• Wound care for pressure sores or a surgical wound
• Patient and caregiver education
• Intravenous or nutrition therapy
• Injections
• Monitoring serious illness and unstable health status

The goal of home health care is to treat an illness or injury. Home health care helps you get better, regain your independence, and become as self-sufficient as possible.

How does one qualify for Home Health Care??

There are several requirements for receiving home health care:

• You must have a doctor prescribe home health care.
• You must need either skilled nursing care on an intermittent basis or therapy services (i.e., physical/occupational/speech therapy)
• You must be restricted in your ability to leave home (“homebound”), and your homebound status must be certified by a physician.

A patient is considered homebound if he or she has a condition due to an illness or injury that restricts the ability to leave home without the aid of an assistive device, without the assistance of another person, or if leaving the home is medically restricted.

More detailed information about Home Care and Medicare is available in

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services guide, “Medicare and Home Health Care (PDF).”

The Admission Process

Home Health Care primary focus is educating the patient in self-care management. Our professional staff works  closely with your physician while addressing your rehab needs. Our goal is to ease your transition process from a hospital or nursing facility to the your home  or own environment in order to  speed up the recovery process.

A VARHS Registered Nurse or Physical Therapist will conduct a comprehensive assessment to determine home healthcare needs. Following the completion of this assessment, all findings will be discussed with you, the patient, the primary caregiver, and the physician to address your home healthcare needs.

The physician will be constantly updated with the treatment process and any changes to the condition or treatment. At the end of the visit a schedule will be created by the Nurse or Therapist and the patient for future visits.