Know the different types of home healthcare services

In home healthcare, patients get the best possible care in the comfort of their own homes. If any of your family members is recovering from an illness or injury, hiring a home healthcare service is the best option. There are a wide range of services provided in home healthcare such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, skilled nursing, home health aide, and nutrition therapy among many others. Home healthcare services are becoming increasingly popular as they are most effective than hospital or nursing home care. 

Services provided in home healthcare are listed below:

Skilled nursing

This service is provided by a licensed registered nurse who is trained and experienced in home healthcare. This type of service is specially needed when a patient has a chronic disease, injury or a disability. The registered nurse prepares a treatment plan based on the patient’s needs in consultation with the doctor. The services offered in this comprise of intravenous therapy, ostomy care, wound dressing, medication reminders, keeping a check on the patient’s general health.

Doctor care

In home healthcare services, a doctor may also visit the patient’s home to provide the treatment. A doctor also examines the patient’s health from time to time and makes the required changes in the home healthcare plan. 

Companionship

A patient especially an elderly person may feel isolated as old age restricts them from socializing. Under this service, a companion may supervise the patient and take them out to socialize so that they feel comfortable and happy. Some companions can also provide assistance for performing household duties.   

Physical, occupational or speech therapy

After a chronic illness or injury, a patient may need assistance for improving their speech or to relearn how to perform daily activities. Physical therapy may help in regaining the strength of the muscles and joints caused due to the loss of range of motion in the joints, fractured bones and joint replacements, neuropathies, strokes, and spinal cord injuries. Speech therapy can help in treating the impaired speech and help the patient in communicating properly. Occupational therapy can help in the treatment of physical, social, developmental, or emotional disabilities.

Nutrition therapy

While a person is recovering from a disease, injury or is in the old age, one can never take for granted the food and drink he takes. In fact, nutrition is often the first line of defense used in helping a patient in recovering. In this service, a registered dietician identifies and measures the risks and prepares a diet plan that helps to bring back the patient into a healthy condition. A proper diet can have a tremendous impact on the patient's quality of life.

Home Health Aide

In this, a healthcare aide assist the patient in the activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, shifting the patient from one place to another, meal preparation and other household chores. Your loved ones safety and independence are given the utmost importance in home healthcare services. In general, aides providing these services have gone through some special training and have experience in providing at home healthcare.

Laboratory tests

Some of the laboratory tests can be performed at the patient’s home such as blood or urine tests. Portable x-ray machines can also be brought by the lab technicians to the patient’s home to carry out x-ray imaging.  

Are you looking to hire home healthcare services in Alameda County for your loved one? You can consult HealthNow Home Healthcare, a reputed Home Healthcare Alameda service provider. They provide skilled nursing care, therapy programs, and recovery assistance for patients of all ages and their certified caregivers treat patients with the utmost respect to ensure a positive outcome.

HealthNow Home Healthcare works with physicians and recovery personnel to develop treatment plans that are tailored and customized for each patient. Their healthcare plan in Alameda County begins with a registered nurse conducting an in-home assessment to determine your needs. This assessment allows them to design an individualized care plan. Their nurses will then work with your doctor to recommend and develop the right health care plan according to your medical condition. 

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