WHAT IS HOME HEALTH?
Home health is a wide range of services provided to a homebound individual.
Home health care is often less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care that is received in a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
Skilled home health service includes (but is not limited to):
In general, the goal of home health care is to treat an illness or injury, home health care helps you:
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Wound care for pressure sores or surgical wounds
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Patient and caregiver education
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Intravenous or Nutrition Therapy
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Injections
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Monitoring of serious illness and unstable health status
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Stabilize health
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Regain your independence
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Become as self-sufficient as possible
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Maintain your current condition or level of function
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Slow decline
What can be expected from your home health care?
Examples of what home health staff will do:
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To begin care, Doctor's orders are needed; this is called a referral for home health services. Once received from the doctor, we will schedule an appointment where you will be asked about your needs and a nurse will evaluate your current health status.
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Our staff will keep in contact with your doctor and keep them updated on your progress.
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It is important that home health staff visit you as often as ordered by your doctor.
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Check your diet
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Check your blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, and breathing
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Check that you are taking prescriptions and other drugs and treatments correctly
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Monitor and manage any complaints of pain
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Check for your safety in the home
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Teach you about your care to help you manage on your own
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Coordinate your care; communicate regularly with you, your doctor, and all care providers