Home Health Care for Arthritis & Joint Pain: Staying Mobile at Home
Your father sits on the edge of his bed in his Orland Park, IL home for a full five minutes most mornings before he tries to stand. His knees don't…
Getting Your Home Ready for a Home Health Nurse: 7 Safety Steps
The nurse is coming Thursday morning. You've spent the last twenty minutes walking through your mother's house in Orland Park, IL, looking at it differently than you have in years,…
Your First Home Health Visit: What Happens, Step by Step
The doorbell rings right on time, and your mom, sitting in her recliner in her home in Orland Park, IL, straightens up a little, half nervous and half relieved. She's…
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…
Home Health Care for Parkinson’s Patients: Staying Safe at Home
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…
Does WellCare Cover Home Health Care in Illinois?
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…
Does Humana Medicare Advantage Cover Home Health Care?
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…
ACHC Accreditation in Home Health Care: What It Means for You
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…
Wound Care at Home: A Guide for Patients and Families
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…
Home Health Care for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
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…