A New Take on a Time-Honored Practice
Home care is the oldest form of healthcare – and it is also the “newest.”
Modern technology has developed to the point where many services that are available in the hospital can be provided at home. There is significant evidence that it is less costly than other types of care, and that it is the most satisfying form of health care available to the American public. It is an idea whose time has come.
The Benefits of Health and Senior Care in the Home
All of us associate such positive feelings with being home. When we are not feeling well, most of us ask to go home. When we are feeling well, we enjoy the sanctity of our residences and the joy of being with our loved ones.
Offering convenience, peace of mind, and more affordable care costs, there are many reasons to consider a home health agency.
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Keeps families together
There is no more important social value. It is particularly important for family members to be together in times of illness.
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Preserves Independence
None of us want to be totally dependent and helpless. With some assistance, seniors can continue to function in society through the activities of daily living.
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Prevents or Postpones Institutionalization
Few patients choose to be placed in a nursing home or assisted living, unless it’s the only place where they can obtain the 24-hour care that they need.
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Promotes Healing
There is abundant evidence that patients heal more quickly at home.
Hospitals and nursing homes offer more regimented, regulated environments. Home health services offer a reassuring, individualized setting.
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Increased Affordability
The evidence is convincing that, for many services, home care is less expensive than other forms of care.
In general, families and individuals who pay for home care spend only one-tenth of the cost of hospitalization and only a quarter of the cost of nursing home placement to deal with comparable illness or injury.
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Reduces Stress
Unlike most forms of health care, which can increase anxiety and stress, home care services frequently have the opposite effect.
There is very high consumer satisfaction associated with receiving care in the home.
Efficient and Personalized
Home care is personalized care. It is tailored to the needs of each individual and delivered on a one-to-one basis.
Here are some of the key features of home care that make it the preferred option for so many:
- Care includes the individual and the family. Both the patient and their family are taught to participate in their health care. They are taught how to get well, and how to maintain wellness.
- Improved efficiency. Technology now has developed to the point where many medical care services, once only available in a hospital, can be offered at home.
By bringing health services home, the patient does not generate board and room expenses. The patient and/or his family supply food and tend to the individual’s other needs.
- Home health aides are special people. By and large, employees of home care agencies look at their work, not as a job or profession, but as a calling. Home care aides and workers are highly trained and dedicated to their work.
- Improved quality of life. A study by the U.S. General Accounting Office has established that people receiving home care tend to live longer and have a better quality of life. Home care helps not only add years to life, but “life to years.”
End of Life Care
Home care is the preferred form of care for individuals who are terminally ill, as well. There is a growing public acceptance and demand for hospice care, which is home care for individuals who are terminally ill.
Why delay another moment? Contact Families Choice Home Care today to learn more about how much we can help you and your loved one.