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At Home and in Your Community
Count on UMA for high-quality long-term medical care, rehabilitative care, and family support for adult clients with chronic illness, injury, or disability. If hospitalized, call us before discharge to ease your transition to home nursing.
Flexible schedules and on-call support are available 24/7, with day and overnight options that give clients and their loved ones the peace of mind and safety they need to enjoy their best quality of life in the home of their choice with comfort, independence, and dignity.
Best prevention, best outcomes
UMA’s proactive approach focuses on optimizing well-being and preventing complications, unnecessary costs, and hospitalizations. Our regular clinical oversight helps to:
- Identify and address hazards and fall risks
- Monitor therapies, vitals, and health status
- Communicate with physicians and care managers
- Quickly identify changes in condition
- Intervene before complications progress
- Uphold the highest infection prevention standards
- Recommend care plan changes, if needed
- Check medication, equipment, and supplies
- Reinforce client/family education
- Advise on healthy lifestyle choices
- Refer to community resources
UMA Nurses are gifted with a passion for caring that comes from within. And we fortify their natural desire for healing and helping with ongoing specialized learnings including simulation lab training, and back them with a dedicated team and 24/7 clinical support. All our RNs and LPNs undergo a rigorous hiring process, meeting the highest standards of excellence.
Caring for the whole person helps avoid complications
If you or a loved one needs help with ongoing medical needs due to chronic illness, injury, or disability, UMA’s highly skilled nurses provide the highest quality medical attention, ongoing support, and rehabilitative care to help you remain living safely at home. We take a proactive approach to caregiving, focusing on the prevention of complications that could lead to unnecessary hospitalizations. This ongoing surveillance helps to quickly identify and address adverse or preventable health triggers and situations.
Our team can help you manage complex medical needs at home by providing:
- Tracheostomy care
- Ventilator care
- Respiratory treatments
- Catheter and ostomy care
- Gastrostomy (feeding tube) care
- Nasogastric (N-G) tube care
- Medication and injection administration
Care that’s always there
Being an UMA client means you’ll have access to on-call support any time you need it, 24 hours a day. And because UMA offers other types of home care such as personal care and companionship services and home health care, you can have peace of mind knowing that no matter your specific situation, UMA has care options to meet your needs.
Payment Options
How to pay for nursing care services
There are many payment options including: Private pay (credit card or check), Medicaid, private health insurance, Veterans’ benefits, and Workers’ compensation.