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Show i Home Health Ag'cy To Give Care For Older Patients I The Iron County Health Department De-partment has added another service to its generalized pro-j pro-j gram in , rendering skilled nursing care and skilled physical phy-sical therapy to the people of Iron County in need of such services. i The Iron County Home Health Agency has been organized, or-ganized, under the direction of Dr. R. G. Williams, Iron County Health Officer, and an advisory board, for the purpose pur-pose of providing skilled nursing care and physical therapy on a visiting basis to the patients in their home. The primary purpose of the Home Health Agency is the care of patients 65 years or older under Medicare and other persons with health insurance in-surance for the aged under So- j cial Security. However, services serv-ices are available, also, to anyone needing skilled professional pro-fessional care who are referred refer-red to the agency by their private physicians. The stai'f cf the Iron County Coun-ty Health Department was fortunate for-tunate in securing the very best in qualified professional people to participate in the organization and functions of I the agency. The physical therapist, already al-ready operating in the area, with offices in the Valley View Medical Center, is Grant Heber. The registered graduate gradu-ate nurse, with a B.S. degree from the University of Utah, is Mrs. Linda Hodges. Mrs. Mary Lou Moiling is secretary, secre-tary, who comes to the agency agen-cy with valued experience. |