The Case for Home Care Home Home Care is Part of the Solution Glossary of Home Care Terms Advancement in technologies now allow many people to be treated at home who just a few years ago would have been treated in an institution.
Home care includes acute, primary, preventive, rehabilitative and long term care.
The delivery of healthcare services to patients in their own homes is appreciated by many patients and their families. Many find the intimate loving atmosphere afforded by being home during periods of recovery preferable to institutions. Value of Home Care Home care keeps families together and prevents disruption by allowing the person needing care to stay and home to receive that care Home care encourages individual decision making at the local, community level. Patients prefer receiving care in the security and comfort of their own homes versus institutional settings. Home Care provides the patient with quality of life advantages over institution care which results in more positive outcomes, preventing the need for more intensive care.