November Honored as National Home Care Month in Missouri

More than 11 million Americans receive home-delivered health care from home health care providers. In their honor, Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare Home Services joins the National Association for Home Care & Hospice in celebrating November as National Home Care Month under the theme, “Preserving Health Independence and Freedom.”

"Caring for the sick and elderly in their homes truly is a privilege for us," said, Cheryl Foster, Director of GVMH Home Services. "Home care professionals and modern medicine make it possible for people to stay in their homes, regardless of their condition."

Through technological advances, home-delivered health care has grown far beyond basic professional nursing and home care aide services. Today's modern home care agency offers a wealth of nursing, physical, occupational, and speech therapies, counseling, dietary, laboratory, medical equipment and home medical supplies, and personal care.

Home care services are paid for by public and private sources, or directly by patients and their families. Third-party payers include commercial insurance, managed care organizations, and workers' compensation. Medicare and state-run Medicaid are significant payers, often driving the payment agenda for commercial insurance. Despite massive cutbacks in government funding, home care continues to be the preferred means of receiving quality health care services for millions of Americans.

GVMH Home Services will be celebrating 25 years in February 2009. For more information about Home Services call 660-885-5088

 

Dr. Gus Wetzel signed a proclamation to honor November as Home Care Month in Missouri. Dr. Wetzel was joined by Donna Barnett, LPN, GVMH Home Care, Marlene Miller, RN, Assistant Director of GVMH Home Services, Mark Mattes,RN, MS, Assistant Administrator of Patient Care Services, Randy Wertz, CEO of GVMH, and Cheryl Foster, RN, BSN, HCS-D, Director of GVMH Home Services.

Home Services offered by Golden Valley Healthcare allows patients to remain in their own homes for care and provides greater health, dignity and comfort in our communities. This service is the most preferred method of health care delivery amon disable, elderly and chronically ill individuals who want to live independently in their own homes as long as they possibly can. Thousands of home care nurses, therapists and aides work tirelessly to provide professional high quality and compassionate health care and support to Missourians in need of quality health services.