Home Health Care Stories

Home health care include a number of different types of health care services which are provided in the patient's home. This can include visits from nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, and nursing assistants. Home health care also mean a one time visit or 24 hour a day care. Most of the times people come to the decision to use home health care out of necessity. However, there are various advantages of home health care.

The first advantage of home health care is time management. Most of the people just do not have the time it takes to care for a sick relative. With most households having both parents working, people can hardly afford to quit their job or take long term family leave. This is why home health care is there to help them. Home health care nurses can provide the around the clock supervision that is sometimes necessary for disabled and elderly patients. Also with them there to handle some of the care, people can spend what time they do have just being there for their family member.

Some times the hospitals can not provide the staff necessary to care for its sick so this is another advantage of home health. Personalized care is only possible when people employ home health care aids. They have a much fewer caseload than hospitals and also have more long term relationships. Even in the critical care ward of the hospitals the turn over is much larger. This is also some times cause people to be discharged from the hospital with ports and drainage tubes still in their bodies. Home health care nurses are able to monitor these medical appendages and perform proper maintenance of them.

In cases of non lethal injuries, patient recovery is a great advantage of home health care. Studies show that people recover quicker in their own homes around the people they love and need the company, than in a hospital setting. Patients become able to see their families around and interact with them, getting the support necessary for recovery. Hospitals may have the best medical teams but they mostly are still impersonal and spread thin. Home health care provides the perfect blend of hospital knowledge and near one's support. Home health care nurses are able to help with physical therapy and recovery on a more specific level and are well in tuned to the patient's progress and needs.

Although most families do hardly consider this advantage, home health is also preferred by insurance companies where the cost is much lower than a long hospital stay. The non profit organizations also may donate equipment for home health care. People like to think that cost is no issue when it comes to the care of their loved one. Unfortunately, it quickly becomes one when people realize those hospital bills do not stop rolling in. Home health care provides a way for them to get the care they need while the insurance company does not have to cover the huge bills a hospital would be sending also often Medicaid and Medicare provide free home health visits as well.

• Janny Raines
• 22/12/2008, 4:59 PM
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