Home health care services are provided for individuals who need help from skilled or medical professionals to improve their health at home.
You need to hire home health care if you are in a recovery after a surgery, you have an illness that needs medical attention, or your body already declines to function.
Home care is a non-medical or non-clinical care while home health is a clinical or skilled care. Some home care services are personal care, homemaking, and transportation. On the other hand, some home health services are skilled nursing, therapy, and wound care.
Yes. Some families require both services. This is the reason why some agencies also provide both home care and home health services. A caregiver can work on house chores, like meal preparation, while a registered nurse is monitoring the patient’s health condition.
Please feel free to contact us for your other questions. Call us today at 832-693-6374 or 731-271-5814. We are more than happy to serve you.