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Here are four more reasons for you to keep your family members and loved ones home instead of a nursing home or assisted living facility:
5. Home care promotes healing. There is much scientific evidence that patients heal more quickly at home.
6. Home care represents the best tradition in American health care. Most health care has always been given in the home.
7. Home care allows a maximum amount of freedom for the individual. Hospitals and nursing homes are both regimented regulated environments.
8. Home care is personalized care. It is tailored to the needs of the individual and is delivered one-on-one.
Steps You Can Take To Prevent Over Medication
1. Keep an updated list of medications you are taking. The list, which should include over-the-counter medication, should include what each drug is for, when each should be taken and in what amounts.
2. Go over the list each year with your primary physician.
3. Discard outdated or leftover medication.
4. Tell your primary physician about any new medicine other physicians prescribe.
5. Check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking over-the-counter drugs.
6. Always ask your physician or pharmacist what each prescribed drug is for and their possible side effects.
7. If possible, buy medication from the same pharmacy, preferably one where the pharmacist will speak with you and where computerized records are kept of your prescriptions.
At Dignity Health and Home Care, we specialize in tailor-made home health care programs to best fit the clients’ needs. We realize and recognize each individual has their own separate set of circumstances, both physical and financial. These variances allow our programs and rates to be uniquely designed for each client!
For further information about home health and how to get a :tree evaluation, call our office at (435) 656-1833.
Look for our July article for 4 more reasons why home care is your best care.
Maureen McArdle is the owner of Dignity Home Care.