Skilled Home Health: Quick Reference

Knowing when to refer a patient to skilled home health
can be a challenge. This quick reference guide offers
some common triggers to help patients and caregivers
identify a skilled need. Early detection is key in
preventing further decline. Don’t Wait! Call us Today!

Skilled Home Health Triggers

• Surgery After Care
• Hospitalization/ER
• Rehab/SNF
• Medication Changes/Management
• New Diagnosis
• Caregiver Change
• UTls
• Decreased Level of Function
• Falls
  IIIQ • Weight Changes
• Respiratory Changes
• Pain
• Weakness
• Dizziness
• Shortness of Breath
• Uncontrolled Blood Pressure
• Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
• Tremors
• Wounds
• Difficulty Chewing / Swallowing / Speaking
• Stroke or TIA
• Dementia