If this is a life-threatening emergency, call 911 immediately.
Chest pain, severe difficulty breathing, stroke symptoms, major bleeding, or loss of consciousness require emergency medical services. This page describes non-emergency care delivered at home by skilled nurses.
Understanding Seizure Disorder
What you should know
Seizure disorders, including epilepsy, are conditions where abnormal electrical activity in the brain causes recurrent seizures. Seizures can range from brief lapses in awareness to full-body convulsions, and they can be caused by brain injury, genetics, stroke, infection, or unknown factors.
Managing seizure disorders at home requires careful medication adherence (anti-seizure medications must be taken consistently to maintain therapeutic levels), seizure safety planning, and monitoring for breakthrough seizures and medication side effects.
Our skilled nurses provide medication management, educate patients and families on seizure first aid, assess for medication side effects (drowsiness, dizziness, cognitive changes), and coordinate lab draws to monitor drug levels. For patients who've been recently diagnosed or had a medication change, frequent nursing visits ensure the transition is safe.
Warning signs
You may need care if…
Your care plan
How we help at home
Expert care for seizure disorder,
delivered to your home
Our clinicians bring hospital-level expertise to the comfort and safety of where you live.
Common questions
Seizure Disorder — Common Questions
Stay calm, time the seizure, protect the person from injury (clear the area, cushion the head), turn them on their side after convulsions stop, and stay with them until they're fully alert. Never put anything in their mouth or try to restrain them. Call 911 if the seizure lasts more than 5 minutes, they don't regain consciousness, or it's their first seizure.
Anti-seizure medications have a narrow therapeutic range — too little and seizures break through, too much and side effects become dangerous. Blood levels help your neurologist keep the dose in the sweet spot. Some medications also require monitoring for liver and kidney effects.
Related services
Services involved in your care
These are the clinical services our team may use when managing seizure disorder at home.
Get help with seizure disorder at home
Our experienced clinicians provide expert neurological care in the comfort of your home. Contact us today to discuss your needs.
For life-threatening emergencies, always call 911.