Home health care includes:
These services are provided by a variety
of skilled health care professionals in your home. Home
health staff provides and helps coordinate the care
and/or therapy your doctor orders. Along with the
doctor, home health staff creates a care plan, which is
a written plan for your care. It tells which services
you will get to reach and keep your best physical,
mental, and social well being. The home health staff
keeps your doctor up-to-date on how you are doing and
updates your care plan as needed.
Short-term home health care goal:
rehabilitation to help people get better, regain their
independence, and become as self-sufficient as possible.
Long-term home health care goal:
people who are chronically ill or disabled maintain the
highest level of ability or health, and learn to live
with their illness or disability.
Home Health Compare provides detailed information
about Medicare-certified home health agencies that were
certified as of January 2003. New home health agencies
may not appear for several months after being approved
by Medicare. The information in Home Health Compare
should be evaluated carefully. Use it with the other
information you gather about home health agencies as you
decide where to get home health services.
Home Care Resources
Send your favorite sites to Jill Darrington, A Better Way Coalition.
If you find a dead site - let us know!
ADEAR Center, Alzheimer's Disease Education and
Referral Center.
American Association for Home Care, Checklists and
other resources.
Caring Connections, It's about how you live.
CareGuide, Resource guide.
Growthhouse.org, Hospice and homecare.
Home
Health Nurses Association, Home health care
practice, education, administration and research.
Idaho Association of Home Health Agencies
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, Extensive
resources for caregivers.
The
National Association for Home Care and Hospices,
Homecare online virtual headquarters.
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