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1. Community Assessment
Panhandle Home Health
Spring 2013

2. Panhandle Home Health
Serving the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
since 1976.
(Panhandle Home Health, Incorporated, 2010)

3. Mission Statement
“We are committed to providing out community with
high quality home health services and to linking
individuals with available resources. Care at home
promotes feelings of independence and self-esteem and
improves the patients’ quality of life by enabling them
to remain in the comfort of their own home during
times of illness, disability, or recuperation.”
(Panhandle Home Health, Incorporated, 2010)

4. Vision Statement
“To be the preferred provider of
professional healthcare at home.”
(Panhandle Home Health, Incorporated, 2010)

5. Services Provided by
Panhandle Home Health
• Skilled nursing
• Physical Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Medical Social Services
• Registered dietician
• Certified home health aide

6. • Personal care services:
– Bathing
– Shampoo
– Skin care
– Assistance in exercises and mobility
• Home Health aide visits = 6,431 times in 2010.

7. Patients Served
• County of residence for patients served
– Berkeley: 877
– Jefferson: 274
– Morgan: 90
(Panhandle Home Health, Incorporated, 2010)
• The majority of patients served by Panhandle
Home Health are Berkeley County residents.

8. Add slide of service area

9. Homes in Berkeley County

11. Median Value of Homes in Berkeley County:
$183,000
(US Census Quick Facts, YEAR)

12. Households: 39,303
Persons per household: 2.59
(US Census Quick Facts, YEAR)

13. Home Ownership Rate - 76%
(US Census Quick Facts, YEAR)

16. Median Household Income
$60,000
$50,000 $52,504
$50,502
$40,000
$39,550
$30,000
Median Income
$20,000
Berkeley County is $10,000
above the WV and
$0
national average. Berkeley County WV U.S.
(US Department of Commerce, 2013)

17. Residents living below the poverty line = 13%
(Cronk, 2013)

19. Trailer Parks

20. Housing units in multi-unit
structures - 11%
(US Census Quick Facts, 2013)

21. Apartment Complexes

22. Local Parks

23. Fishing and Golfing

24. Recreation Center is being built
in Inwood.

25. Interstate 81; Martinsburg to
Hagerstown, MD (23 miles)
Route 9; Martinsburg to Charles
Town (16 miles)
Route 45; Runs between
Martinsburg and Shepherdstown (9.5
miles)

26. The PanTran offers public transportation
between Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.

27. VA Medical Center in
Martinsburg, WV

28. City Hospital in
Martinsburg, WV

29. Many medical centers and doctor’s
offices throughout Berkeley County

30. Public Schools
15 Elementary schools
6 Intermediate schools
5 Middle schools
4 High schools

31. Numerous Churches of
Various Demonization's

32. Shopping Areas

33. Safety Concerns

34. An abandoned warehouse in downtown
Martinsburg with broken windows and
plenty of unsecured ways to get in the
building.

35. Easily accessible vacant trailers that
people could get into and do illegal
activities.

36. Sharp and narrow roads can be a
major factor in car accidents
especially if the roads are wet with
rain or snow.

37. Unpaved roads, one lane bridges and
flooded roads are a concern for home
health aides.

38. Bars, strip
clubs, and
smoking are all
influences in the
county that are
potentially
hazardous to
one’s health.

39. Fast food restaurants provide quick
foods that are high in fat and sodium
which are two risk factors in heart
disease.

40. 100.00%
Population in Berkeley County
90.00% Delete this slide once
80.00%
70.00% content moved to
60.00%
50.00% other slides
40.00%
30.00%
20.00% Berkeley County
10.00%
0.00% West Virginia
American
Native
Black/Afri Indian two or
Hawaiian/ Hispanic/
White can Asian and more
Pacific Latino
American Alaska races
islander
Native
Berkeley County 88.90% 7.40% 0.90% 0.30% 0.10% 3.80% 2.40%
West Virginia 94.10% 3.50% 0.70% 0.20% 1.30% 1.40%
2000 1,853
1800
1600
1400
(in thousands)
Total population of Berkeley 1200
1000
County: 104,169 800
600 408 Berkeley County
387 370
400 297
221
Males: 51,703 200 104
29
117 West Virginia
6 14 23 21 12
0
Females: 52,266
Age Groups
(US Department of Commerce, 2013)

41. Berkeley County Demographics
• Gender
• Do a chart

42. Berkeley County Demographics
• Age Delete total number
Add reference
2000
1,853
1800
1600
1400
(in thousands)
1200
1000
Berkeley County
800
West Virginia
600
387 370 408
400 297
221
200 104 117
29 6 14 23 21 12
0
Total Under 18 20-24 25-34 35-49 50-64 65 and over
Population
Age Groups

43. Gender
• Do a chart for gender
-make pie chart and have percentages

44. Berkeley County Demographics
Delete numbers at the
• Ethnicity bottom add
Reference
100.00%
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00% Berkeley County
10.00% West Virginia
0.00%
American
Native
Black/Afr Indian two or
Hawaiian Hispanic/
White ican Asian and more
/Pacific Latino
American Alaska races
islander
Native
Berkeley County 88.90% 7.40% 0.90% 0.30% 0.10% 3.80% 2.40%
West Virginia 94.10% 3.50% 0.70% 0.20% 1.30% 1.40%

45. Epidemiological Issues in
Berkeley County 35
• Obesity 30
25
• Smoking
Percent
20
15
% of smokers
• Diabetes 10
5
0
Berkeley County WV US
35 Number of Smokers Locally and Nationwide
30
25
Percent
20
15
10
5
0
Diabetes
Need separate slides for
Obesity data
(CDC, 2010)
Percentage of Diabetes and Obesity on Local and Nationwide Levels

46. Patients with co-morbidities
increase work related stress on
home health aides.

47. Key Informants
• N=3
• Identify themes once of which will be the
need to for aide education on stress
management

48. Top Priority
• Home Health Aid Stress Management
• Project Goal
– The home health aides at Panhandle Home
Health will demonstrate healthy stress coping
techniques and the ability to handle a difficult
patient in the hour of in-service on April
18, 2013.

49. Nursing Diagnoses for Home Health Aides
Ineffective coping skills related to
stress from job requirements.

50. Panhandle Home Health Aides
I am not clear about these
• Total person: 7 charts. Are the charts from the
US Department of Commerce or
• Gender : 100% female PHH? If they are about the
aides then place on separate
• 5 full time, 2 part time pages. Make into three slides.
Race
7
Age
6 3.5
3
number of aids
5 2.5
4 2
1.5
3 Home Health Aids
1 age group
2 0.5
1 0
20-30 31-40 41-50 52-60 61-70
0
Caucasian African American age
(US Department of Commerce, 2013)

51. Farm and Rural
Areas
“Driving to patients
homes in remote areas
on dirt roads can be
stressful because my
vehicle cannot make it
through the mud when it
rains.” PHH Employee

52. “Care giver role strain related to difficult patients.”
PHH Employee

53. Risk for situational low self esteem related to
verbal/combative abuse from patients and
family members. –change wording and pic

54. Project Goal
• The home health aides at Panhandle Home
Health will demonstrate healthy stress
coping techniques and the ability to handle a
difficult patient in the hour of in-service on
April 18, 2013.

55. Project
• Education Program
– Identification of stress factors
– Discussion of stress management activities
– Role play
• Date: April 18, 2013
• Evaluation
– Survey

56. Evaluation
By April 24, 2013, the
agency will receive
aggregated results from the
in-service that was
conducted on April 18, 2013.

57. References
• America at a glance: Berkeley County. (2011). Berkeley
County, West Virginia population, demographics, and
statistics. Retrieved from
http://www.aaag.com/county/berkeley-county-wv-
population-demographics.htm
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 2010.
• Cronk, S. (2013, March 30). Berkeley County health factors
evaluated. The Journal. Retrieved from http://www.journal-
news.net/page/content.detail/id/592718/Berkeley-County-
health-factors-evaluated.html?nav=5006

58. References
• Lambert, V. A., & Lambert, C. E. (2008). Nurses' workplace
stressors and coping strategies. Indian Journal of Palliative
Care, 14(1), 38-44. doi: 10.4103/0973-1075.41934
• Panhandle Home Health, Incorporated. (2010). 2010Annual
Report. Retrieved from http://panhandlehomehealth.org/wp-
content/uploads/2011/08/2010-Panhandle-Home-Health-
Annual-Report.pdf

59. References
• Theyer, C. E. 2001. West Virginia Healthy People 2010.
Retrieved from
http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/hp2010/objective/contents.html
• Rankings: Berkeley County. (2012).County Health Rankings
and Roadmaps, 2012. Retrieved from
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/#app/

60. References
• U.S. Department of Commerce, United States Census Bureau.
(2010). 2010 census interactive population search. Retrieved
from
www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=54
• U.S. Department of Commerce, United States Census Bureau.
(2010). American factfinder: Community facts. Retrieved from
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community
_facts.xhtml

61. References
• U.S. Department of Commerce, United States Census Bureau.
(2013). State &county quickfacts. Retrieved from
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/54000.html
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2020 Topics
and Objectives. Washington, D.C. 2013. Retrieved from
www.-healthypeople.-gov/-2020/-topicsobjectives-2020/-defa
ult.-aspx

62. Prepared and Presented by
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