1. Understanding your Home Healthcare Benefits
Medicare Part A
Understanding your Home Healthcare Benefits

2. More than 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day
More than 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. Each year our aging population continues to expand and, in turn, collectively grows older. Kindred at Home is well positioned to help care for these potential patients when they have health care needs.

3. What Is Home Health Care?
Home Health Care is an Excellent and cost effective alternative to institutional care, providing patients a way to recover from an illness or surgery in the familiar surroundings of their own home

4. Who Pays For Home Health Services ?
Medicare
Tricare
Veteran Affairs
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Private Insurance
(Each policy varies, there may be out of pocket cost)

5. What Is The Criteria For Home Health Care?
Patient requires intermittent SKILLED services, i.e.: Nursing or Therapy
Must have a physicians order
Patient is homebound (Patient leaves home infrequently and it’s a taxing effort

6. How Long Can You Receive Home Healthcare?
As long as
it’s medically necessary.

7. How Many Times Can You have Home Health Care Services?
There is NO set limit to the number of times someone can receive Home Healthcare services…
As Long as you
meet the CRITERIA for
Home Healthcare.

8. How Do You Get Home Healthcare?
Referrals for home healthcare are usually made by:
Your Physician
Hospital Discharge Planner
Nursing Home Social Worker
ALF Wellness Directors
Family Member

9. Top Three Reasons Patients Refuse Home Health Care:
They think they have to pay for it
They’re afraid we are going to take away
their independence
3. They don’t like strangers in the privacy of
their home

10. Common Reasons for Home Health
Recent discharge from a hospital or nursing home
New or changed medications
Patient falls
Erratic blood sugars
Change in physical mobility
New or exacerbation of diseases

11. Common Diagnoses Heart Failure Hypertension
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Stroke
Diabetes
Gait abnormality
Dysphasia
Osteoporosis/Compression Fractures

12. Home Healthcare Services
Skilled Nursing
Physical Therapy
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
IV Therapy
Wound Care
Medical Social Worker

13. Kindred Specialty Programs
Safe Strides…..A comprehensive balance/vestibular Program
Cardiopulmonary …..Disease Management Program
Orthopedic…..An individualized treatment plan based on
physicians orders for the patients orthopedic needs

14. For Additional Information Please contact our office

15. In Summary… Why Kindred at Home?
Clinical Excellence and Quality Patient Care
Longevity In the community
The largest Home Health provider in the U.S.