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  2. Home health nursing - Wikipedia

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    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. These plans can include preventive, therapeutic, and rehabilitative actions. [1] Home health nurses also supervise certified nursing assistants.

  3. Home care - Wikipedia

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    Homecare is also known as domiciliary care, social care or in-home care. [2] [3] It comprises a range of activities, especially paramedical aid by nurses and assistance in daily living for ill, disabled or elderly people. Clients receiving home health care may incur lower costs, receive equal to better care, and have increased satisfaction in ...

  4. Home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Home health care is medical in nature and is provided by licensed, skilled healthcare professionals. Home health care providers deliver services in the client's own home. Professional home health services may include medical or psychological assessment, wound care, pain management, disease education and management, physical therapy, speech ...

  5. Respite Care: Definition, Services, Costs, and Types - WebMD

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    The cost of respite care depends on the type of agency, the services you use, and how long you need it. Costs also vary depending on where you live. But as a general guideline, an in-home ...

  6. your insurance. your location. For instance, in-home care and assisted living both cost an average of around $150 per day, while adult day services cost an average of $78 a day. Most insurance ...

  7. Holistic Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide - WebMD

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    Holistic medicine is a form of healing that considers the whole person – body, mind, spirit, and emotions – in the quest for optimal health and wellness. According to the holistic medicine ...

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

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    The term ADL was first introduced by Sidney Katz in 1950. It’s a collective term for all the basic skills you need in regular daily life. These include: Ambulating. This includes the ability to ...

  9. Health professional - Wikipedia

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    Health professional. A health professional, healthcare professional, or healthcare worker (sometimes abbreviated HCW) [1] is a provider of health care treatment and advice based on formal training and experience. The field includes those who work as a nurse, physician (such as family physician, internist, obstetrician, psychiatrist, radiologist ...