BROAD STREET HOME CARE
Cancer Care at Home
The shock of a cancer diagnosis can be traumatizing not only to you but to your family as well. The change in your daily routine and the prescribed course of treatment can take its emotional toll on you and your loved ones.
By understanding your specific diagnosis and treatment plan, Broad Street provides support to you and your family as you begin the journey to recovery. Our objective is for you to continue to live a vibrant and active life during and after your treatment.
Broad Street’s high level of customized cancer care services in the home, along with Nurse Oversight, makes us uniquely effective when it comes to supporting individuals who have either recently been diagnosed with cancer or have been living with cancer for some time.
With Nurse Oversight, we assist you in following your oncologist’s plan of care, which may also include monitoring your condition after you return home from a treatment or surgery. By communicating with your oncology care team, Broad Street can help relieve this burden while you recuperate in the comfort of your home
Home Care Approach for Cancer Recovery and Rehabilitation
As with all of our clients, we take a customized approach to our home care services for cancer recovery and rehabilitation. This starts by understanding your specific diagnosis and how it impacts your daily routine, along with your goals and objectives.
It is also important to understand the treatment plans developed by your healthcare specialists, whether it be your Oncologist or Primary Care Physician. Collaborating with them allows us to develop a plan of service that supports your continued recovery and helps you maintain a healthy and active lifestyle.
Trained and Experienced Care Professionals
From here, we select highly trained and experienced Care Professionals. The selection process is based on not only having the necessary skills to support you but also in thinking about how that individual or individuals would fit with you personally. Once selected, there is significant client specific training to make sure your Care Professionals understand the plan of service and how to support your specific needs.
But the service does not end there. It is a collaborative and ongoing process to make sure we are adjusting to your changing wants and needs. All to support your continued path to recovery and a return to wellness.
Home Care Services for Cancer Recovery
Broad Street’s Home Care services are comprehensive and incorporated as part of an overall solution. We are here to fill in the gaps where needed so you get the support you need but without being overwhelming. The following are home care services that we can provide to support with Cancer Recovery and Rehabilitation.
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General Home Care Services to Support Cancer Recovery
Personal Care
Utilizing Best practices, our Care Professionals can provide support with all personal activities, including all the things that we need to do on a daily basis but can sometimes find difficult. This includes help in the restroom or shower, getting ready for the day or ready for sleep at night. These services support your health and comfort and are provided in a discrete and respectful manner.
Household Maintenance
Maintaining a clean and organized home takes work. This can be difficult with the complications of your ongoing treatments but it’s no less important. We help alleviate this burden so you can focus on the things you find more enjoyable.
Active Companion Services
With health and household supported, active companionship is about doing the things you find enjoyable. Whatever your interests are, we can help you stay engaged while supporting your health and safety.
Ongoing Support with your Cancer Treatments
After attending your treatment sessions, your cancer care team will recommend best ways to recuperate at home. These instructions are crucial for your continued recovery. Broad Street’s Care Professionals can help through encouragement as well as tracking your progress so your cancer care team can make any necessary adjustments. Specific areas can include:
Regular Exercise – exercises helping you to maintain strength and help your body and brain simply work better
Dietary Adjustments – we can work with you, your cancer care team and dieticians to explore best types of foods to eat.
Maintain a Healthy Weight – You may have lost or gained weight during your treatment. Your doctor can recommend a healthy weight for you. Broad Street can work with you to help you achieve these goals.
Rest – Sleep problems are not uncommon during and after treatment regimens. Helping you adhere to your sleep schedule, avoiding stimulants like caffeine before bed and keeping your environment quiet and restful are all part of your recovery process.
Additional Support Services for Cancer Recovery
As part of an overall solution, Broad Street can assist in providing and coordinating additional services specifically designed to support you in your recovery and rehabilitation.
Care Management, Nurse Oversight, and Patient Advocacy
With direct Nurse involvement as part of your home care solution, we can coordinate with your physician to ensure we are following their treatment plan, including medication, diet and exercise. Nurse oversight involves working directly with your Care Professionals to encourage a healthy routine, and to monitoring and tracking vital signs like blood pressure. This information that can be critical in your physician’s ability to understand your progress, and advise you appropriately.
Medication Management
Many of our clients take a variety of medications prescribed by multiple physicians. Following a diagnosis, it is important to understand and prioritize certain medications to reduce your risk of complications related to your cancer treatments. This may impact how you take other medications related to other conditions and your overall medication routine. Nurse supervisors can assist in managing medication and your Care Professionals can help you adjust to the new routine.
A Professional Network of Support
There are a variety of other services that Broad Street can introduce as part of your overall plan. This can include health system recommendations for specialized therapists, psychological counseling, Primary Care Physicians and area facilities that focus on cancer treatment.
Other external support services include general health and wellness consultations, nutritionists and dietitians, as well as alternative therapies. In addition, there may be related services that can be helpful, from home modification services and durable medical equipment as well as wearable sensors. Broad Street believes in interdisciplinary cooperation of a variety of services.
A coordinated solution, delivered to you seamlessly.
Broad Street Home Care’s symptom specific support is specifically designed for you, focusing not only on how to manage the effects of the cancer on your body but also on the treatments associated with your healing. We are also well aware of the psychological burden you and your family are coping with. The objective is to support you and your efforts to continue to live your life to its fullest.
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Broad Street Home Care Can Help
Broad Street offers comprehensive Cancer Care home services and support.
If you or a family member would benefit from expert in-home Cancer Care services and support, it’s time to arrange for the help you need. Broad Street Home Care customizes a wide range of services as part of a comprehensive in-home Cancer Care program. We provide dedicated support across the entire Chicagoland area.
If you would like to work with Broad Street, please visit our Careers page.