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Home Health Care is supportive care provided in a patient's home by healthcare professionals. Home health care strives to make it possible for people to remain at home rather than residential, long-term, or institutional care facilities. Home health care is generally paid for by health insurance, Medicare or Medicaid, or with the patient's personal resources.

Fast Facts:

• --Could include medication teaching, pain management, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and more
• --May be informal with families and friends providing a significant amount of care
• --Help with activities of daily living (ADL) is often included

5 Great Resources on Home Health Care

• Medicare.gov: Home Health Care Comparison
• MedlinePlus: Home Care Services
• National Association for Home Care & Hospice: Consumer Information
• AARP.org: Choosing an Agency for In-Home Care
• American Association for Homecare: About AAHomecare

5 Latest Headlines on Home Health Care

• More Home Health Care News from Google

What is Home Health Care?

• Eldercare.gov: What is Home Health Care?
• National Association for Home Care & Hospice: Basic Statistics About Home Care
• Ohio State University Medical Center: What is Home Health Care?
• National Cancer Institute: Home Care for Cancer Patients

What Are The Uses for Home Health Care?

• National Association for Home Care & Hospice: What is Home Care?
• U.S. Department of Labor: Nature of Home Health Care Work
• KidsHealth: Home Health Care and the Chronically Ill Child
• National Family Caregivers Association: A Home Healthcare Primer
• Mayo Clinic: Home Care Services—What Services Do You Need?

What Are Safety Issues and Precautions for Home Health Care?

• Mayo Clinic: Home Care Services—Questions to Ask
• The Joint Commission: Helping You Choose Quality Home Care Services
• Aetna InteliHealth: Bedsores in People Being Care For at Home

What are the Alternatives to Home Health Care?

• Eldercare.gov: Adult Day Care
• MedLinePlus: Assisted Living
• Medicare.gov: What is Long-Term Care?

Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Home Health Care

• National Institute on Aging: There’s No Place Like Home—For Growing Old
• Alzheimer’s Association Online Community: Dehydration & Home Health Care
• FindLaw: Is Home Health Care an Option?

Clinical Trials for Home Health Care

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Home Health Care Studies
• CenterWatch: Home Health Care Clinical Trials

Controversy and Lawsuits about Home Health Care

• Wikipedia: Recent Supreme Court Case—Coke v. Long Island Home Care
• New York Times: As Home Health Care Industry Booms, Little Oversight to Counter Fraud (Sept. 2, 2007)
• Medical News Today: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Home Health Care Workers Not Entitled To Minimum Wage, Overtime Pay (June 14, 2007)

Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Home Health Care

• PubMed Central: Home Health Care Search
• Journal of the American Medical Association: Home Health Care Search
• Google Scholar: Home Health Care Search

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