Health Services Overview

The Health Services Division is part of the Health, Human, and Veteran Services Department and provides health services to Cass County residents, including:

• Personal care and support services to help the elderly stay in their homes as long as possible.
• Medicare certified, Home Health Aides/Homemakers, and In Home Physical Therapy.
• Senior Companions, Hospice Respite, Caregiver Respite and Personal Care Assistants.
• LongTerm Care Consultations prior to nursing home placement, and other home based services.
• Care at home during recovery from an acute illness or injury; for chronically ill/disabled children and adults; and for the terminally ill.
• Help adjusting to an illness or disability.
• Information about a new diet, medication or disease.
• Information about other community resources.
• Access to medical supplies and equipment.
• Education and care for pregnant women, infants and children.
• Parenting education and SIDS counseling.
• Pre-pregnancy Family Planning.
• W.I.C. Nutrition Program.
• Child and Teen Checkups.
• Water Testing for Fluoride.
• Healthy Beginnings visits to all families with newborns.
• Immunization Clinics available throughout the County.
• AIDS Education.
• Annual Flu Shot Clinics.
• Blood Pressure & Cholesterol Screening Clinics.
• Senior Health Screenings.
• Cancer Screening for eligible women.
• Participant in the Emergency. Medical Services Task Force.