| Medical Care at Home - Home health programs | | | | a lower cost then if they were to stay in the |
| offer a great alternative that saves money | | | | hospital or use treatment centers. The |
| and encourages independence. Many different | | | | services offer through home health vary from |
| types of people use home health services, | | | | wound care to intravenous medications to |
| from infants to elderly. Home health is | | | | assistance with bathing. Part of the goal of |
| basically an extension of care that allows a | | | | home health is to help a person become self |
| person to be independent fro the confines of | | | | sufficient again and no longer need the care |
| a hospital or other care center. | | | | of any medical professional. |
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| These Medical home health programs are | | | | Medical care home health programs offer a |
| designed to assist a person who needs medical | | | | range of services that are done in the |
| care but does not necessarily need to be | | | | comfort of the patients own home. Home |
| confined to a hospital or other care | | | | health programs are usually supervised by a |
| facility. | | | | doctor, but nurses and aides carry out the |
| | | | majority of the care. |
| A person who needs expert care can get it at | | | | |