Your Privacy is Important to Us: What is HIPAA Compliance and How Does It Affect Healthcare? What is HIPAA? HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a federal law that came into effect in 1996 and sets a national standard to protect personal information that is collected and stored in medical [...]
Fear of Falling – The Rising Epidemic in Seniors Today there is a widespread misconception that falling is a normal and inevitable part of aging. Studies show, in fact, as many as 55% of older, community-dwelling adults have a fear of falling, even if they have never had a fall. The truth is, [...]
How Technology Helps Deliver Better Healthcare Advances in technology have modernized healthcare in very exciting ways. Across the United States, home health agencies are using new and improved methods to provide better quality care for clients in a more cost-efficient way. It’s a win-win situation for the clients dependent on homecare and for [...]
Why Staying at Home Longer is Becoming More Possible with Home Care Have you ever struggled with knowing what the right choice would be for your family member? How much longer you can safely keep your loved one at home before having to face the difficult choice of moving them to a more [...]
Working in Home Care: Why There Is No Career More Rewarding Working for a home health agency is both a very rewarding and humbling experience. It is undoubtedly a great privilege to be invited into our client’s homes when they are most vulnerable and to be wholly trusted to provide excellent care in [...]
More than “Just A Nurse” How often have you heard a nurse referred to as “just a nurse” by either themselves or somebody else? When a nurse identifies themselves this way, perhaps it is because they are being modest, because let’s face it- most aren’t really in the profession for praise or recognition. [...]
Working in Home Care – It’s Not Just a Paycheck Working in home care is not just a job. As someone who has worked in the Home Health field since 1986, I can truly say it is my passion. I get great joy out of being able to help the elderly in our [...]
End of Life Care – Dying with Dignity at Home Dealing with a progressive or terminal illness is an emotional and stressful time for patients and their families. The focus of medical management is to propose interventions which will extend life and to ensure patients suffer as little as possible. There is no [...]
