Home care
Homecare (also spelled as home care) is health care or supportive care provided by a professional caregiver in the individual home where the patient or client is living, as opposed to care provided in group accommodations like clinics or nursing home.[1] Homecare is also known as domiciliary care, social care or in-home care.[2][3] It comprises a range of activities, especially paramedical aid by nurses and assistance in daily living for ill, disabled or elderly people.
Clients receiving home health care may incur lower costs, receive equal to better care, and have increased satisfaction in contrast to other settings.[4]
Occasionally, palliative and end-of-life care can be provided through home health nursing.[4]
Home health nurses may assist patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing, toileting, and feeding, or they direct and supervise the aide in providing ADL care.[5] Nurses keep track of vital signs, carry out physician orders, draw blood, document the tasks they perform and the patient's health status, and communicate between the patient, family, and physician.[5]
Some nurses travel to multiple homes per day and provide short visits to multiple patients, while others may stay with one patient for a certain amount of time per day.[5]
Door-step doctors[edit]
In-order to create accessible and affordable healthcare, Indian physician and founder of CHD Group, Dr Edmond Fernandes from Mangalore floated the idea to create doorstep doctors to revolutionize medicine & home care in the digital age.[6]
See also[edit]
- Aging in place
- Assisted living
- Home care in the United Kingdom
- Home care in the United States
- Healthcare in India
References[edit]
- ^ "Home Care Services". medlineplus.gov. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ Bolton, Sharon C.; Wibberley, Gemma (2013-10-31). "Domiciliary Care: The Formal and Informal Labour Process". Sociology. 48 (4): 682–697. doi:10.1177/0038038513500098. S2CID 155037992.
- ^ "In-Home Care Services for Seniors". Seniors. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ a b Landers, Steven; Madigan, Elizabeth; Leff, Bruce; Rosati, Robert J.; McCann, Barbara A.; Hornbake, Rodney; MacMillan, Richard; Jones, Kate; Bowles, Kathryn; Dowding, Dawn; Lee, Teresa (2016-10-05). "The Future of Home Health Care". Home Health Care Management & Practice. 28 (4): 262–278. doi:10.1177/1084822316666368. ISSN 1084-8223. PMC 5052697. PMID 27746670.
- ^ a b c "Home Healthcare Nurse Careers and Salary Outlook | 2020 NurseJournal.org". NurseJournal. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ Fernandes, Dr Edmond. "Idea of 'Door-step Doctor' for the new age". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
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