• Many patients need help further recuperating or adjusting to their illness after a hospital stay or rehabilitation facility stay.  Home care offers professionals in your home to ensure a safe, fast recovery or proper life style adjustment to an illness.
• One - on -one care. Your caregiver will provide care to you without the distraction of other patients.
• Many of the services provided through home care are covered by Medicare or Medicaid.
• The patient has the comfort of their own home.
• Many illnesses can completely devastate a patient both physically and emotionally. Your caregiver can help your loved one cope with his/her illness by providing support and assistance with day to day activities.
• In many cases, care givers are able to build unique relationships with the patient and his/her family, because of the close contact that home care provides. This enables the patient's family to be better informed of the patient's condition and ways to improve or maintain the patient's well being.

• Skilled Nursing
• Medication Management (dispensing and administration of medications)
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Home Health Aide (bathing, medication reminders, light housekeeping, lift transfers, etc...
• Personal Care (bathing, light meal preparation, light housekeeping, shopping, etc...)
• Home Making (housekeeping only)

(PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE CHOOSING A HOME HEALTH AGENCY):

The home health agency is responsible for providing the care that your loved one needs, therefore, the most important aspect of home care is the home health agency that you choose. This is a list of things that you should look for in choosing an agency.

1. You should make sure that the agency is STATE CERTIFIED. This means that the agency has been evaluated by the governing state agency and is in compliance with all federal and state regulations.
2. You should make sure that the agency has LIABILITY INSURANCE and that their caregivers are BONDED. This ensures that, in the unfortunate event of improper care or theft within the home, you will be able to take action against the agency and recover your loss.
3. You should make sure that the agency properly SCREENS their caregivers. Proper screening should include a background check (criminal background check as well as a caregiver's background check), random drug testing, inquiry into prior employment, and proper training. You are entrusting your loved one with your caregiver, make sure you know who your caregiver is!
4. You should make sure that the agency provides INSERVICES for their staff. Inservices are classes to train caregivers in proper treatment and keep their skills current. This ensures that your loved one will receive proper up-to-date care.
5. You should know where to go to find current information on home health regulations and practices. Please refer to the resources section of this website.

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