Home Care Intervention

As a nurse working in the home healthcare industry I always believed the goal of home healthcare services is to provide treatment to patients with chronic diseases and terminal illness.
I also believe it is to assist the patient to regain their independence, decrease hospitalizations and help patients to learn to live with their illness or disability. When compared with acute care, we know that homecare services are delivered differently and in a less structured setting. Similar to acute care, health care patients are evaluation as part of the patients plan of care. Although, in home care the patient is cared for a home, before the expected goal of the care plan must consist of, assessment, diagnosis, planning, and intervention phase.
In home care, often the family is involved with the planning phase which consist of short-term and long terms goals. In home care usually the long-term goals are not met with in the treatment due to limited visits authorized by the insurance companies. Documenting accurate and precise plan of cares helps setting up the interventions for the patient.

In home health care the interventions are selected to assist the patient in achieving the short or long terms goals. Like the acute setting in the home care the interventions are tailored to the patients. Usually the family is a one of the major component to the interventions of the patient. In the homecare the interventions primary focus is to assist the patient with activities of daily living, disease process management, infections control and fall precautions.

As the home health nursing care is provided, ongoing assessment evaluates the patients Reponses to interventions. It also evaluated the progress the patient made toward the short of long term goal.
Through a efficient a nurse care plan nurses can promote patient safety, assist with the healing process, coping mechanism and decease hospital