Home Care Services

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/homecareservices.html

Latest News
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Announces 2.3 Percent Increase in Medicare Home Health Payment Rates (10/15/2004, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - http://www.cms.hhs.gov/media/press/release.asp?counter=1234

Overviews
• Home Care Service: What Is It and How Do You Find the Right Provider? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HO00084

Specific Conditions
• Alternatives to Nursing Home Care (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - http://www.medicare.gov/nursing/alternatives.asp
• Choosing Long-Term Care: A Guide for Patients with Medicare (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - Links to PDF File - http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/choosingltc.pdf
• Evaluating Physicians Who Offer House Calls: A Guide for Patients and Families (American Academy of Home Care Physicians) - http://www.aahcp.org/patienteducation.shtml
• Guide to Selecting an Adult Day Center (National Adult Day Services Association) - http://www.nadsa.org/consumers.htm
• How Do I Hire a Home Care Employee? (Administration on Aging) - http://www.aoa.gov/prof/aoaprog/caregiver/carefam/taking_care_of_others/wecare/hire.asp
• Medicare and Home Health Care (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - Links to PDF File - http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/10969.pdf
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/10969_s.pdf
• Myth about Home Care: Assisted Living Programs Substitute for Skilled Home Care Services (American Academy of Home Care Physicians) - http://www.aahcp.org/almyth.shtml
• Myths about Home Care: Home Care is Only for the Homebound (American Academy of Home Care Physicians) - http://www.aahcp.org/homebound.shtml
• Older Americans Act Information and Assistance Systems and Services (Administration on Aging) - http://www.aoa.gov/press/fact/alpha/fact_information_asst.asp
• What Should I Ask When Considering a Home Care Agency? (American Cancer Society) - http://www.cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_2_5x_what_should_i_ask_when_considering_a_home_care_agency.asp?sitearea=mlt

Nutrition
• Elderly Nutrition Program (Administration on Aging) - http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/press/fact/alpha/fact_elderly_nutrition.asp

Disease Management
• Respiratory Home Health Care (American Association for Respiratory Care) - http://www.aarc.org/patient_education/tips/home.html

Coping
• Assistive Devices for the Home: Tools and Tips to Make Life Easier (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HA00028
• Modifying Your Home for Independence (American Occupational Therapy Association) - http://www.aota.org/featured/area6/links/link02ca.asp

Related Issues
• Helping You Choose Quality Home Care and Hospice Services (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) - http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choose/hc.htm

Research
• Disabled Elderly Women Receive Less Home Care Than Men (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZEF4F81HC⊂_cat=633
• Specialized Care from Hospital to Home Improves the Health of Elderly with Heart Failure, Cuts Costs to the Health Care System (National Institute of Nursing Research) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2004/ninr-12.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries
• JAMA Patient Page: Home Health Care (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_id=zzzwokh370d⊂_cat=390

Directories
• AAHCP House Call Network (American Academy of Home Care Physicians) - http://www.aahcp.org/physicianreferral.shtml
• Eldercare Locator: A Way to Find Community Assistance for Seniors (Administration on Aging) - http://www.eldercare.gov/
• Home Care/Hospice Agency Locator (National Association for Home Care) - http://www.nahc.org/Tango/HCLocator/locator.html
• Home Health Compare (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - http://www.medicare.gov/hhcompare/home.asp
• Meals on Wheels: Find a Local Program (Meals on Wheels Association of America) - http://www.mowaa.org/findmealprogram.asp
• State and Area Agencies on Aging (Administration on Aging) - http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/How_To_Find/Agencies/Agencies.asp

Organizations
• Administration on Aging - http://www.aoa.gov/
• American Academy of Home Care Physicians - http://www.aahcp.org/

Law and Policy
• Home Health Services (Medicaid) (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/services/homehlth.asp
• Older Americans Act (Administration on Aging) - http://www.aoa.gov/press/fact/alpha/fact_oaa.asp
• Statement of Patient Privacy Rights (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - Links to PDF File - http://cms.hhs.gov/oasis/att_a.pdf

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:
• Assisted Living - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/assistedliving.html
• Caregivers - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/caregivers.html
• Health System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthsystem.html
• Seniors' Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/seniorshealth.html

Page last updated: 29 October 2004
Topic last reviewed: 16 June 2004