Home Health care is a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. Home health care is usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility. Examples of skilled home health services include:
Wound care for pressure sores or a surgical wounds
Patient and caregiver education
Intravenous or nutrition therapy injections
Monitoring serious illness and unstable health status
The goal of home health care is to treat an illness or injury. Home health care helps you get better, regain your independence, and become as self-sufficient as possible. - Medicare.gov
Your doctor or healthcare provider may order home health to help you or your loved one manage a new diagnosis. The goal is to educate and support the patient to prevent an emergency or hospitalization. Home health providers take a comprehensive approach to your overall health and safety. Some services provided by home health include occupational, physical, or speech therapy, medication management, and a long list of services to ensure the health and safety of each patient.
