Why Choose Home Healthcare?
"When the time comes that a loved one needs help at home, the process of convincing him or her to accept help can be difficult. Most of us value our independence, and having someone come into one's home to assist with such intimate activities as bathing and dressing can be a problem.
But, as our population lives longer, and our aging parents have more impairments with aging, the need for workers who can enable elders to stay in their homes increases. Most elders, if asked, would say that they prefer to stay at home, rather than move to a facility as they age. How do we keep them safe at home, when we must rely on others to provide help with activities of daily living?" (agingcare.com)
When considering the next step in the healthcare process for the elderly or disabled, in-home healthcare is an excellent option. Comfort of Home Healthcare is a company that is dedicated to providing peace of mind for all clients and their families. Comfort of Home holds their home care services to the highest standard in all aspects of business and care. Their name stands for quality and integrity that is preserved above all else. If you are considering a home healthcare agency for your loved one, remember Comfort of Home Healthcare!
The article below gives the top 10 reasons for choosing home health care for your loved one, when it is necessary to make that decision.
- Home care is delivered at home. When we are not feeling well, most of us ask to be at home. We enjoy the sanctity of our residences and the joy of being with our loved ones. When our loved ones are ill we try to get them home and out of the hospital as soon as possible.
- Home care keeps families together. This is particularly important in times of illness. The ties of responsibility and caring can be severed by hospitalization.
- Home care prevents or postpones institutionalization.
- Home care promotes healing. There is scientific evidence that many patients heal faster at home.
- Home care is safe. Many risks, such as infection, are eliminated or minimized when care is given at home.
- Home care allows for the maximum amount of freedom for the individual. Patients at home remain as engaged with their usual daily activities as their health permits.
- Home care promotes continuity. The patient's own physician continues to oversee his or her care.
- Home care is personalized and tailored to the needs of each individual. Patients receive one-on-one care and attention.
- Home care is less expensive than other forms of care, especially lengthy inpatient hospitalization.
- Home care is the form of care preferred by the American public.
- Home care can prevent re-hospitalization and decrease the need for urgent care.
I didn't know that home healthcare is actually reduces the chances of infection. My grandmother is in need of constant care but doesn't want to go to a nursing home. It seems like home healthcare can help my grandma receive the care she needs while staying in her own home. http://comforcare.com/california/north-county-san-diego
ReplyDeleteI agree that convincing your older loved one to accept home health care can be very hard. The point you make that patients get better faster at home is so true. I have always believed that no one gets better in a hospital. Hospitals are there to start the healing, but at home you continue to get better. Thank you for the great info on way home care is the right choice. I will have to show this to my mother to convince her to try home health care. http://www.allstathomehealth.com/homehealth/index.html
ReplyDeleteDave, thanks for the feedback! Convincing Mom that she needs care is a hard task. We see it all the time. Here is a post that speaks directly about it. There are also plenty of other articles written about the subject if you Google it. Thanks again, best of luck.
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Thank you for this information. My mother is elderly and she can't do all the things that she used to. She needs help, but I don't want to put her in a home. I think that in home health care would be a good option for her.
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My siblings and I have recently been discussing the kind of care that we should get for our parents as they age. We don't want to put them in a rest home, since they aren't so bad off medically as to require that. We would love them to stay in their own home too, since that is where they are most comfortable. These factors combined, and after reading your thorough list, I think that the best option would be home health care.
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