WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES DOES A HOME CARE PROVIDER DELIVER?
Home care providers deliver a wide variety of health care and supportive services, ranging from professional nursing and HCA care to physical, occupational, respiratory, and speech therapies. The also may provide social work and nutritional care, laboratory, dental, optical, pharmacy, podiatry, x-ray, and medical equipment and supply services. An individual’s physician usually prescribes services for the treatment of medical conditions. Supportive services, however, do not require a physician’s order. An individual may receive a single type of care or a combination of services, depending on the complexity of his or her needs. The following professionals, paraprofessionals, and volunteers can provides home care services:
- Physical Therapist
- Social Workers
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Occupational Therapists
- Dieticians
- Home Care Aides/ Home Health Aides
- Homemaker and Chore Workers
- Companions
- Volunteers
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