Offers public health emergency preparedness, Alert Iowa notification, community health navigation services, oral health screenings, disease surveillance and investigation, health education, homemaker services, immunizations, lead poisoning prevention screenings and assessment, maternal health education, tobacco use prevention and control, blood pressure checks and tuberculosis screenings.
Provides health education to the public and to schools. Helps with planning and preparedness for infectious diseases or other public health incidents for the Decatur County area. Offers immunizations to children, adolescents and adults, including the flu vaccine.
Home health care services and home nursing is provided to those in need. Can provide personal care assistance for bathing, hair care, housekeeping and laundry, meal planning and preparation, errands, and waiver services.
Clayton County Visiting Nurse Association provides public health nursing services.
Services include:
Adult Health Maintenance services for medically needy individuals,
Home health aides,
Personal care,
Homemaker services,
Adult immunizations,
Foot care clinics, and
Communicable disease follow-up.
--Immunizations are available for persons of all ages. Red Willow County Health Department accepts private insurance and also has programs for free immunizations for individuals without insurance. --Lab draws are every Thursday morning by appointment. Panel $50.00, PSA $35.00, TSH $30.00, HA1C $25.00, and Vit D $55.00. --Footcare by appointment only. $30.00 per visit. --RWCHD also provides Exercise and Blood Pressure Clinics in the community. --Health promotion and education. --Newborn baby visits. --Childcare provider health screening. --School Health Screenings. --Paternity Testing (State Ordered Only)
Offers public health services to the communities in Jackson County. Services include immunizations, public health nursing and home health nursing, childhood lead poisoning testing, TB medication administration, communicable diseases reporting, foot care clinics, hospice care, hospice house, Family Connects and Bright Beginnings. Can also help families sign up for dental care services through the i-Smile program. Also provides information about communicable diseases.
Skilled nursing, including wound care, dressing changes, post-surgery follow-up, IV's, diabetic education, patient teaching, and medication review/assist with administration.
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy services.
Home care aides are certified nursing assistants providing personal care services.
Homemaker services such as light housekeeping, laundry, and meal preparation.
Public health nursing offers immunization clinics, childhood dental screenings, childhood fluoride varnishes, maternal health education and services, health promotion visits (in-home safety evaluation, well-baby checks, breastfeeding assistance), emergency preparedness, community coalition representation, referral source for community based services, disease prevention activities, and community health education projects.
Offers public health services to the Clarke County communities. Services include home care, health care programs for women and children, general physicals, immunizations, mental health administration, early childhood development, and environmental health services. Also provides information on communicable diseases.
Offers free COVID-19 home test pickup and drop off; call for information. (Also available at other locations listed on the website.)
COVID-19 vaccines are not available at the public health clinic but are available at locations listed on the website: www.publichealth.pottcounty-ia.gov/public_health/communicable_diseases (or call the office).
Public health services includes adult flu clinic; children's immunization shots (through age 18); audits of immunization records for schools and licensed day cares; tuberculosis surveillance, control, and education; investigation of reportable diseases; head lice program, including chemical free supplies (Council Bluffs only); Hepatitis C surveillance, control, and education; prevention of communicable disease outbreaks.
Provides skilled nursing visits, homemaker visits, blood pressure, flu, and immunizations clinics, and physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Also offers information on communicable diseases and public health responses.
Provides nurses and home health aides, and homemakers who provide assistance in the home, immunizations clinics for children and adults, blood pressure clinics, and environmental health services.
Offers women's health services to the public. Services will include birth control options, family planning education, routine health tests (pas tests and pelvic exams), colposcopy tests to detect cervical cancer, pregnancy tests and testing for STD's.
Home Health Aides offer personal care, bathing, and light housekeeping to those who are elderly, have disabilities, or have chronic health conditions. Home health aide services help individuals maintain their safety and independence.
Parenting Support - Nurses, parent coaches/family support workers, social workers, and lactation consultants provide physician-directed home visits, prenatal and post-partum support, and health education services to vulnerable families living in poverty at risk of poor health, developmental, and educational outcomes.
Shelter Nursing - Serves as the primary public health provider in all Omaha and Council Bluffs homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, group maternity homes, and youth living on the street. Nursing services include health assessment, education, medication compliance, and management of chronic health conditions and mental and behavioral health. Nurses work with families to address their unique needs by coordinating community resources and accessing medical services to assist with basic healthcare needs, mental health, child safety, and substance and domestic abuse.
Provides flu and immunizations (including COVID) at community and workplace clinics.
School Health Programs - Provides essential preventative health and wellness screening, as well as physical and mental health services to help ensure the overall well-being of students and staff in Omaha area schools. Nurses often provide staff training and work with parents to personalize specific care for students with special needs.
Facilitates access to home health care and hospice services to community members who are uninsured or lack resources.
Provides information on lead poisoning and other health issues, links individuals to needed personal health services, and informs the public of any health alerts. Also provides information and guidance on communicable diseases.
Free and voluntary home visitation services to prenatal mothers and new parents utilizing the Healthy Families America model.
Home visitors share child development education and parenting support to enhance the parent/child bond. Families are connected to community resources and medical homes if needed. Screening and referral for developmental delays, substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental health are also provided as part of the program.
Families are encouraged to enroll prenatally and can stay in services until the child reaches 3-5 years of age. Referrals to service can be made by any agency, health care provider, school or the client themselves.
Services include: -- Child health services -- Maternal health services -- Home health care and homemaker services -- Hospice care -- Cancer screening for women -- Health education, community education, and health planning -- Immunization clinics for children and adults -- Family planning services -- Blood pressure checks -- Disaster planning and preparedness -- Tobacco cessation classes -- Parent education classes -- Home visits for children ages 0-5 -- Life Assist Emergency Response Alert -- Public health nursing visits
Offers health care skilled nursing service. Home health aide, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and medical social worker. Accepts Medicaid and Medicare, as well as private insurance. Coverage is always explained prior to providing care so that patients may know what expenses they may incur.
MercyOne Offers a comprehensive range of licensed home care services to patients who live within a 50 mile radius of Des Moines which includes: all or part of Polk, Dallas, Warren, Jasper Madison, Marion, Marshall and Story Counties. All Mercy Home Health programs are accredited by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
MercyOne Home Health Service programs include home nursing care for individuals who are ill but do not require hospitalization, new mothers and their infants, home care for patients requiring intravenous therapy. Private care by nurse aides/attendants for people who are frail, infirm or even well. Hospice care for the terminally ill is also offered.
Provides health maintenance visits, disease prevention, IV Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Public Health Preparedness, health education in the home and community, New Mom/New Baby visits, reportable disease follow up, communicable disease control, lead/hemoglobin testing and immunizations.