What is Home Care?

   Our Home Care division provides an affordable alternative to institutional care, thus providing you with the privacy and dignity of maintaining your health care needs in your own home.

   Our service can be coordinated with your family physician’s orders. We provide licensed RNs and LPNs, Certified Nursing Assistants, Personal Care Workers, and Home Health Aides.

   We accept and bill directly to Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurance, and Private Payment.

   Home Care is the fastest-growing segment of the health care industry. The rising costs of institutionalized care (nursing homes, hospitals, etc.) have led many individuals and health insurance companies to move to homhealth care services.

   Many patients do not need 24-hour treatment, and can be treated at home with a minimum of cost. Home care servicing can provide the necessary attention while charging only for the hours needed to actually care for the patient. Personal care and daily living needs can also be met during this time.

   While cost savings are worthwhile, and in many cases a necessity, there is no reduction in the quality of care for the patients. Home care patients receive individualized care. The benefits of home care also include the ability of the patient to remain in their own home, providing comfort and familiarity in their surroundings.

   Care and treatment are also planned and arranged so that the patient receives the care that is necessary. Home care agencies, such as Colonial Home Care, can work closely with the patient's physician to design and follow a Plan Of Care. This plan designates which treatment is necessary and provided, and also includes help in maintaining the patient's surroundings.

   Agencies are strictly regulated by individual State and Federal government guidelines to assure the care of all patients.