Help Unlimited provides services to you in your home in two ways:
Home Health
Help Unlimited HomeCare understands the need for high quality care, comprehensive care in our patient’s home that is cost effective and promotes their well-being. Our home health agency is California-licensed, Medicare Certified, CHAP Accredited, Fidelity Bonded and Liability Insured to provide you the best medical care covered by your medical plan.
What is Home Health?
The goal of home health is to provide treatment for an illness or injury. Home health helps you get better, regain your independence and become as self-sufficient as possible. If you have long-term health problems, the goal of home health is to maintain your highest level of ability or health, and help you learn to live with your illness or disability. Your doctor must decide that you need medical services in your home and he must order those services. In order to qualify for home health you must be homebound or normally unable to leave home unassisted. To be homebound means that leaving home takes considerable and taxing effort. You may leave home for medical treatment or short, infrequent absences for non-medical reason, such as a trip to attend religious services. You can still get home health care if you attend adult day care. Home health care is not continuous care, it is intermittent or provided by medical professionals who come and go.
What Does Home Health Provide?
Home health care is designed to assist you and your caregiver learn how to care for yourself and stay out of the hospital so that you can be independent in the place you call home. Our commitment to you is to provide exceptional service and competent, compassionate staff. All of our clinicians are carefully screened with references, fingerprinting and background investigations as well as ensuring that all licenses and certifications are current.
NURSES:
Registered nurses or licensed vocational nurses may make regularly scheduled visits to provide you with a physical assessment, monitor your vital signs, educate you on your medical condition, assist you in compliance with your medications and nutrition, administer injections and IV’s, help you care for urinary catheters, new ostomies for elimination, feeding tubes, provide wound care and address safety issues in your home.
THERAPISTS:
Physical, Occupational and Speech therapists can provide you with therapy and treatment after you have had a surgery, stroke or an injury in order to improve your ability to function in your life. A Physical Therapist can assist you with your walking, dressing and bathing as well as ways to manage household tasks, adjust to your visual impairments and teach you to transfer in and out of a car so that you can get to the doctor. An Occupational Therapist can assist you in obtaining equipment and will teach you how to use it. A Speech Therapist is valuable in helping you regain your ability to speak and swallow.
SOCIAL WORKER:
A medical social worker has specialized skills to counsel with you about the changes in your life. The MSW will assist you to develop a long term plan for your care and show you how to access many services offered to you in your community.
HOME HEALTH AIDES:
Sometimes you may need short-term, personal care to assist you with your bathing and dressing.. A home health aide may be ordered by your physician to provide this care short term.
DIETITIAN:
Some individuals need help with special diets for kidney disease, diabetes, tube feedings and other conditions. A dietitian will have the expertise to ensure that you get the right diet and optimal nutrition for your medical condition.
How Do I Get Home Health?
Help Unlimited Homecare receives an order from your doctor. We then contact you by phone to schedule a home visit. The first clinician who arrives at your home will probably be either a registered nurse or physical therapist. Together you, your doctor and your nurse or physical therapist will develop a plan of care designed to help you become independent at home with a caregiver if needed.
Who Pays For Home Health?
Help Unlimited HomeCare accepts Medicare, Medi-Cal and most private insurance plans. Home health care is covered 100% by Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans and Medicare HMO’s. Most private insurance companies cover home health care services as well with a patient co-payment or deductible. Help Unlimited HomeCare contracts with most insurance companies and we are able to obtain authorization for your services before your care begins. Sometimes the amount of your care is limited by your insurance coverage, but you can always pay out-of-pocket if you would like your care to continue. Many of your medical supplies may be covered by your medical plan.
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