Toe River Health District
Home Health Agency
Avery County
540 Schultz Circle
Newland, NC 28657
828-733-1550
Mitchell County
130 Forest Service Drive – Suite D
Bakersville, NC 28705
828-688-3421
Yancey County
200 Medical Campus Drive
Burnsville, NC 28714
828-682-7825
Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Toe River Home Health
Nurses on call
24 hours a day;
7 days a week
Toe River Health District - An Accredited Agency Serving Avery, Mitchell, & Yancey Counties in Western North Carolina

There are the times in any of our lives when we need help from the community and from the professionals who live here. Welcome to Toe River Home Health page.
We provide the care you need in your own home!
We are accredited by ACHC - Licensed by DHSR - certified by Medicare

Meet Our Staff:

WHO QUALIFIES FOR HOME HEALTH?

Any Person Who:

· Has an illness that requires the skilled services of a nurse or therapist

· Is under a plan of care that is ordered by a physician

· Meets guidelines mandated by Medicare, Medicaid, or any other private insurance provider

Referrals can be made by anyone; however,
a physician’s order is required.

Call us. We'll guide you through the process.


WHAT WILL INSURANCE COVER?

Medicare and Medicaid usually cover the costs of our services as well as most medical equipment and medical supplies. Your nurse will tell you what supplies are not covered.

Some private insurances cover home health services. We bill private insurance companies and then inform you what is covered and what is not covered.

SKILLED NURSING

Nurses can:

· Provide care that is ordered by your doctor such as catheter and wound care, injections, etc.

· Help the homebound person meet their health care needs

· Monitor problems and report the findings to the doctor

· Teach and counsel patients and their family about health care matters

· Collect specimens / labs for physicians

We have pediatric and maternal nurses,
nurses trained in the use of the wound vac,
nurses trained in ostomy/stoma care, and
nurses trained to assist with IV therapy in the home.

HOME HEALTH AIDES

Aides can:

· Help a patient bathe

· Help a patient with skin care

· Work under the direction of a therapist or nurse to help the patient become independent with activities of daily living such as walking, getting dressed, eating meals, and more

· Report any changes in health status to the nurses

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Therapists can:

· Work with a patient after a stroke or accident to help regain strength in the hands and arms

· Teach the patient how to use health care equipment

· Show how to keep a home as safe as possible for the patient

· Offer ADL & HDL training

· Help with Muscle Re-education

· Provide Cognitive Training

· Help With Perceptual Motor Training & Fine Motor Coordination

· Deliver Therapeutic Exercise

· Apply Splints & Joint Mobilization


SPEECH THERAPY

Therapists can:

· Evaluate speech, language, and hearing

· Start treatment programs to improve the patient’s speech and language

· Teach the patient and their family various ways to improve speech and language

· Work with patients who have problems with swallowing

PHYSICAL THERAPY

Therapists can:

· Consult with a physician to set goals and to determine the best treatments for improving the patient’s ability to mobilize

· Provide professional treatment in the privacy of the patient’s home

· Help arrange for equipment in the home and to teach the use of the equipment to provide the safest care possible

· Provide professional treatment in the privacy of the patient’s home

· Define Therapeutic Activities

· Provide self-care management

· Treat varicose veins and ulcers

· Provide excercise and endurance training

· Help with incontinence & peroneal muscular atrophy

· Treat contractures of joints and ankylosis

· Help with back aches & lumbago

· Provide excercise and endurance training

· Provide for orthopedic aftercare

MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK

Social Workers can:

· Help a patient and their family with planning for long-term health care

· Help a patient and their family find other resources for assistance within the community

· Help a patient remain independent in the home for as long as possible

 

Our services are offered to all qualified persons without discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, execution of Advanced Directives, DNR status, or the ability to pay.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Toe River Home Health is to provide high quality, low cost home care to our community.

VISION STATEMENT

The vision of Toe River Home Health is to be the home health care provider of choice for the communities we serve.



Mitchell County - Ledger, NC (Bakersville)

Pictured: Left to right...

Standing....
Bobbi Hobson, RN; Patricia Leonard, RN, Assistant Coordinator; Polly Crowder, CNA; Elizabeth Barnhill, RN; Teresa Cornell, RN;
Sitting: Joyce Noblitt, RN, Care Coordinator; Cheryl Payne, clerk; Linda Cain, clerk; Not Pictured - Melissa Roland, RN; Connie Hill, CNA, Ken Price, PTA
Mitchell County Branch Toe River Home Health


Avery County - Newland, NC
Pictured: From left to right...

Kate Watson, RN; Jean Eller, CNA; Andrea Buchanan, RN; Charlene Laws, RN, Assistant Coordinator; Jean Stadtfeld, RN, Care Coordinator; Mary Greene, RN; Becky Daniels, RN
Not pictured... Janet Carson, clerk; Dena Davis, clerk; Regina Rhodes, RN; Kim Ruppard, CNA; Reinhold Goebler, PT; Jim Lehman, PT; Brenda Singleton, PTA; Steve & Wanda Malcolm, OT; Nancy Correa, ST
Avery County Branch Toe River Home Health

 

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Yancey County - Burnsville, NC

Pictured: Left to right...

Randy Casey, PT; Stephanie Casey, PT; Tava Cook, Office Ass't; Kelly Hensley, RN, Ass't Coordinator; Naomi Wilson, CNA; Crystal Boone, RN; Lisa Swaim, RN; Kay Higgins, Office Ass't; Pat Boone, Office Ass't; Marilyn Wilson, CNA; Kim Mitchell, RN, Coordinator; Leslie Bryant, RN
Not Pictured; Gwen Frye, RN; Marcia Britton, SLP


Toe River Health District
Serves Avery, Mitchell, & Yancey Counties in Western North Carolina

Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Nurses on call 24 hours a day; 7 days a week
828-688-3421

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