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What is Home Care?
Health care delivered in the comfort and security of the home provides the client and his/her family with a sense of control and peace of mind. Home care also helps reduce the strain caused by excessive hospital or nursing home bills during an illness or disability. Staying at home will enable the client to maintain social ties and involvement with community, friends, and family. This preserves a sense of independence and security for the client. Home care continues to grow as the demand for cost effective services in the home increases. The growth is due in part to the aging population and shortened hospitalizations. Today, services that previously required hospitalization are routinely delivered in the home. Older Americans are electing to live independent, non-institutionalized lives, and are receiving home care services as their physical capabilities diminish. Younger adults who are disabled; or recuperating from acute illnesses, are choosing home care whenever possible. Home care offers chronically ill infants and children the opportunity to receive medical treatment in their loving and secure home environments. Adults and children diagnosed with terminal illness are also being cared for at home. This allows the care recipients to receive compassionate care and maintain their dignity at the end of life.
The ability to provide appropriate medical and non-medical care, and offer a safe home environment is the goal of all home care programs. Many clients and their families prefer remaining in the home versus institutional settings. Furthermore, studies have shown that patients recover faster in the home. The Client In the performance of our duties in the delivery of care to the public we serve, it is our belief that the dignity and the worth of the individual will be reflected in caring out the tasks necessary to keep all our clients in a state of independence and the Administrative staff and the family must actively collaborate in planning and in providing the care. We believe the dignity of every client must be respected and preserved regardless of the state of consciousness. We firmly believe that the care must be consistent and specifically designed to meet the physical, emotional and social needs of each individual, and that whenever possible the family will be involved in this care. We also believe that caring will be initiated upon admission, stressed in all aspects of the clients care while at home and the care coordinator has the responsibility to intervene on the client’s behalf whenever it is appropriate. We believe that the client’s care should be safe and non-stressful. We believe that the client may expect that personnel involved in his/her care will have the knowledge and expertise necessary to meet all of his/her needs. We believe that people today are more knowledgeable about their needs and have the right to question and be given information and explanations concerning the care offered. We believe that preparation for self care, when at home will be accomplished through reaching the client and the family regarding the caring process, recognition of danger signs, and how to properly care for him/herself. We believe that through the help of all members Global Care Providers, a team approach will be utilized in the smooth transition of our clients to all available resources. It is our belief and responsibility to protect the privacy of all our clients and their family and to safeguard all records and information pertaining to his circumstance. |
Home care, also known as home health care and home support services, encompasses a wide range of medical and non-medical services delivered in an individual's home. The spectrum of services ranges from high-tech infusion nursing to non-medical home care services.
One of the fastest growing segments of home care today is home support services, or private duty services. These clients receive non-medical care and assistance allowing them to remain in their homes rather than forcing them to move to an institutional setting. Many children are faced with managing care for their parents at a distance and are turning increasingly to the Internet for information.