I’m afraid we’re at the point of needed professional assistance in providing home health care, this time for my mom.
We shopped around about five years ago for assistance with my father.
I’m guessing the available options may have changed in that time period.
If you have any relatively recent experience with reputable home care providers and services, please reply here or send me a private email.
If you’ve been in this situation before, you know how important personal recommendations can be in making the choice of providers.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions and recommendations.
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an initial road can be the official medicare site, which lists the following as certified for coverage:
CARERESOURCE HAWAII
(808) 599-4999
CASTLE HOME CARE
(808) 263-5077
KAISER HOME HEALTH AGENCY – OAHU
(808) 432-5688
KOKUA NURSES INC
(808) 594-2326
PRIME CARE SERVICES HAWAII INC
(808) 531-0050
http://www.careresourcehawaii.org/site/371/about_us.aspx
CareResource Hawaii has been selected by Home Care Pulse as one of the best home care companies in the country. Home Care Pulse is a national private duty company specializing in the benchmarking of client and employee satisfaction.
CareResource Hawaii is a joint venture of the Kuakini and The Queen’s Health Systems. Our business is nonprofit and is governed by a Board of Directors composed of members of the community and employees of Kuakini and The Queen’s Health Systems.
What home health services does the Medicare Home Health Benefit cover?
Medicare will pay for skilled nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and home health aide services under certain conditions. A few of these conditions are as follows:
Patient must be homebound
Care must be medically necessary (usually for conditions that are acute and serious vs. chronic and stable)
Care must be part-time or intermittent
The patient requires at least one skilled professional service (nurse, physical therapist, speech therapist)
Care must be provided by a Medicare-Certified Home Care Agency
Must have a signed Physician’s Order for requested service(s)
Services must be delivered in the patient’s primary place of residence
There are many current and retired nurses who take in the elderly (usually 2-3 at one time) at around $3500-5000 per month at their homes. Very costly, but it is an option. Usually you can find the contact info of these nurses from either doctors or case workers. You might have to pay a monthly fee to case workers too.