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RECOVERY

Heart IsHEALING WHERE THE

Home healthcare helps people recover from illness
or surgery and maintain independence where they’re
most comfortable.

FAMILY TIES “HOME IS WHERE patients want to be,” CARE COMES TO YOU
says Scott Jones, PT, Director of Home
Home healthcare services are designed Health, Navicent Health. “Whether patients Patients may receive a variety of services
to help caregivers as well as patients. As are recovering from joint replacement or from the home health team several days
part of home healthcare, family members another surgery, having trouble managing a per week. Nurses can provide wound care,
may receive education about how best to new diagnosis, such as diabetes, or needing medication management and education for
support their loved one, such as cooking extra care following hospitalization for patients and families (see “Family Ties”).
healthy meals to encourage healing or pneumonia or another illness, our goal is Rehabilitation therapists help patients
making simple changes to the home to to empower them to take control of their boost their strength and flexibility, hone
prevent falls. health.” skills needed for dressing and other daily
tasks, and improve speech and swallowing
Home health nurses can take the lead in Home healthcare is especially beneficial abilities. Home health aides assist with
managing a patient’s medication, which can for older adults, who may become confused grooming and light housework, and
be stressful and confusing for caregivers. or find it difficult to rest in an unfamiliar medical social workers connect families
Home health aides may provide assistance environment such as a hospital room. When with helpful community resources.
with everyday tasks, such as bathing. older patients receive care in the home,
they can follow a familiar daily routine “Home healthcare is such rewarding
“The burden of caregiving can be in surroundings they know well. With work,” Jones says. “When we see a patient
so great that family members may feel unfamiliarity eliminated, patients can feel with a feeding tube learn to eat certain
burned out, but home healthcare can help more free to concentrate on healing and foods again or an individual return to
prevent that,” says Dipesh Patel, MD, learning information to support health. playing with her grandchildren after
family medicine physician and geriatrician Home healthcare may also help seniors surgery, we know we’ve done our job.”
at Navicent Health. “Whether by establish new social connections, which is
providing information to help caregivers good for health. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
be more effective or freeing up their time HOME HEALTH, NAVICENT HEALTH,
by helping with household chores, home “Socialization can help reduce depression VISIT WWW.NAVICENTHEALTH.ORG/
healthcare providers help family members risk in older adults,” says Dipesh Patel, MD, SERVICE-CENTER/HOME-HEALTH-
maintain their health so they can continue family medicine physician and geriatrician NAVICENT-HEALTH. A PHYSICIAN’S
to be there for their loved ones.” at Navicent Health. “Simply carrying on a REFERRAL IS REQUIRED FOR HOME
conversation with a home health aide may HEALTHCARE.
help prevent loneliness.”

HOME HEALTH, NAVICENT HEALTH IS RANKED IN THE TOP 20% OF HOME CARE PROVIDERS IN THE UNITED
STATES FOR PATIENT SATISFACTION BY STRATEGIC HEALTHCARE PARTNERS. THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE &
MEDICAID SERVICES HAS RECOGNIZED HOME HEALTH, NAVICENT HEALTH FOR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE.

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