You may need home health care if you are homebound and are experiencing any of the following situations:
- Require complex home treatments like wound care, enteral feedings, etc.
- There is a need for nursing, home health aide, social services or rehabilitation by a physical, occupational, or speech therapist.
- You have difficulty following your physician’s recommended treatment at home
- Have a need for further instruction on medications, diet, treatments, etc.
- Have a history of multiple hospital admissions and/or unstable medical history
- You have been “readmitted” for a diagnosis treated by hospitalization in the previous three months
- You were getting along “OK” before you went to the hospital but now are significantly less independent
- Have a potentially life threatening, severely incapacitating, or terminal diagnosis
- Have received a variety of skilled nursing and ancillary services up to the date of hospital discharge
- Have recently been diagnosed with these
- Have new or adjusted medications
- Experienced a recent decline in functional status
- You require medical evaluation and observation
- You have unstable problems such as blood pressure, blood sugars, pain control, etc.
- Are returning home from a stay at a rehab, skilled nursing facility or assisted living facility and need continued care
- Are a resident at an assisted living, retirement or continuing care facility and have skilled care needs