What Does An Eldercare Home Health Nurse Do?
Under your Medicare Home Health Benefits, licensed home health Registered Nurses perform the following medical duties patients in their care:
The Medicare home health nurses regularly assess and monitor the patient’s current condition.
This monitoring and assessment can include the some of the following home health care services:
• Heart Monitoring
• Lungs & Skin Monitoring
• Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Monitoring The Patients Diet
• Medications • Drawing Blood,
• Monitoring Lab Work,
• Monitoring Urinary and Bowel Output
These Licensed Home Health Nurses also provide skilled treatments such as:
• Wound Care
• Ostomy Care
• Diabetic Care
• Performing Injections
• IV or Infusion Therapy
• Care for Fractures
If you or a loved one are in need of information related to your Medicare Home Health Benefits, Contact Us today or call 561-989-0441 for your free consultation.
Training Provided By Medicare Home Health Nurses
These skilled Medicare home health nurses are also tasked with the responsibility of teaching & training you and your elder care caregiver on how to effectively manage the condition yourselves, at home.
Depending on a patient’s particular condition, the home health nurse will assist you with:
• A new or changed diagnosis, device or medication
• Managing medication schedules
• Educate patients on the disease process
• Conduct bowel or bladder training
• Colostomy care or other in-dwelling catheter care
• Self-catheterization
• Gastronomy feedings
• Safety tips
• Prescribed diets
In addition, the homecare nurse will also arrange for an emergency response system for you, especially if you live alone.
Home Health Nurses & Medicare Home Health Benefits
These services and skilled nursing care are covered under your Medicare home health benefits & may be needed due to a variety of circumstances including:
An acute or chronic illness, such as:
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• COPD
• Unstable Cardio/Pulmonary status
• ALS
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Alzheimer’s
Injuries that resulted from:
• Auto accidents
• Slip & Falls
• Broken bones
• Joint replacements
Some of these conditions may also be related to memory and functional deficits caused by onset of dementia or other neurological changes, as well.
If you or a loved one are in need of information related to your Medicare Home Health Benefits, Contact Us today or call 561-989-0441 for your free consultation.
