Simply put, Home Health Care provides clinical services, whereas Home Care offers strictly non-clinical help with daily living. For instance, Home Health Care services are administered at home by a health care professional, like a Registered Nurse or a Therapist, and are often prescribed as part of a care plan. It includes medical testing, medication administration, and different types of therapy, including physical, occupational, and speech-language.

Home Care, on the other hand, focuses on providing the elderly with assistance in their daily activities. It involves strictly non-medical personal care such as bathing, dressing, meal prep, medication reminders, and assistance with transportation and mobility. Home care aides are trained to provide companionship and help the elderly with light housework.

Home Health Care is also different from Hospice care which offers assistance to individuals to achieve the best quality of life during a terminal illness.

In other words, the individual must be certified as homebound by a physician who manages and authorizes home health care services. The prescribed home health care service must be appropriate and necessary for the continued treatment and management of the patient’s medical condition. Individuals in need of skilled nursing service or therapy (physical, occupational and/or speech) are also eligible for home healthcare.

While the “Homebound status” indicates that it is challenging for the individual to leave home, it does not prevent the person from leaving home for medical treatments that cannot be provided at home. A “homebound person” is also allowed brief and infrequent absences from the home for non-medical reasons, such as to attend church or family events.

Under Medicare, patients who are home-bound are eligible for Homecare to help manage a change of condition or acute situation such as new diagnosis, administration of new medication or manage an exacerbation of the illness, accidental falls, sudden infections and changes in cognition and function.

At Luxe Home Healthcare, we specialize in developing care coordination plans with managed care organizations to provide wound care, cardiac recovery, pain, and disease management. Our skilled staff is trained to provide patient education to promote self-management and rehabilitation services.

Home healthcare services such as nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology services are covered under these insurances for as long as the individual is eligible and certified as “homebound”. Some states have additional programs that may cover home health care services not provided by Medicare.

Private Insurance and managed care plans may charge a deductible or co-pay for home care services. Occasionally, it may be necessary for patients to pay out of pocket to their home healthcare provider.

Our employees are highly trained to provide quality care and uphold our organizational values. They are proficient in communication, critical thinking, time management, and technical skills. All employees at Luxe home health are hired after a mandatory criminal background check and are both insured and bonded.

Our services can be available immediately once we receive your referral for service. Moreover, our trained team will work along with the patient’s physician during the course of care to develop a plan of care and assign staff to assist with care and medical administration. We are also happy to work with insurance companies to determine coverage and co-pays.

To enroll today, please call us at (847) 588-2111 during business hours to reach one of our trained professionals who will be happy to talk to you through a complete overview of the enrollment process.