Western Connecticut Home Care was awarded $30,000 from The Leir Charitable Foundations of Ridgefield to fund the agency’s home monitoring programs. The donation made in memory of Henry and Erna D. Leir, will be used to provide Telehealth and Lifeline to patients receiving home care services.
“Telehealth Program is vital to the continued improvement in clinical outcomes and to ensuring our patients remain in their homes and out of the hospital,” said Brian O’Loughlin, home care administrator. Telehealth use small electronic devices placed in a patient’s home that allow clinicians to monitor the patient’s vital signs from a remote location.
Western Connecticut Home Care patients who are high risk for falls are provided a Philips Lifeline with an automatic fall detector. Falls are the most frequently occurring accident for seniors.,
Western Connecticut Home Care, formerly Danbury Visiting Nurse Association, is a non-profit, Medicare certified, state licensed medical home care agency. For additional information visit www.westernconnecticuthomecare.org or call 203-792-4120.