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Home Health

Home health services provide short-term, skilled medical care for people who are recovering from an illness, injury, surgery or hospitalization, or who need help managing a medical condition at home. The goal is to help patients get stronger, stay safe, avoid unnecessary hospital visits, and maintain as much independence as possible.

Preguntas frecuentes

  • Receive Care in the Comfort of Home: Patients can remain in their own homes surrounded by family, personal belongings, and familiar routines, which often improves comfort, reduces stress, and promotes healing.
  • Improve Independence: Home health clinicians help patients maximize their ability to safely manage daily activities, medications, mobility, and health conditions, allowing them to remain independent for as long as possible.
  • Reduce Hospital Readmissions: Skilled nursing visits help identify changes in a patient’s condition early, provide disease management education, and coordinate care with providers, reducing the risk of unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency department visits.
  • Personalized One-on-One Care: Unlike care in institutional settings, home health visits are individualized and focused on each patient’s specific goals, medical needs, home environment, and support systems.
  • Increased Safety at Home: Home health professionals assess the home environment for fall risks and safety concerns, recommending modifications, equipment, and strategies to prevent injury.
  • Family and Caregiver Support: Caregivers receive education, training, and resources to help them confidently assist their loved one while reducing caregiver stress.
  • Better Coordination of Care: The home health team communicates regularly with the patient’s physician and other healthcare providers to ensure coordinated, comprehensive care.
  • Cost-Effective Care: Receiving skilled care at home is often less expensive than prolonged hospitalization, skilled nursing facility care, or repeated emergency visits when appropriate for the patient’s condition.

  • Skilled Nursing Care: Administered by registered and licensed practical nurses, these services include complex wound care, ostomy care, medication management, management of urinary catheters, monitoring chronic or serious health conditions, and educating patients on how to successfully manage their care at home.
  • Therapies: Along with helping patients regain mobility and strength, our physical and occupational therapists can help patients be more successful in managing self-care activities.
  • Home Health Aide Services: Certified nursing assistants help patients with daily activities such as bathing, dressing and grooming.
  • Medical Social Services: We offer support in accessing counseling and community resources, and we help patients to navigate healthcare systems.
  • After-Hours Support: Triage nurses are available by phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

La Parte A de Medicare (seguro hospitalario) y/o la Parte B de Medicare (seguro médico), Medicaid y la mayoría de los seguros privados cubren los servicios de asistencia sanitaria a domicilio a los que se tiene derecho, siempre y cuando se necesiten servicios especializados a tiempo parcial o de forma intermitente y se esté confinado en el domicilio, lo que significa:

  • Debido a una enfermedad o lesión, normalmente necesita ayuda para salir de casa (por ejemplo, utilizando un bastón, una silla de ruedas, un andador, muletas, un medio de transporte especial o la ayuda de otra persona).
  • No es recomendable que salga de casa debido a su estado de salud.
  • Normalmente no puedes salir de casa porque te resulta agotador y te exige un gran esfuerzo.

Las derivaciones pueden proceder de diversas fuentes, como consultas médicas, hospitales, centros de enfermería especializada, familiares, amigos o incluso de uno mismo. Sin embargo, dado que los servicios de asistencia a domicilio se consideran atención médica, su médico debe aprobar su plan de cuidados. Para recibir servicios de asistencia sanitaria a domicilio, debe cumplir los siguientes requisitos:

  • Debes acudir a una consulta presencial con tu médico.
  • Tu proveedor debe certificar que necesitas asistencia sanitaria especializada a domicilio de forma intermitente.
  • Su proveedor debe iniciar los servicios enviando una solicitud a la agencia de asistencia sanitaria a domicilio.
  • Su proveedor debe colaborar con el equipo de atención domiciliaria para elaborar un plan de cuidados que se adapte a sus necesidades y objetivos.

Recursos

Acceptance to Service Policy: Information about the general criteria for admission to Confluence Health home care services, including details about referral sources, the referral process and more.

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