Home Health Care is defined as?

Home Health Care is defined as?

• A. Care provided in a hospital setting.
• B. Care provided in the patient's home under a planned program established by their attending physician.
• C. Nursing home care.
• D. Hospice care.

Answer: (B)

Home Health Care means health services provided in the patient’s own home under a plan of care prescribed by the attending physician. This combination—care delivered at home and overseen by a physician’s plan of care—distinguishes it from hospital or nursing home care and from hospice. It typically includes skilled nursing, therapy (physical, occupational, or speech), medical social services, and home health aide support, offered on an intermittent basis and coordinated by a home health agency. The goal is to help the patient recover, maintain, or improve health while staying at home.

Home Health Care means health services provided in the patient’s own home under a plan of care prescribed by the attending physician. This combination—care delivered at home and overseen by a physician’s plan of care—distinguishes it from hospital or nursing home care and from hospice. It typically includes skilled nursing, therapy (physical, occupational, or speech), medical social services, and home health aide support, offered on an intermittent basis and coordinated by a home health agency. The goal is to help the patient recover, maintain, or improve health while staying at home.