Homecare & Hospice
ABOUT US
Schoolcraft Memorial HomeCare is a department of Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital providing quality and excellence in healthcare for more than fifty years to its community and surrounding areas.
We share staff with Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital ensuring continuum of care.
HOME HEALTH
HomeHealth services are designed for ill or injured patients who no longer require hospitalizaton but have difficulty or are unable to leave home to receive the care they need. In essence, we bring hospital care to the comforts of your own home! For many, it's an excellent alternative to extended stays in the hospital or placement into a nursing home.
Schoolcraft Memorial HomeCare is State certified and is proud to provide to our community and surrounding areas the following:
• Registered Nurses
• Aides
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Social Workers
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HOME HEALTH
Hospice provides compassionate care and support services for patients and their family.
The central goal of hospice is to allow patients with life limiting illness to continue their life free of pain and to manage other symptoms so they can live their life with dignity, respect and purpose.
Hospice care focuses on the person not the disease. We take a team approach with our patients and their family.
Hospice program may provide:
• Registered Nurses
• Aides
• Counseling
• Volunteer Services
• Social Work Services
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Medications
• Medical Equipment
• Respite Care (providing a break for the caregiver)
• Inpatient Hospital Care
• Bereavement Support Services
• Spiritual Care
We provide Private Duty Aide services to help our patients and their families with basic daily living needs.
Services include:
• housework
• shopping
• meal preparation
• bathing
• nail clipping
• transportation
• private pay nursing and or therapy services are also available
• respire and companionship
LIFELINE
We also offer Lifeline - a personal emergency response system that allows a person to summon emergency care 24-hours a day, seven days a week thus reducing the worry of living alone.
One of our trained personel at SMHC will install a unit and teach you how to use it and test the distance the unit is operational.
Cost: $50.00 installation fee
$30.00 monthly fee
QUALIFICATIONS FOR HOMEHEALTH, HOSPICE & PRIVATE DUTY
Home Health:
• Physicians Order
• Require a skilled need i.e. nursing, physical therapy etc.
• Homebound - leaving home requires much forethought and planning and or assistance.
Hospice:
To qualify for hospice care, a patient's physician must certify terminal illness with a life expectancy of less than six months. you must have a 24-hour care giver.
Private Duty:
Anyone can hire Private Duty Services. Please call our office for more information.
PAYMENT INFORMATION
HomeCare
Medicare, Medicaid, BC/BS other insurances, and private pay.
Hospice
Medicare,Medicaid, BC/BS, other insurances.
Private Duty Services
Hourly rates for services. Services are billed directly to the client or family on a monthly basis.
COMMUNITY SERVICE CLINICS
Nursing Services
Blood pressure, blood sugar, medication instruction and set-up; answers to your health care questions.
Monday thru Friday ~ 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Schoolcraft Memorial HomeCare Office ~ 131 S. Cedar Str., Manistique
(906) 341-3284
Blood Pressure Screening
Every Friday from 11:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m.
Manistique Senior Citizens Center ~ 101 Main St., Manistique
(906) 341-5923 or (906) 341-3284
Germfask Senior Citizens Center, Germfask
First and third Tuesday of the month from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
(906)m 341-3284
FOOT CARE CLINICS
Public Foot Clinic at Woodland Meadows Assisted Living Facility
4th Tuesday of the month, available by Appointment call: (906) 341-3284
Clinic will be provided by a licensed nurse.
Cost: $10.00
Contact Information:
Kristen Peterson, RN - Director
Julie Pistulka, RN - Nursing Supervisor
Deb Blandford, RN - Private Duty Supervisor
Schoolcraft Memorial HomeCare and Hospice
500 Main Street
Manistique, MI 49854
(906) 341-3284 or 1-800-341-7642
(906) 341-1978 (fax)
