What is “Home Care?”

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Home care is exactly what it sounds like:  Care at Home.  When a person wants to continue living at home, but requires assistance that cannot be easily or effectively provided by a family member or friend, home care is the solution.  Advances in treatment and technology have allowed more people to leave institutions so that they may be cared for effectively and efficiently at home — even if they have illnesses that at one time were only treatable in a hospital or similar institutional setting.

Home care services may benefit people who:

• Need additional assistance to live independently at home due to an illness, disability, or advanced age.
• Have a chronic or life-threatening illness and want to rest in the comfort of the home environment.
• Are able to be discharged from a hospital or nursing home but need additional care at home.
• Require short-term assistance at home because of same-day or outpatient surgery, or maternity-related incapacity.

Recent studies have shown that people recover faster at home than in institutions. For instance, when chemotherapy is required for treatment of cancer, the smaller doses that can be administered at home cause fewer adverse reactions than the massive doses delivered in a hospital setting.

Home care and hospice services are provided for people of all ages. A significant percentage of older people electing to live independent lives are taking advantage of home care and hospice services, rather than spending their last years in a nursing home. Younger adults who are disabled or recovering from acute illness are similarly choosing to be cared for at home. Infants and children requiring even the most sophisticated treatments for serious childhood illness are often able to return to their loving families, and a secure home environment, thanks to advanced technology and pediatric home care services.