Home Health Care
Evaluate Your Needs and Locate Providers
Home health care is a good option for many people, allowing them to stay in familiar surroundings and retain control over simple but meaningful life decisions such as what and when to eat that can help them retain a sense of autonomy and independence.
The decision about whether this type of care meets an individual’s personal, physical, and medical needs should be determined by the individual, family members who may be involved, and medical practitioners familiar with the patient.
If a person requires only some skilled nursing care or therapy, and there is a suitable residence in which to receive them, then home health care may be the best choice — or at least the best first step to take until more serious care and supervision is required.
For more information on home health care — including an overview on finding the right home care provider, and suggestions on choosing a home care employee, see Medline Plus: Home Care Services.
Find a list of potential home health service providers, depending on the criteria you find most important — from location to services required.
This Web site lets you search for agencies based on location; agency name; whether Medi-Cal payments are accepted; and whether the agency support AIDS/HIV patients or hospice/palliative care.
