Grundy County Public Health and Allen Home Care nurses work closely with physicians to provide skilled and maintenance home care. Services include, but are not limited to: wound care, medication management, diabetic monitoring and teaching, blood draws, health teaching, catheter care, and IV therapy. Agency home therapies are available for qualified individuals. Services are billable to Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance for individuals who meet criteria. There is a sliding fee scale for those who do not qualify for third party reimbursement.
Grundy County is able to offer home nursing visits through a merger with Allen Home Health Services. The Grundy County Public Health office functions as an extension of Allen Home Health and is a department of Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Allen Home Health is Medicare certified and Joint Commission Accredited. The Grundy County nurses live and work in the county and receive back up form Allen Home Health Services. A nurse is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays.
Home Care Aide/Homemaker services provide assistance with bathing, skin care, shampoo, and light housekeeping.
The Grundy Office provides the public health services for Grundy County. The public health office receives federal, state and county funding to support various programs and services. Services include: individual and group teaching and information; screening clinics for hypertension; communicable disease investigation with follow-up and prevention; an early visitor program, Homes with Healthy Children, for new parents; school health programs; and substance abuse prevention. Clinics include toe nail trimming and fall flu shot clinics. Referral to community services is a service available as well. The agency is a member of Grundy County Community Partners. The agency is working actively with county emergency management, law makers, county decision and policy makers, and other community partners to strengthen public health preparedness in the event of a natural disaster or act of terrorism.
The Grundy County Board of Health is appointed by the Board of Supervisors as the policy making board of the public health department. The governing board is the Allen Memorial Hospital Board of Directors.