Please join me in welcoming Lynn Brown, RN as our new Administrator/Clinical Director of Home Care Services. Lynn is very familiar with beatitudes Campus. In fact, Lynn began her nursing career over 30 years ago here. She completed CNA school and worked through high school as a CNA in our Health Care Center. Lynn said, “I find it fitting to continue my career where it all started.” She brings with her 30 years of nursing experience in many different areas including Home Health and Home Care. We are looking forward to working with Lynn and seeing our programs grow to help even more residents and clients. Welcome to the campus, Lynn!
Home Health versus Home Care: Every now and then we need a little extra help at home. Did you know that Beatitudes can help with that? Right here on our campus, we have two different services to assist you with your needs. Beatitudes Home Health and Beatitudes at Home are the two programs and there tends to be some confusion about which program offers what services. If you're confused about the service differences between Beatitudes Home Health and Beatitudes at Home, we hope the remainder of this article will help clarify.
Home Health Agencies such as Beatitudes Home Health are licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services, which means this program has regulatory oversight. Also:
All patients must require skilled care which usually involves skilled nursing services and/or one of the following: physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. Medical social services or home health aide services also may be provided with one of the skilled services mentioned above.
Skilled nursing services provided by a registered nurse (RN) or a licensed practical nurse (LPN) may include wound care, short-term medication administration, including IVs, and patient education on new or changed disease processes.
The skilled care services must be needed on an intermittent basis for a planned program of care over a specified period of time and ordered by a physician.
A physician is needed to follow your care and write orders for all care and treatments.
Beatitudes Home Health accepts traditional Medicare which provides 100% coverage at no cost to you as long as you qualify.
To qualify for Home Health services you must meet the definition of “home bound.” Homebound does not mean you must be confined to bed or a wheelchair, or even to your house, but rather, that you either require assistance (human and/ or a device) to leave home, or leaving poses a taxing effort to you.
Oftentimes you will be referred to Home Health services by a discharge planner after a hospital or skilled nursing facility stay.
For more information about Beatitudes Home Health or to schedule an in-home consultation, please call (602) 544-5000.
Home Care Agencies such as Beatitudes at Home are not licensed by any government agency so instead of regulatory oversight, they are managed by policies and procedures based on standard operating practices of Home Care Agencies. Also:
Typically, clients or families request home care services to allow the client to remain at home longer.
Services available are non-medical in nature such as companion services, medication reminders, running errands, household maintenance and housekeeping services.
Physician orders are not required for services.
Visits are at the request of the client and minimum visits can range from 15 minutes to 24 hours a day. Typical visits range between 2 and 4 hours.
Paid for privately by the client. Services are not able to be billed to Medicare or other insurance since they are non-medical in nature.
For more information about Beatitudes at Home or to schedule an in home consultation, please call (602) 544-8527.
Finally, I would like to remind you all to ensure you are staying hydrated and drinking enough liquids, especially water. The summer months are when we tend to see more cases of dehydration which may be avoided by staying properly hydrated. Take care of yourselves and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me at x16111.
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