Home Care Services Overview

Contact Us...
To inquire about Lifetime Care services, or to arrange for patient care, please call:
1-585-214-1000 or 1-800-724-1410.
Hospice/Palliative Care
Lifetime Care provides Hospice care in Monroe, Wayne and Seneca Counties for the terminally ill:
• At home, in nursing homes and at the Hildebrandt Hospice Care Center
• Palliative care for the seriously ill
• Pediatric Palliative Care
Insurance Accepted by Lifetime Care
Medicare
Commercial
Medicaid
• Aetna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Excellus
• Blue Cross Blue Shield from other
states participating in Blue Card
Exchange
• Blue Cross Federal
• Blue Choice
• Child Health Plus
• CIGNA Insurance
• Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Empire Plan
• Excellus Unity Plan
• Family Health Plus
• Fidelis Care Child Health Plus
• Fidelis Care Family Health Plus
• GHI, Inc.
• Healthy NY
• MVP
• MVP Option Child
• MVP Option Family
• Pomco Insurance
• RMSCO - Medical
• United Health Care
• Univera Commercial
Medicare Advantage
• American Progressive
• Advantra Freedom
• Aetna Medicare
• Blue Choice Senior
• CIGNA Medicare Access
• Empire Plans Option PPO
• First Seniority Freedom PFFS
• Freedom Blue PFFS
• Health Net Pearl
• Humana
• Independent Health
• Medicare Blue Choice
• MVP Gold Anywhere
• MVP Gold Value
• MVP Preferred Gold
• Secure Horizons
• Today’s Options
• TriCare
• Univera Senior Choice
• Universal Health Care
• Wellcare
Managed Medicaid
• Blue Choice Option
• Fidelis Care MCD Managed Care
• Monroe Plan
• MVP Option
Now serving Rochester
and the Finger Lakes.
• Via Health Plan
Other Insurance
Lifetime Care provides hospice services
in Monroe, Wayne and Seneca Counties.
• Veteran’s Administration
• No Fault
• Workers Comp
• Private Pay
• Aetna
When you need
health care services...at home
Please contact a Lifetime Care
representative at 1-585-214-1000
or 1-800-724-1410 to inquire
about insurance plans not
listed above.
Serving Monroe, Wayne, Cayuga, Seneca, Schuyler, Yates, Ontario and Livingston Counties
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lifetimecare.org
OUR MISSION
• We exist to provide compassionate, personalized care for recovering and restoring of health, improving quality of
life, and maintaining independence in the home and home-like settings of all adults and children who are ill,
injured, dying or grieving.
• We are committed to being a responsive, collaborative partner in advocating for, and providing access to effective,
innovative, culturally competent and cost-efficient health care services for all segments of the communities we serve.
• We are dedicated to building a committed, passionate and diverse team. We are focused on meeting the needs of
employees so they may deliver the highest level of care possible for our patients and their families.
In pursuit of this mission, Lifetime Care will deliver compassionate, personalized care to adults and children who are ill, injured,
dying or grieving. Lifetime Care will also provide education that promotes healing, wellness, and holistic care for children and adults.
PRIMARY IN-HOME SERVICES
Skilled Nursing
Comprehensive nursing assessment,
treatment, teaching and counseling
Pre- and Post-Surgical Care
Identify Long Term Care needs
PRI & Screen
Restorative Care, Case Management
Rehab Therapies/Care
Multi-Disciplinary Rehab Care
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech/Language Pathology
Rehab-trained home health aides
Case Management
Falls Prevention/Safety Assessment
Medical Social Work
Financial Counseling and Advocacy
Emotional Support
Long Term Care needs
Linkage with community services
Infusion Therapy
Infusion Nurse Educators
PICC/Midline insertion
Maintenance of Central, Peripheral, PICC lines and Mediports
Infusion of Antibiotics, TPN, Chemo, Cardiac meds, Hydration, other IV meds
Lab draw via PICC/Central lines and Mediports
Home Care Plus
Home Health Aides to assist with activities of daily living, as required
Lifetime Pharmacy - Infusion Services in the Home
Working together to provide IV services benefits both patients and providers. For patients, in most cases there is no
additional infusion pharmacy co-pay; 24/7 delivery; and less phone calls, scheduling and clinicians in the home.
Providers have reduced phone calls and paperwork.
SPECIALTY SERVICES
Cardiopulmonary Care
Nurse Specialists and specially-trained RNs
who assess, treat and teach
Common diagnoses: CHF, CAD, MI, COPD,
dysrhythmias, peripheral vascular disease,
post-cardiac surgery and pacemaker implantation
Case management, interdisciplinary coordination,
timely MD notification
Remote monitoring, other technologies per orders
Wound Care
Certified wound, ostomy and continence nurse consults
on cases by visit and/or digital photo review
Chronic Wound Management using
evidence-based guidelines
Evaluation and referral for specialty beds and
compression therapy
Vacuum Assisted Wound Closure (VAC)
Ostomy, fistula care and drainage management
Diabetes Education/Care
Certified Diabetes Nurse Educators and
specially-trained team nurses instruct newly
diagnosed patients in blood glucose monitoring,
meal planning, exercise and medications
Personalized care planning for chronic diabetic
self-management including glycemic control,
adaptive devices and coping strategies
Joint Replacement Care
Orthopedic Pre-surgery Review
Multi-Disciplinary Rehab Care to speed
resumption of normal activity
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
Cancer Care
Medical and Post-Surgical Care
Assessment, Treatment & Teaching
Post Chemotherapy and Radiation
At-home Chemo Infusion
Identify Long Term Care needs
Case Management
Parkinson’s Disease Care
Interdisciplinary team training through National
Parkinson Foundation (NPF) with treatments
including:
• Evidence-based, targeted therapy interventions
• Parkinson’s Disease education and connection to
community resources
• On-site Parkinson’s Disease exercise program led by
a physical therapist
Women’s and Children’s Health
Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Pre- and Post-Natal Care and Teaching
Pediatric Assessment, Care and Teaching
(post-acute and high-tech)
High-Risk Pregnancy Management
IV Nutrition, Hydration
Linkage with CompassionNet, if needed
Call 1-585-214-1000 or 1-800-724-1410
to learn more, or visit us at lifetimecare.org
Leading-Edge Patient Care Technology
Telemed Systems
Advances in medical technology for the home can increase patients’ ability to monitor their own condition, reduce
rehospitalizations, and improve collaboration between patients, physicians and Lifetime Care nurses.
• Daily Home Monitoring of vital signs to identify changes in condition; reporting vital signs trends to physicians
• Video Visits provide face-to-face contact with patients and physicians for high risk patients
• Zoe Monitor measures fluid status on patients with CHF
• State-of-the-Art Digital Cameras assist in wound care treatment
Home Support Services
Enjoy the independence of living in your own home, with a little extra help assuring your safety and reducing anxiety.
• Lifetime Personal Health Alert is by your side in case of an emergency any time of the day or night
• Dispense-A-Pill (DAP) ensures accurate and timely dosing of medications