Home Health Care Services and Agencies Home Health Services Home health agencies deliver home health care to you where you live. They provide a wide array of home health care. Consequently their services may enable you or your older relative to remain at home and delay or avoid having to move to an assisted living facility or to a nursing home. Home health aides and homemaker assistants are employed to assist with daily activities, personal care and homemaker responsibilities.
Some agencies also provide needed medical supplies and durable medical equipment .
Some home health agencies also provide sitter services . Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses monitor medications, handle wound care, catheters, and teach family members about special procedures. Social workers provide short term counseling and arrange other community services to help families handle physical, emotional, and financial difficulties. Nutritionists teach family members the importance of following prescribed diets and help plan special diets. Licensed therapists perform physical, speech, respiratory and occupational therapies in the home.