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 Frequently
Asked Questions
What is Home Health Care?
Piedmont Home Care is a not-for-profit organization caring for
patients in their own homes. Under a physician's plan of care, skilled
health care professionals make home visits that may prevent hospitalization
or long term care placement.
Who pays for Home Care?
- Medicare and Medicare
HMOs.
- Medicaid.
- Private Health Insurance.
- Workers Compensation.
- VA/Champus.
- Individuals/Private Payers.
Who is Eligible for Home
Care?
You may be if you meet one or more of these criteria:
- You are between the ages of newborn and older adult.
- You are in need of skilled care that only a healthcare professional
can provide.
- You are under a doctor's care.
- You have Medicare or Medicaid and are homebound.
- You only leave home for short, infrequent trips to receive medical
care and it takes a lot of effort for you to leave your home.
What Can Home Care Provide?
- Have nurses available by phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for
questions and home visits while the patient is recovering from an
illness or surgery.
- Provide teaching for the patient and caregiver.
- Provide physicians with information about how patients are doing
when they are unable to visit their offices.
- Provide information on other community resources and assist with
making referrals to them.
- Assist with personal care needs such as bathing, grooming, and dressing.
- Assist with ways to make the home more manageable when the patient
has limited mobility.
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