FAQ
Home Health Care is quite simply high quality clinical care provided to you where you live, whether that is in your own home, in someone else’s home, in an assisted living facility or other residential setting. It can often be an alternative to care provided in a hospital, nursing home or rehab facility, giving you the peace of mind of personalized care delivered to where you are most comfortable…in your own home.
It can help people who:
- Had a recent illness, accident, surgery, hospitalization or stay in a rehab facility
- Have plans for a surgery that will require after-care
- Have a new diagnosis or trouble managing a chronic illness such as Diabetes, CHF or COPD
- Had recent falls
- Are having trouble managing medications
- Are having difficulty managing a wound, ostomy or catheter
- Nursing
- Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy
- Social Work
- Chronic Care Management
- Cardiac, COPD and Oncology Care
- Telehealth Services
- Wound Care
- IV Therapy
- Dietician & Nutrition Services
- Home Health Aide Services
- Diabetes Education Program
There are many programs and insurances that offer a home care benefit. These include Medicare, Medicaid, commercial health insurances, long-term care insurance and the VA. It is always best to verify exactly what is covered by your individual insurance plan. You can call us and we will be happy to help you figure this out.
You, your doctor or a hospital/rehab facility discharge planner can simply give us a call and we’ll take it from there.
Contact our Referral Department at 508-894-5272.
Hospice focuses on caring, not curing.
The hospice team develops a care plan that meets each patient’s
and family’s needs, including:
- Pain management and symptom control
- Assisting with the emotional and spiritual aspects of dying
- Providing medications, medical supplies, and equipment to ensure comfort measures are being met
- Teaching caregivers how to care for the patient
- Delivering special services like speech and physical therapy when needed
- Arranging short-term inpatient care when a higher level of symptom management is needed or the caregiver needs respite time
- Providing bereavement care and counseling for family and friends
It can help people who:
- Have had multiple hospitalizations
- Have made frequent visits to the ER
- Been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness that requires intensive symptom management or end-of-life comfort care
- Nursing
- Home health aide care
- Social work
- Spiritual counseling
- Bereavement counseling
- Trained volunteers
- Hospice physician services
- Speech, physical, and occupational therapists
There are many programs and insurances that offer a hospice care benefit. These include Medicare, Medicaid and commercial health insurances. It is always best to verify exactly what is covered by your individual insurance plan. You can call us and we will be happy to help you figure this out.
You, your doctor or a hospital/rehab facility discharge planner or social worker can simply give us a call and we’ll take it from there.
Contact our Referral Department at 508-894-5272.