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2. What is a Licensed Practical Nurse? - WebMD

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   LPNs handle tasks like: Recording patients’ vitals, such as blood pressure, temperature, and pulse. Reporting patient status to RNs and doctors and adding it to patient charts. Changing wound ...

3. Home health nursing - Wikipedia

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   Home health nursing. Home health is a nursing specialty in which nurses provide multidimensional [1] home care to patients of all ages. Home health care is a cost efficient way to deliver quality care in the convenience of the client's home. [2] Home health nurses create care plans to achieve goals based on the client's diagnosis.

4. Understanding Medicare Coverage for Home Health Aides

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   Medicare plans. Takeaway. Medicare doesn’t cover home health aides unless your doctor has approved a home health care plan that involves professional services such as skilled nursing care or ...

5. What Is Preventive Health and Why Is It Important?

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   Preventive health refers to routine care you receive in order to maintain your health. It’s key to diagnosing medical conditions before they become a problem. Preventing serious diseases before ...

6. What Is a Community Health Worker? - WebMD

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   Community health worker duties include: Home visits. Sanitation of the environment. Provision of water and nutrition. First aid. Treatment of simple or common illnesses. Health education. Maternal ...

7. Respite Care: How to Find It, Pay for It, and More - Healthline

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   The cost of respite care depends on many factors, such as: the type of respite care you choose. your insurance. your location. For instance, in-home care and assisted living both cost an average ...

8. Home care - Wikipedia

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   Homecare (home care, in-home care), also known as domiciliary care, personal care or social care, is health care or supportive care provided in the individual home where the patient or client is living, generally focusing on paramedical aid by professional caregivers, assistance in daily living for ill, disabled or elderly people, or a combination thereof.

9. What Are ADLs and How They’re Measured - WebMD

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   A full score of 60 points indicates complete independence. Barthel Index. This 100-point scale assesses 10 activities in people who have had a stroke. Each activity is scored between 0 and 10 or 0 ...