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Definition of home health care in English English dictionary
- home care
- health care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals
- home care
- health care provided in the patient's home by family and friends
- home care
- Community health and nursing services providing coordinated multiple service home care to the patient It includes home-offered services provided by visiting nurses, home health agencies, hospitals, or organized community groups using professional staff for care delivery
- home care
- services provided at home which may include nursing care; occupational, physical, respiratory or speech therapy; personal care; and homemaker services
- home care
- In contrast with inpatient and ambulatory care, home care is medical care ordinarily administered in a hospital or on an outpatient basis; however, the patient is not sufficiently ambulatory to make frequent office or hospital visits In these patients, intravenous therapy, for example, is administered at the patient’s residence, usually by a health care professional Home care reduces the need for hospitalization and its associated costs
- home care
- Provides a range of supportive services in the home from intensive medical support to assistance with activities of daily living to housekeeping This type of care can include nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other rehabilitation services This support allows many elders and people with disabilities to remain in their own homes
- home care
- Care for dying patients in the home; the choice of care for the majority of terminally ill patients, though sometimes problematic for family members
- home care
- nurses or therapists participate in caring for the patient in the setting of the patient's own home
- home care
- Class of trade servicing patients at home
- home care
- Includes skilled nursing care, home health aide, Hospice, and homemaker services
- home care
- Home health care includes a wide range of services, including skilled care, physical therapy, cleaning and bandaging of wounds, help with bathing and dressing, and even homemaking assistance in your own home Home care is most often provided by visiting nurses, therapists, and home health aides Some LTCI policies consider care received in a retirement home or an assisted living facility to be home care
- home care
- In contrast with inpatient and ambulatory care, home care is medical care ordinarily administered in the house setting when a patient is not sufficiently ambulatory to make frequent office or hospital visits With these patients, intravenous therapy for example is administered at the patient's residence, usually by a health care professional Home care reduces the need for hospitalization and it's associated costs
- home care
- *: Any medical service provided in the patient's residence
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hōm helth kerPronunciation
/ˈhōm ˈhelᴛʜ ˈker/ /ˈhoʊm ˈhɛlθ ˈkɛr/
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