Home Medicare service: Holy Family Hospital, Bandra, Mumbai has launched 'Home Medicare', a dedicated home healthcare service for senior citizens and ambulatory patients. The aim of this initiative is to reduce the need for patients to visit hospitals or clinics frequently and bring the necessary medical care to their homes. This service will enable senior citizens, patients with mobility issues, patients managing chronic diseases, as well as patients receiving home care after surgery or hospitalization to receive healthcare in the familiar environment of home.
Under 'Home Medicare', experienced doctors will visit patients' homes for medical advice, follow-up check-ups, health assessment and treatment guidance. Treatment will be provided under the supervision of a doctor to manage acute as well as chronic health problems. This can help reduce the need for patients to visit the hospital each time.
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Personalized nursing care is also provided in this service. This includes services such as vital signs monitoring, medication management, wound care, catheter care, feeding tube assistance, ECG monitoring, blood sugar testing, necessary medical procedures, etc.
Physiotherapy and rehabilitation services are also provided for the rehabilitation of patients after surgery, stroke, cardiac problems, neurological diseases, musculoskeletal disorders or sports injuries. A treatment plan will be tailored to the patient's individual needs, with emphasis on increasing mobility, physical strength and independence.
The service also provides home diagnostic tests so that patients do not have to go out for tests. Trained technicians will collect samples from patients' homes for laboratory tests. This can provide great convenience especially to patients with mobility issues.
The facility of home delivery of prescribed medicines and essential health materials is also a part of this initiative. Therefore, patients or their families will not need to go out of the house frequently for medicines.
Presently 'Home Medicare' services are provided in Mahim, Bandra, Khar and Santacruz areas. Through this service, an attempt has been made to reduce the healthcare gap between home and hospital.
Holy Family Hospital Family Physician Sister Dr. This service has been started on the initiative of Shaini Joyce. According to him, healthcare should be easily accessible to everyone. Home health care can be especially important for seniors and patients who are unable to leave the house for whom frequent visits to the hospital or clinic are difficult. They noted that home healthcare can help maintain continuity of care, reduce unnecessary hospital visits, and provide patients with care in a familiar environment.
Caring for an aging parent or family member with a chronic illness is often a challenge for families. This challenge is compounded by the need to travel to the hospital for doctor appointments, medication administration, nursing procedures, physiotherapy and check-ups. As 'Home Medicare' will make various of these services available at home, it is expected that the patients as well as their families will get the facility.
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'Home Medicare' service is available only for Homebound patients. Currently this service is limited to Mahim, Bandra, Khar and Santacruz areas. This initiative of Holy Family Hospital is expected to promote community-oriented and patient-oriented healthcare along with hospital-centric healthcare that reaches patients' homes.
