After being in the hospital, there's no place like home to feel better and heal faster.
That's why your doctor may send you home from the hospital and prescribe home health care services.
Home health care is medical care that you need to recover but may not be able to do yourself.
Just like a medicine, your doctor prescribes home health care for you.
Or you may hear your doctor refer to it as "ordering" home health care for you.
Your hospital may give you a list of companies, or agencies, to pick from.
While you're still in the hospital or after you get home, someone from the agency will meet with you.
They'll talk to you about your health, assess your needs, and let you know when to expect them.
The kind of care you'll get depends on the kind of care you need.
Once your needs are understood, a nurse or another medical professional will come to your home and care for you while you are ill, after an injury, or after surgery.
It can be daily health checks such as checking your blood pressure.
Care can also include help with complicated medicine schedules or with a catheter.
Or you may get physical therapy to help you get moving again.
You might need help with medical equipment, like caring for a surgical drain or an I.V.
Home health services can help with that too.
Usually, people find home health care to be convenient and more comfortable and feel that they healed better than if they stayed longer in the hospital.
Home health care.
It's just what the doctor ordered for healing at home.
