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Caregivers can range from qualified nurses and advanced medical staff to nurses and nursing aids. Some caregivers travel to multiple homes per day and provide short visits to multiple patients, while others may stay with one patient for a certain amount of time per day.
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such as injections, management of pressure sores, catheter and stoma care, carrying out physician orders, tracking vital signs, drawing blood, and documentation of health status,
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The services included varys vastly between jurisdictions, volunteer organizations and markets. Some examples of homecare services are:
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is health care or supportive care provided in the individual home where the patient or client is living, generally focusing on
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people, or a combination thereof. Depending on legislation, a wide range of other services can also be included in homecare.
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including short walks, conveyance to and from health institutions, or adapted public transportation services,
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Homecare can be organised by national or local government, by volunteer organizations or on a market basis.
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such as bathing, toileting, food preparation, feeding, incontinence laundry, bed changing,
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including behaviour management, psychological support and reminding devices, and
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Homecare is an alternative to institutional care such as can be provided at
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Health care and/or supportive care provided in a patient's home
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communication between patient, family and physician,
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Care Information Scotland – The Scottish Government
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Index

paramedical aid
caregivers
daily living
disabled
elderly
group accommodations
nursing home
Aging in place
Assisted living
Home care in the United Kingdom
Home care in the United States
Healthcare in India
Paratransit
"Home Care Services"
"Domiciliary Care: The Formal and Informal Labour Process"
doi
10.1177/0038038513500098
S2CID
155037992
"In-Home Care Services for Seniors"






"Personal and nursing care"


"The Future of Home Health Care"

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