HARP also rotates over 100 agencies for patients that have not expressed a choice of agency. A. Home Health Services are agencies certified by Medicare to provide skilled services in the patient s home under the direction of the physician. B. Hospice is a specialized program for persons with life-limiting illness for whom cure is no longer a realistic goat. The unit of care is the patient and the family, not just the patient.
Care is provided by an interdisciplinary team of health care professionals and volunteers.
Bereavement services are provided to family members for up to a year after the patient s death. Care is designed to address the unique physical, spiritual, and emotional needs facing both the individual who terminally ill and his or her loved ones. Hospice services are not available throughout the state. C. DME is available through various providers throughout the community. Usually the patient s physician or physical therapist recommends the type of equipment that will be needed after discharge.