By Land Or Sea
If you have been with Your Health long, you have heard someone use the tagline, "Wherever You Call Home."
That is not just a tagline; we mean it. Recently, our Grand Strand Team received a call from a case manager from a hospital near Georgetown. The case manager worked on a discharge plan for a patient who needed help going home. The big problem she was dealing with was that this patient lived on Sandy Island, about 30 minutes via boat off Georgetown's coast.
Naturally, our Grand Strand team accepted the challenge from this hospital case manager and began to figure out a way to provide patient care after her discharge. The team let the case manager know that we are all set, have access to a boat, and will begin seeing her at home.
For the last few months, Kristi Miller, APRN, has been making regular boat rides so that this patient would get the care she needed WHEREVER SHE CALLED HOME, even if the home was an island with only boat access. Kristi has even found other required support agencies willing to take the boat ride to the patient.
We are all healthcare problem solvers, and by working together, we can solve any problem for the communities we live in and serve.
Great job, Grand Strand Team!
Social Determinants of Health
We at Your Health are fortunate to offer mental health services as primary care providers.
Excellent healthcare doesn't separate physical and mental care; they are equally vital to a patient's success.
We have tremendous social workers who provide talk and cognitive behavioral therapy daily. However, we also have another side of our Social Work Program that helps patients with resources and daily needs like food, shelter, social support, and more.
It doesn't matter how good your provider or therapist is; the patient will continue to struggle if we don't meet all these social determinants of health. Recently, our very own Bryan Melton (Social Worker) helped someone we will call "Joe".
Joe has significant health struggles, including going to dialysis a few times a week, but one of his most significant needs is stable housing. Brian worked his social work magic and community resources and found Joe stable housing. By meeting this crucial need, Joe can focus on his health issues, and worrying about where he will live will not be a distraction.
Joe recently left a message for our Chief Behavior Officer, Jimmie Williamson, Ph.D., LMSW, to let him know about Bryan's impact on his life.
You can hear the voicemail testimonial below by clicking the play button.
We can provide the most incredible physical and mental healthcare, but the social determinants of health are the foundation for our’ genuinely living their best lives.
Well done, Bryan and Social Work Team!
The Least of These
At Your Health, we help people from all walks of life, well-off people, and those on the other side of the spectrum, whom we call The Least of These.
Recently, our Charleston social work team got a call from a former patient from a skilled facility, they were not doing well after discharge. This person, whom we will call “Jerry,” also had recently been in the ER and had a short hospital stay. After release, Jerry had been scammed out of resources and found himself homeless and living in a downtown Charleston parking garage. Jody Crawford & Jasmine Marion (Social Workers), and the Charleston team went into action to asses and find solutions to this man’s problems.
First, it was food; Cam Cunningham brought this person some dinner to the parking garage one evening while other team members began finding additional resources to find him more food in the coming days.
The second need they filled was shelter. Through the residents of the Cane Bay community, they collected resources to get Jerry some nights at a hotel, plus more groceries, until they could get him a more permanent home. After a few days of getting the proper medical evaluations, Jerry was placed in the A’leia Residential Care in Yemassee.
Thirdly, now that his food and shelter problem has been solved, Jerry is getting regular provider and social work visits to give him a chance to thrive in his new home.
Your Health is so much more than JUST primary care! It gives people their dignity back and a chance at a better life.
GREAT JOB, Charleston Team! You are truly making a difference from those well-off to The Least of These, like Jerry!