The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Conforming to this definition drives health services Beaumont Texas to honor the patient’s dignity by providing home based health care.
Home Care Agencies
Companies like website provide home based health and personal care when you may not be able to care for yourself, but wish to remain in your home. These agencies also provide end of life care, known as hospice care.
Medicare and Medicaid pay for home health care services when patients are qualified and home health agencies accept most private insurance. However, medical supplies, daily supplies and diagnosis specific medications are supplied, at no cost, to hospice patients.
Licensed Caregivers
Both nurses and nurse aides must maintain current licenses or certifications as must home health care agencies. To continue receiving payments from insurance companies, Medicaid and Medicare, home health agencies must conduct background checks on applicants for nursing or nurse aide positions. If the Employee Misconduct Registry (EMR) and/or the Nurse Aide Registry (NAR) reveal misconduct, exploitation, neglect, abuse, or theft against consumers, the applicant is denied employment.
Home Health Aides
An agency like Professional Health Care sends a nurse aide to cook meals, do laundry, do light cleaning and provide help with personal hygiene. The nurse aid also reports any changes seen in the patient to the registered nurse
Skilled Nursing
Registered nurses supervise both licensed vocational nurses and nurse aides, and implement invasive procedures requiring aseptic technique. Their duties can include:
* Instruction
Tracheotomy care
Catheter Care
Wound Care
Health Monitoring
IV Therapy
Registered nurses also institute and execute care plans while coordinating peripheral services.
Hospice Care
A terminal illness is often the first contact people have with hospice care providers. Hospice care supports both the patient and the patient’s family through the final weeks of the patient’s life. A team of trained social workers, nurse aides, doctors, volunteers and clergy provides physical and emotional care while respecting the patient’s final wishes. As with home health care, hospice services are provided in the patient’s home.
Receiving health care services or end-of-life care in your home can lower health care costs while providing a more balanced relationship between you and those caring for you.. Home health agencies, like Professional Health Care, are dedicated to providing the best care in your own, familiar surroundings.
