Home Care Essay

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Home healthcare has always been available. It was just done only in cases of emergency. Going as far

as the 1920s, if someone become gravely ill, the doctor would come to them. This was the trend until

they realized that, while the doctor was giving attention to that one patient, someone who needed him

was dying. That started the popularity of hospitals. This way the patients would all be in one place and

the doctor could treat everyone in a timely manner. This worked, but soon it was realized that many of

these patients needed follow-up visits, monitoring of medications and help adjusting to the new

lifestyle due to the illness. According to a USA Today article (May 2012), home healthcare become

popular around the late 80s. Registered …show more content…

This is done by CNAs, LPNs, and RNs. This allows elderly I

individuals to stay in their home and be productive without being institutionalized. For example, the

certified nurses assistant helps them with cooking, taking medications on a set schedule, washing

clothes and even washing their bodies. This helps the patient to adjust back to the normal events of

everyday life, while they are recuperating. Family members are able to go to work ,knowing that there

is someone with their love one. They are not alone and if an emergency occurs the aid would know

what to do. Travel and distance are also to main factors in home healthcare. There are many people

who are disabled, a large population of elderly adults and many who live in rural parts of the country.

These individuals can 't get to their follow-up doctors appointments and recommended therapy. With the

tremendous growth of home healthcare, physical therapist, speech therapist and occupational therapist

can now make set appointments and go to the homes of their patients and hold therapy sessions. Elderly

patients that may develop bed sore or infections in surgical wounds can now receive wound …show more content…

Families that have exhausted all forms of treatment and are now focusing on quality of life and

making sure that their loved ones are comfortable turn to hospice care. More and more families are

choosing hospice care. USA Today reported (Feb 2013) that hospice care increased from 21.9% in

2000 to 42.2% in 2013. According to the study, people dying of cancer are more likely to use hospice. Others that suffer from advanced dementia or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease also utilize this

form of home healthcare. Daily, more families are deciding to have a home birth over a hospital birth.

For them it is safe, natural and more peaceful. The CDC has reported (Jan 2012) that home births have

increased from 0.84% in 2011 to 0.89% in 2012. Home birth is not suggested by traditional physicians.

But, many families believe that the drugs used during the births in hospitals leads to autism and

clinical /behavioral disorders. Holistic methods to treat pain such as chanting and meditation are now

even incorporated in hospital births.

Within healthcare, MONEY is the the “game changer”. Without funding most

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