When someone you love needs extra help around the house, you want to make sure that the people in charge are the most beneficial to your loved one. With all the different types of home care agencies, it is confusing as to what each one offers and which provides the best type of care. Here is a simple guide to those different types.
Type one - the home health agencyThis type of home care is the oldest and most common. It involves skilled health care providers taking care of the medical needs of a patient. This type of assistant is usually Medicare certified and as such must adhere to very strict guidelines set forth by the overseeing physician. Everything is reviewed every 60 days to ensure that all guidelines are being followed and performed.
When picking a home health care agency, consult with the physician who ordered home health care to ensure that the right kind of agency is chosen. Type two - home care agencyThis agency is also called a Non-Medical Home Care Agency. This involves taking care of the needs of a patient but is not considered skilled care. This means that the person providing the care cannot perform medical services but performs daily tasks such as cooking, cleaning, helping a patient use the bathroom and other essential tasks that a patients cannot perform for themselves.
Type three - staffing agencyThis agency performs more of a service than actual home care. They connect patients with individual home care providers, matches the needs of the patient to the services performed by an independent contractor and then collects a finders fee. This type of agency is useful in finding the exact type of care a patient needs but tends to be more expensive.
All of these agencies look to serve the patient as best they can; however, which type of need depends greatly on the needs of patient, and is determined by the attending physician.
You can visit www.accessclarkcounty.com for some listing of home health care agencies.
Yes, there are non medical home care agencies out there. Some people may be able to start their own non medical home care agencies. WWW.HOMEINSTEAD.COM is a great website to check out.
You can find a list of home health care agencies in Florida at www.carepathways.com.
You can sign up for caregiver jobs with home care agencies, home health agencies, hospitals, nursing homes and other care facilities.
number of home health and hospice care agencies, 11,400; number of patients served by these agencies, 1.5 million.
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Home Health Care includes skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. Also may include medical social services. Home health agencies may also teach you (or your family or friends) how to care for yourself.
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These are agencies that generally serve seniors that need ongoing medical care. They also may serve the disabled.
The State of Michigan does require home care providers to be properly liscensed. You can check with the state to verify that someone is liscensed. Michigan, like all states, requires home care agencies to be licensed. The Michigan Department of Health and Public Safety is responsible for the licensing and more information is available on their website.
Freedom Home Care is based in Highland Park, Illinois. Other Freedom Home Care agencies are located in Buffalo Grove, Oak Brook, Grayslake, and Chicago.
Try Instacare HomeHealth Solutions; it's a New Jersey based Homehealth care company.