Home Nursing Assistance: What It Is And Which Types To Choose From

Home nursing assistance consists
of providing domestic support, medical care, and pharmacological support to
non-self-sufficient people, regardless of age or income. Home nursing
assistance is a generous offer of private help (family assistant or caregiver).This possibility is offered to
those who suffer from acute disabling illnesses, the physically and mentally
handicapped, the elderly, and the terminally ill. In particular, if you need
care for a loved one, you can choose from different types of nursing care at
home. What are these types? And, if you want to opt for private home care, is
it better to go to a nursing home or a family assistant? Find out below.Types of home care: how they work
and how to get themHome assistance provides medical,
rehabilitative, and nursing support, which integrates with the other services
offered by the general practitioner, the medical guard, and other referents. At
the end of the home care process, the patient will be "discharged"
and the project completed.However, it is on the basis of
the patient's need for care and the level of duration/complexity of the
intervention that the three main categories are divided. Here are the details.Scheduled home careScheduled home care includes
periodic (weekly, fortnightly, or monthly) medical, rehabilitation, and nursing care at
home which are limited in time.This type of service is provided
to patients unable to walk and unable to reach the doctor's surgery. In
particular, the subjects who can benefit from this home assistance are the
following:• elderly people with permanent
walking impairment• wearers of leg prostheses with
great difficulty walking• Non-self-sufficient patients
who live on a high floor of an apartment without a lift and are unable to be
transported to the doctor's office with common transport• subjects with serious
pathologies (advanced cardiac insufficiency, respiratory insufficiency,
tetraplegia and paraplegia, celebrolesion)Integrated home careIntegrated home care consists of
an integrated set of health and social health treatments provided on an ongoing
basis. In addition to the attending physician, nurses, physiotherapists, social
workers, and specialist doctors may therefore be involved. In fact, this
service represents a valid alternative to hospitalization.The subjects who, in particular,
can take advantage of this intervention are the following:• terminally ill• individuals with severe
psychotic forms• elderly people with severe
fractures• people in protected discharge
from hospital wards• children with chronic
pathologies and with particular conditions of social hardship• subjects with temporarily
disabling diseases (for example, respiratory)Integrated home care is very
important not only for the physical care and rehabilitation of the patient but
also for psychological one. In fact, no one would like to be hospitalized:
being able to take care of themselves at home, surrounded by their family and
loved ones, allows the person to be treated in their usual living environment,
making "discharge" usually earlier.Home hospitalizationThis home assistance service is
intended for those individuals who require 24-hour care. In addition to the
integrated home assistance interventions, special devices and machines are
provided, such as for example oxygen dispensers and walking aids. Usually, this
type of home assistance lasts a maximum of 60 days. If the patient's condition
stabilizes or improves, the home hospitalization service can be replaced by
integrated home care.Private home carePrivate home assistance (or
family assistance ) is carried out by the so-called carers, competent and
prepared people who, in addition to providing concrete help in carrying out
daily activities (preparation of meals, support in personal hygiene, help in
administering medicines, etc.), are able to build a positive companionship
relationship with the fragile and non-self-sufficient person.Private home assistance is
activated, at the discretion of the patient's family, for a few hours a day or
by establishing a cohabitation contract (temporary or unlimited) at the home of
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