Saving Your Loved One’s Independence

Posted on: 7 September 2017

Medical insurance will often cover in-home care if you have had a major surgery or if you suffer from a debilitating condition that keeps you in bed or in a wheelchair. However, it is very rare to cover other in-home healthcare needs. As such, you may have to pay for the following types of in-home care out of your own pocket. Support for Special-Needs Children Special-needs children, regardless of their mobility and cognitive functioning levels, are not supported at home by visiting nurses.
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Posted on: 5 September 2017

Succeeding as a new worker in the home health care field can be a daunting task. It requires you to know not only how to take care of your patients, but how to work in a more independently driven environment where you work one on one with patients without a lot of oversight. Here are two tips that will help you succeed as a new home healthcare worker: #1 Be Respectful Of Your Client
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Posted on: 29 August 2017

A home health aide whom you hire to care for your elderly parent will assess the parent's needs, discuss them with you, and formulate a plan together. Over time, however, these needs can change dramatically—perhaps not to the point that you need to begin thinking about moving your parent into a care home, but to the point that changes to the in-home care plan will be necessary. It's possible that you could miss some of these changes, especially if your parent isn't living with you.
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Posted on: 29 August 2017

Although home health agencies are often synonymous with caring for patients by providing help with bathing, cooking, cleaning, and even companionship, you may find that you don't yet need this type of help. Perhaps you live independently with a relative degree of comfort, but you have a few health issues and you're not keen on always traveling out to the doctor's office or other clinics you may have to visit. The good news is that many home care agencies can provide regular health checkups, even if you aren't receiving more of the traditional senior care services that in-home care agencies offer.
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