Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care (Allamakee County Public Health) travels the entire Allamakee County area and beyond offering adults the assistance they need to remain living in their homes, as long as possible. Registered nurses and trained home care aides offer a variety of services including nursing visits, medication set-up and administration, dressing cares, IV’s, catheter and colostomy cares, oversee rehabilitation in-home programs, and assistance with personal cares. RN staff is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Lee Koehring of Waukon has been utilizing these home care services for two years. His sister, Sandra Koehring, states, “Lee’s nurse, Juli, is awesome. We are so fortunate to have this home care service coming in to oversee things because we are not there all the time. She checks his blood pressure, does his nursing care, sets up medications and just keeps an eye on things. She has caught a lot of things and without her care, we would not have known. She is compassionate, understanding, listens and truly cares about him. They get along so well. Our community is so fortunate to have this service.”
Whenever being discharged home from another health care facility, the patient can request Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care provide their home health services. Anyone is eligible. Referrals can be made by family, physicians, neighbors, friends, and other health care facilities.
Community and Home Care is Medicare certified and a member of the Iowa Association for Home Care. They are located on the upper level of Veterans Memorial Hospital. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information on these services, please call 563-568-5660.
