Home Health

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University of Chicago Medicine is a leading provider of Home Health services. Our commitment to quality and patient safety is delivered by specially trained caregivers and clinicians. Patients who are home-bound may receive services in their home on an intermittent basis.

Intermittent Home Care

Intermittent care brings the clinician to your home at a frequency that meets the needs of the patient to achieve the best possible outcome. Our team of experts cares for patients who are coping with an illness, have a new diagnosis, need help after a hospitalization or surgery, or find it difficult to leave home on their own. Visits can range from daily to monthly and last approximately an hour each time.

Our Care Team

Patients are cared for by an interdisciplinary team that may include skilled nurses, certified home health aides, physical, occupational, and/or speech therapists, pharmacists, dieticians, and medical social workers.

Our staff delivers care under the direction of the patient's primary care provider and develops an individualized plan of care that is specific to each patient. This team approach guarantees the best specialty care for each patient and is provided by skilled, specially trained and certified staff.

Skilled Nursing

Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy

Medical Social Worker

Home Health Aides

Services Provided

Cardiac Care

Remote Tele-monitoring

Comprehensive telehealth care is available for patients needing ongoing monitoring as they recover from their illness or surgery. A specially trained nurse manages the setup and monitoring throughout the patient's care, including installation of the remote monitoring system, training for the patient, family, or caregiver, monitoring vital signs, weight, and other symptoms, daily review of electronic reports, and collaboration with the primary care provider as needed.

Diabetic Education

Infusion Therapy

Patients who need IV antibiotics, cardiac medications, and other complex infusion therapies that no longer require inpatient care may receive at-home infusion services. Services are coordinated and delivered by registered nurses specializing in a broad range of intravenous (IV) medications, including antibiotics, cardiac medications, anti-nausea medication, hydration, total parenteral nutrition and central line maintenance.

Pre and Post-Surgical Care

Specialized Wound Care Ostomy

Our wound care team is dedicated to restoring and maintaining each patient's ability to heal from chronic or non-healing wounds and prevent suffering and loss of function. Our wound care team consists of specially trained RNs who coordinate a team of nurses trained and skilled in current wound and ostomy care therapies. This enables patients to receive education on the healing process, nutrition, hydration, medications and more.

Consultations and referrals are available to advanced wound centers as needed.

Eligibility

Home Health is paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance. A patient qualifies for intermittent Home Health services under Medicare if the following criteria are met:

Patient is under a physician's care
A physician has ordered home care
Patient has a need for skilled medical care
Patient is homebound

A person is considered homebound if leaving the home:

Requires considerable and taxing effort
Requires use of a supportive device
Requires the assistance of another person, or special transportation, or is medically inadvisable