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environments. Patients may have mental, physical, developmental, or emotional disabilities. Therapists also help them to develop, recover, or maintain daily living and work skills. Occupational therapists help clients not only to improve their basic motor functions and reasoning abilities, but also to compensate for permanent loss of function.

Respiratory Therapy – Refers to services for care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. It may include the therapeutic use of medical gases and their equipment, environmental control systems, humidification, aerosols, ventilator support, bronchi pulmonary drainage and exercise, respiratory rehabilitation, assistance with cardiopulmonary

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Home Care Skilled Care Agencies

Home Health Agencies provide health care professionals to an individual in a variety of settings. Most agencies have a registered nurse to do an appraisal to determine a patient’s needs. For more information call our Seniors Resource Line at 973-560-006 4.

OUR PREFERRED SKILLED CARE HOME HEALTH AGENCIES Anita’s Angels page

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Heartfelt Home Care

(ad on page 56) .............................................................. 973 845-6125

Senior Helpers (ad on page 54)

– Morris County ........................................................ 973 360-1500

– Somerset County .................................................. 732 993-6991

SYNERGY HomeCare North West NJ

(ad on page 55) .............................................................. 973 394-5638

Visiting Nurse Association of Northern New Jersey

(ad on page 50) ....................................... 800 WE-VISIT/938-4748

Wilf at Home

(ad on page 72) ............................................................... 732 649-3502