without them! We would love it if you would help us in celebrate our team of amazing home care nurses too! If you've had a 5 star experience with one of our nurses as a patient or a team member, please share it down in the comments below! We love to hear the ways our nurses help make our patient's lives better in any way they can!
Featured below are 5 of our nursing team members.
From Left to Right: Jen Moody, Dustin Kinsey, Pat Edwards, Allyson Guillory, and Teresa Brown

05/09/2023

Help us in celebrating our team of amazing home care nurses! If you've had a 5 star experience with one of our nurses as a patient or a team member, please share it down in the comments below! We look forward to you celebrating our nurses with us today, this week, and every day!

04/21/2023

Last week we shared a post about factors that can put you at risk for falling.
Here are some ways to modify your environment and behaviors to keep your risk for falls down.

Preventing falls at home or in the community is key to reducing risk of serious injuries that could result in pain or trips to the emergency room. Here are some great ways to decrease your risk of falling!
1. Stay physically active to keep your muscles strong and help with maintaining good balance.
2. Fall proof your home by making sure rugs are secured with adhesive backing or removed, pathways are free of clutter, and your most utilized items are kept close by.
3. Check medication labels for known side effects of medications and monitor the affect they have when taken.
4. Be sure to stand up slowly and steady yourself before taking those first few steps to ensure you have your balance and do not become lightheaded or dizzy.
5. Limit alcohol consumption to prevent falls from an unsteady gait when intoxicated.

Unsure of where to start on your journey towards reducing falls? Contact your primary care provider (P*P) and request a consult with a licensed Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist and Speech Therapist. Our team can assess your home environment, review your medications, assess for safety awareness and help create a home exercise program to keep you independent and safe in your home and community. Bon Secours Home Health boasts a team of PT and PTAs, OTs and OTAs, and ST to help keep you safe and independent in your home.

04/14/2023

Everyone is familiar with the “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” advertisements. All joking aside, falling is serious and can be prevented when we are aware of risk factors and ways to modify our environments. Risk factors are things that contribute to our likelihood of developing a disease or injury. We have compiled a list of some common risk factors for falls. Check back next week for a post on ways to reduce your risk of falling!

03/30/2023

Today is National Doctor’s Day. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our community physician partners for allowing us to be of good help and service to their patients. The first Doctor’s Day was observed in 1933 in Winder, Georgia and in 1991, President George H.W. Bush made it a National Day. Being a physician can be a physically demanding and highly stressful career that requires physicians to be excellent at multitasking while providing crucial attention to detail with a caring heart.

What is your favorite quality that your Doctor or Physician possesses?

11/30/2021

Today is , a global day of generosity. Many Bon Secours programs and services extend Jesus's compassionate ministry beyond our hospitals, into communities and especially to those most in need. Join in with your neighbors and the WORLD to make our community a healthier place by donating to the Bon Secours Foundation! https://bit.ly/3paQ1cY

11/24/2021

Prediabetes typically occurs without symptoms or warning signs, but it helps to know if you do have prediabetes so you can stop it in its tracks and avoid developing Type 2 diabetes. Even though prediabetes is not the same as Type 2 diabetes, having too much sugar in your blood can damage your organs - especially your kidneys. Learn more about the warning signs and steps to reverse pre-diabetes.

You could have prediabetes, but you may not know it. More than one in three adults in the United States have prediabetes.