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Homecare encompasses a wide range of health and social services available 24 hours-a-day seven days a week. Services may include:
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- Nursing
- Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy
- Home Medical Equipment
- Personal Care
- Housekeeping
- Infusion and Respiratory Therapy
- Respite
- Hospice
- Mobile Diagnostic
- Counseling
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Certified Home Health Agencies
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Provide professional and paraprofessional services such as nursing, social work, occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech therapy which meet federal requirements.
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Private Duty Home Health Agencies
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Provide services which are desired and purchased by the individual.
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Provide equipment and supplies such as beds , wheelchairs, oxygen, wound care, diabetic and ostomy.
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Provides a team of professionals and volunteers who offer comprehensive physical, psychosocial and spiritual care for patients and their families at the end of life. Quality of life is enhanced by relief of pain and other uncomfortable symptoms.
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Provide x-ray, ultra sound, heart studies, and laboratory services in the home.
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Provide services and medication such as intravenous antibiotic therapy.
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Homecare encompasses a wide range of health and social services available 24 hours-a-day seven days a week. Services may include:
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- Enable you or your loved one to stay at home
- Shorten, postpone or prevent hospitalization or nursing home stay
- Be more economical
- Allow you or your loved one to remain independent as long as possible
- Enhance your quality of life at home
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You may benefit Home Care services if you or a loved one are:
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- Recovering from recent illness
- Terminally ill and want to die with dignity in the comfort of your own home
- Discharge from a hospital or nursing home, but need additional care
- In need of assistance to live independently at home
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