Direct health care services under home health include skilled nursing, home health aide, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social work, hospice and respite care. Hospitality House Al Estes, administrator of Hospitality House, a long-term residential facility for adults and children, said the facility is the largest nursing home employer in the county. In addition to in-house staff members, Hospitality House also contracts services from other local health care providers such as therapists, who are not on the payroll, but are earning a living as a result of work provided through the facility. There are not too many businesses we haven't used. Most of the 25 dental offices in the county employ an average of four people.
Employees live in Mitchell and surrounding communities.
Weir also buys office supplies and paper goods locally. A lot of people think it's just the dentist and a helper, but there's a fairly good-size staff in most health care settings. There are several reasons like added paper work with modern insurance and increased sterilization, infection control, newer procedures, high technology. There's more involved in rendering care than there used to be.