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What Is Home Care?
Access Home Care is a team of medical professionals dedicated to meeting all of your medical needs in the comfort of your own home. Studies have consistently shown that people like to stay in their home, and have a higher quality of life when able to do so. If you are in need of skilled nursing, rehabilitative services, or any of the following needs, you are in need of Home Health Care:
Benefits of Home Care
- Skilled Nursing 24-7
- Certified Nursing Assistant for personal cares
- Physical, Occupational or Speech Therapy
- Strengthening and Therapeutic Exercise
- Diabetic Teaching and Monitoring
- Insulin Administration
- Wound Care
- IV Therapy
- Medication Management
- Blood Draws
- Catheter Care
- B12 Injection
- Bowel Care
- Tube Feeding
- Pain Control Management
- Ostomy Care and Teaching
Who Pays for Home Care?
Access Home Care and Hospice is reimbursed 100% through medicare for those who are eligible.
Access Home Care and Hospice is reimbursed 100% through medicaid.
Most plans have a home care and hospice benefit that cover expenses with few, if any, out of pocket costs.
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Additional Home Care Information
Studies have shown that there is a faster recovery period with home care. Patients also enjoy family involvement, and the ability to receive treatment and care in the comfort and privacy of their homes. For a large number of older adults, home care has the potential to improve quality of life and prevent or delay having to move into an institution, or the need to receive treatment in a hospital setting.
What Is Hospice Care?
Hospice is a holistic medical program that focuses on the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well being of people with a life-limiting illness. Access Hospice supports the care givers and family members involved with the individual. Access Hospice provides these services in an individual's home, assisted living, skilled nursing facility, or anywhere they call home. Our care allows patients to maintain their independence and dignity, while providing valuable support for family members.
Benefits of Hospice Care
- Will cover medication related to life limiting illness and pain management
- Will cover appropriate medical equipment for care, i.e. hospital bed, oxygen, etc.
- Creative pain and symptom management team
- Personal care aides that assist with bathing, dressing and functional mobility
- Can keep your own physician and have access to hospice medical team
- Emotional, Spiritual, Social and Physical Support
- Music Therapy and Therapeutic Touch
- Respite Services
- Volunteer Services
- Bereavement Support
Who Pays for Hospice Care?
Access Home Care and Hospice is reimbursed 100% through medicare for those who are eligible.
Access Home Care and Hospice is reimbursed 100% through medicaid.
Most plans have a home care and hospice benefit that cover expenses with few, if any, out of pocket costs.
Let Us Assist You In Determining How Home Care and Hospice Costs Will Be Covered
Additional Hospice Care Information
People assume that you must have cancer or be actively dying to be on hospice. The truth is, that anyone with a terminal illness, with a life expectancy of 6 months or less, can be on hospice. The sooner an individual elects to use their hospice benefit, the more care and help they receive.
There is an inaccurate perception among the American public that hospice means you've given up. The proven actuality is that in most cases hospice improves the quality of life, and may actually prolong life.
A new study published in the March 2007 issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management reports that patients who chose hospice care lived an average of 29 days longer than similar patients who did not choose hospice care. While studies could not specify why hospice patients lived longer, the research suggests several factors that may contribute to the increased longevity. First, patients who are already in a very weakened condition avoid the risks of over treatment when they make the decision to receive hospice care. Second, entering hospice treatment improves the monitoring and treatments patients receive. Hospice provides in-home care from an interdisciplinary team focused on not only the physical well being of a patient, but also the spiritual and emotional. Third, additional support and training for family caregivers is provided. This may increase the patient's desire to continue living and may make them feel less of a burden to family members. Hospice care is not a choice about cure, it is a choice for the best care.
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