The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) believes that ensuring the right to be cared for in our homes is America’s last great civil rights battle. Home care and hospice professionals connect with patients in a more personal, more humane way. Beyond simply tending to healthcare needs, they provide social interaction, meeting with individuals who in many cases would otherwise be alone and left in the shadows.

“The care that is given through home health and hospice is second to none, especially with the advances in tele-health technology,” said Val J. Halamandaris, president of NAHC. “Plus, all of this occurs in the comfort of the patient’s own home, at a much reduced cost to Medicare and insurance companies. I know Congresswoman Giffords is in good hands.”

As more Americans take advantage of new policies in the recent healthcare legislation that allow them more access to home care and hospice, the demand for qualified home health aides, registered nurses and other care providers will grow. Job growth in the industry is expected to increase an astounding 48 percent by 2018. In 2009, the average home care visit cost $135 per day, versus the average hospital visit, which cost $1500 a day. Preventive home healthcare saves Medicare and Medicaid billions of dollars per year.

Today, millions of America’s seniors and disabled citizens depend on home care services to remain healthy, stable and out of costly traditional settings. For decades, caring for the elderly, disabled and chronically ill at home has provided a dignified and high-efficient method of treatment. Home-based care is also clinically effective, utilizing advanced technologies and helping to cost-effectively manage chronic diseases that account for 75 percent of our nation’s healthcare spending.

Source: Caringnews.com

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