SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., – Regional West Medical Center Home Care and Hospice has expanded its coverage area to Kimball and surrounding communities.

As Nebraska’s first home care agency, Regional West Home Care was founded in 1967 with the mission of providing comprehensive in-home and supportive services for patients and their families. Home Care offers care to all age ranges, from infants to the elderly, with care requirements from acute, short-term illness management to those who need long-term management for their condition.

Services include: observation and assessment; teaching and training; medication administration (intravenous or injection); tube feedings; tracheotomy care; catheter care; wound and ostomy care; maternity and newborn care; pediatric, psychiatric, rehabilitative, and advanced illness services.

Regional West Home Care provides care through RNs, LPNs, physical therapists, medical social workers, speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, and aide services.

Regional West Home Care is accredited by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and is a certified Medicare/Medicaid provider.

If you are wondering if home care may be right for you, tell your doctor, nurse, social worker, or family member that you’d like more information, or give Home Care a call at 308-630-1430.

Regional West Hospice (formerly Prairie Haven Hospice) will also be providing services in Kimball and surrounding communities. Regional West Hospice’s goal is to improve life for all who are facing and advanced illness or dying by providing emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being of the patient and the family.

If you’d like to learn more about Regional West Hospice, call 308-630-1149.

Regional West Health Services in Scottsbluff, Neb., is the parent company of Regional West Medical Center, a 182-bed regional referral center and one of three Level II Trauma Centers in the state. As the region’s only tertiary referral medical center, Regional West offers care that spans more than 32 medical specialties provided by over 28 physician clinics. With nearly 300 providers, and over 2,000 employees, Regional West provides comprehensive and innovative health care services for the people of western Nebraska and the neighboring states of Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming.