5 things you Should Know about Home Health

1. 5 Things You Should Know About Home Health Care

2. 1. Know the Difference. • Many people find options for home health care and home care when they seek help to manage their chronic disease. At first glance, they may seem like the same type of care, but it's important to know the difference to get the level of care you need. • To begin with, home health care generally encompasses care managed by a trained clinical professional or qualified nursing staff. Often, it is prescribed by your doctor as part of your treatment plan once you have left the hospital. These services include things like skilled nursing, home physical therapy, wound care, and pain management and prescription.

3. Research Services They Provide. • Once you've confirmed that an agency provides the level of professional care you need, find out what its specific list of services includes. A traditional home health agency will provide the following: • Skilled Nursing | Wound dressing, ostomy care, intravenous therapy, medication administration, pain control, and general health monitoring and support. • Physiotherapy, occupational and / or speech therapy • Medical social services • Home Health Aides | Helps meet basic personal needs like getting out of bed, walking, bathing, dressing, and more.

4. Build a Bridge Between You and Your Doctor. • If your needs include coordination for daily tasks and help with taking your medication, or if you require more detailed medical attention, the path to feeling better can be full of overwhelming elements to remember and execute correctly. It is often difficult to remember everything the doctor says, and sometimes it is difficult to remember to tell your doctor everything you need to know.

5. Find Comfort in Your Own Home. • One of the scariest parts of managing a chronic illness is the threat of having to spend time in the hospital. It is not your own bed and you are not surrounded by your personal belongings to help ease the discomfort of being sick. A home health care agency can combine that level of health care with the comfort of being in their own home, often giving patients the confidence they need to improve.

6. Reduce Your Hospital Visits. • Building on that important aspect of home health care, being at home also helps support the Tender Care Home Health care team's goal: to help a patient get better, not just keep them from getting worse. That means that a home health care agency that works with the patient to teach them how to care for their illness is the one with the best interests in mind. • BRIGHTSTAR CARE OF ALEXANDRIA AND ALEXANDRIA is offering the best home health care.

7. Sources • https://homedecortips.home.blog/2020/02/25/benefits-of-home-health-care/ • https://arsprojecta.com/top-things-to-look-for-in-a-home-health-care-agency-in-2020/ • https://www.qrgtech.com/3458-personal-nursing-staff-facility-arlington-va • https://www.qrgtech.com/3458-personal-nursing-staff-facility-alexandria-va