Home Health Care in Assisted Living

There are a few types health care for residents of assisted living homes, and they’re prescribed by a physician. Therapeutic services as well as skilled nursing are provided in the assisted living home. While assisted living homes do provide many services, home health care goes beyond by filling in the gaps of daily services provided. These could include physical therapy or wound care or extra medication management. This helps residents to maintain independence, without having to go to a hospital or nursing home for treatment. 

Here are the services typically provided by home health care:

1. Doctor-prescribed - This is managed by the resident’s physician. The goal is to help assisted living home residents to recover from surgery, manage chronic and acute pain, or get more specialized care. 
2. Therapeutic and Medical Services - If a resident needs a nurse, physical therapy, speech-language therapy and occupational therapy, they can get it right in their assisted living home. 
3. Care Coordination - Home health providers work with the staff and other providers in the assisted living home to make sure everything works seamlessly to provide a comprehensive and seamless care plan for the residents. 
4. Intermittent or Short-term Care - This is provided to residents who may need medical support that’s specialized that the regular services at an assisted living home.

Home health care also bridges the gap between an assisted living home and a hospital or nursing home. For residents, it helps the healing process much more, and for their doctors, it’s great for them to help and monitor their patients by prescribing home health care. It also helps to keep residents in their assisted living home, instead of having to relocate for care.

What services does home health care provide in an assisted living home?

1. Medication management that can supplement services already provided an an assisted living home.
2. Wound care is crucial after surgeries or injuries. 
3. Skilled nursing for residents who need an IV, complex or compounded health issues, or other tasks that are nurse-specific. 
4. Occupational and/or physical therapy is provided by home health care to improve mobility and perform daily tasks. 

Modern Care Homes has worked with many physicians to provide home health care to their residents. We want the best for our residents, and the more services we can provide, the better their care.