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Doctors’ Memorial Hospital

Home Health Care     

1209 N. Center Street, Perry, Florida

 Phone:　 850-838-1408　　　　　　　　　 Fax: 850-838-1626

　

          

Doctors’ Memorial Hospital’s Home Health Agency is located at Doctors’ Memorial Hospital. We provide a variety of professional health care services. Patients must meet criteria. Home Health Care is an extension of the doctor’s care and hospital services designed to provide therapeutic and skilled care while in the comfort and independence of your home. Nursing care, personal aide and physical therapy services are currently provided in Taylor, Madison and Jefferson Counties.

What is Home Health?

Home health provides physician authorized medical treatments to patients in their homes. For example, nurses can help heal after surgery, or teach a patient how to avoid the common flare ups of a chronic disease. Therapists can help a patient regain strength and independence after a debilitating hospital stay. These caregivers can adjust and improve a patient’s plan of care based on the individual characteristics of each patient’s home. Every patient has a right to choose their own home health provider, someone like Doctors Memorial Hospital Home Health.

Benefits of Home Health:

More peaceful nights in the comfort of one’s own home

Faster recoveries

Increased patient morale and more relaxed contact with family and friends

Health care delivered right to your doorstep

What Services Does DMH Home Health Offer?

Skilled nursing

Physical Therapy

Home Health Aides

Dietary Counseling

Patient and family education

Skilled Nursing. Our registered nurses work under your doctor’s direction to provide care for a wide range of medical needs.

Specialty skilled nursing programs include:

Antibiotic therapy/injections

TPN/enteral feedings

Ostomy care

Wound care

Pediatric care

Diabetic education

Gerontology

Diabetic foot care

Physical Therapy. Physical therapists help patients regain movement skills and physical function by improving range of motion, strength, and balance as well as decreasing pain, where indicated, by teaching them to safely use canes, walkers, and prostheses.

Home Health Aides. Home health aides contribute to our patients’ health and well-being by helping them with personal care activities, such as grooming, bathing, meal preparation, and light housekeeping.

Dietary counseling. Our nurses counsel patients about their nutritional needs.

Patient and family education. Our home care professionals help our patients and their family members better understand the treatment plan.

What are the Facts and Statistics on Home Care?

Home health care is the fastest growing segment of the healthcare industry.

In 2007, about 7.6 million people received home care from 17,700 providers because of acute illness, long-term health conditions, permanent disability, or terminal illness.

Still many people are uninformed about home care.

According to the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, recent research suggests that despite the growing increase in and need for home care, many people are uninformed about the availability and nature of these services until referred by a physician or hospital discharge planner.

Know the facts:

To help you better understand home care and help you make more informed home care decisions, we’ve provided some useful links below:

Official website of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice

www.nahc.org

Resources for Caregivers

http://www.thefamilycaregiver.org

http://www.familycaregiving101.org

http://www.nfccares.org/caregiving_resources

10 reasons home health care grows more popular every day:

Patients can come home from the hospital sooner

Patients can sometimes avoid institutional care

Patients are more comfortable at home

Patients can enjoy the support of family and friends

Families can stay together during trying times

Morale is better at home

Recoveries are often faster at home

Patients and family members can be more involved in treatment

Patients can enjoy a higher level of personal independence

Home health care costs significantly less than many other forms of care

Who Pays for Home Care?

For most patients, home care is a welcome alternative to a long hospital stay or other institution-based care, simply because it allows them to live with comfort and dignity in their own homes. Fortunately, home care is also often the most economical option as well. Home care is so cost-effective that it plays a major role in keeping overall healthcare expenses down, which benefits us all.

Home care is paid in a number of ways:

Medicare

Private Insurance

Veterans’ benefits

We can help you determine your coverage. Contact us

 

　

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