07/14/2023
Home health can look different for everyone. The Medicare website has an article that outlines things home health can do for its patients. There are certain positives of home health such as its less money, convenient, and effective.
Home health agencies can offer a wide range of services right in your home. Some of the things they can do for patients are wound care, education on disease processes and medications, they can do IV medications, injections and maintenance to name a few.
The goal of home health is to get better, regain independence, become self-sufficient, maintain current level of function, or slow the decline. When you get evaluated for home health you can expect many questions to be asked.
They will check on what you are eating or drinking, your medications and treatments, ask you what your pain is, check to make sure you are safe in your home, and coordinate care between drs. In addition, they are going to get your vital signs each time they come.
They also will teach patients how to care for themselves. This Medicare article explains what home health is and the services that are covered by Medicare.
https://www.medicare.gov/what-medicare-covers/whats-home-health-care?fbclid=IwAR2r6WA0aIoUqJsi-gbtCc1AsJchwSbG-jVCg6H3WHtjwpx82sNIqvlaLSo_aem_AQMnuBDKSZgq3W-amA7JwZ-N6_D5N481CrTN6Mb_81JaF3hwyCr9Ra53pDIgUFmdJ7I
Learn about home health care and what tasks/services the home health staff should complete.