Home Health Care for Cancer Patients: Support Between Treatments
Your mother finished her third round of chemo two days ago. She's sitting at the kitchen table in Orland Park, staring at a plate of food she can't make herself…
Your mother finished her third round of chemo two days ago. She's sitting at the kitchen table in Orland Park, staring at a plate of food she can't make herself…
Our mom's hands have trembled for a couple of years, and you had adjusted to that. What you did not expect was the morning she froze in the hallway of…
Your mother is being discharged from a hospital tomorrow, and the case manager mentions home health almost in passing. You nod, then get to the parking lot and realize you…
The discharge nurse at the hospital says your mother qualifies for home health, hands you a list of agencies, and moves on to the next room. You are left holding…
You are comparing three home health agencies for your mom's discharge from a Chicago area hospital. Their websites look similar, the phone reps all sound kind, and you are trying…
Your mom came home from the hospital in Palos Heights with a surgical incision, a bag of gauze, and instructions that made sense in the room but not at her…
Your dad just got home from the hospital in Palos Heights after a heart failure flare-up. The discharge papers list six medications, a "watch your weight" warning, and a follow-up…
Hip and knee replacement recovery at home follows a predictable set of milestones: a walker for the first one to two weeks, a cane by weeks three to four, most…
The real difference between home health care and hospice care comes down to the goal: home health helps a person recover, with skilled nursing and therapy ordered by a doctor…
The discharge nurse at Palos Hospital hands you a one-page list of home health agencies and says, "Pick one by tomorrow." Your dad is going home after a stroke, you've…