Home Health Care

Get help at home so you can focus on healing or continue to enjoy your independent lifestyle. You can rely on the helpful, qualified professionals at Essentia Health for skilled home health care personalized to your needs on a schedule that works for you.

When to Consider Home Health Care

Stay in the comfort of your home while receiving a wide range of services. Home health care can help you:

  • Recover after a procedure, injury, or illness
  • Manage a health condition or disability
  • Shorten or prevent a hospital stay
  • Avoid or delay moving to a nursing home or assisted living facility

If you transition from a health care facility to your home, you’ll benefit from coordinated professional care without interruption. You can trust our team to help you communicate and manage services with your primary care team—whether or not they work at Essentia.

Quality Care, Experienced Staff

Feel confident that you’ll receive high-quality care from a team that includes staff with more than 20 years of experience. All of our facilities that offer home health care services are Medicare-certified.

The following three facilities hold the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Home Care Accreditation, which reflects our ability to provide safe, effective care that meets national standards.

  • Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
  • Essentia Health-South University Clinic (Fargo)
  • Essentia Health-Ada

Complete Home Health Services

Turn to Essentia’s home health care providers for a wide range of services that help you get or stay well and live as independently as possible.

Skilled Nursing Care at Home

Bring the superior care provided at Essentia to your home. Protect or improve your health with in-home nursing services including:

  • Anticoagulant monitoring
  • Blood draws
  • Enteral or parenteral feeding tube assistance
  • Health assessments
  • Home infusion therapy to deliver antibiotics, nutrition, hydration, or pain management medications
  • Ostomy or enterostomal care and catheter changes
  • Patient and caregiver education, such as how to prevent an infection
  • Medication management
  • Wound care

Telehealth Home Monitoring

If your provider recommends in-home telemonitoring, you’ll appreciate the security of knowing that our nurses are keeping an eye on your vital signs, such as your heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen levels. If your readings fall outside the range specified by your physician, we’ll help you promptly get the care you need.

Home Health Aides

Choose Essentia for assistance with personal care and daily tasks. Count on our respectful, experienced home health aides to help with:

  • Light housekeeping
  • Light meal preparation
  • Personal care, such as bathing and dressing
  • Running errands, including grocery shopping

In-Home Therapy

Improve or restore your skills by working with the knowledgeable rehabilitation specialists at Essentia from the convenience of your home. Depending on your needs, you may benefit from:

Paying for Care

Different types of home health care services are covered by different sources. Turn to the staff at Essentia to help you evaluate options such as:

  • Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care benefits
  • Private insurance
  • Private pay
  • Medical assistance
  • Medicare

Essentia Health accepts insurance from many companies.