Business Plan

Business Plan for Home Health Care



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Business Plan for Home Health Care

Introduction

A lot of health treatments which were previously done at hospitals or may be in clinics are now easily done at home. Health care at home is mainly for patients that needs the consideration of a physical, occupational or a nurse on a part time basis, but does not need the patient to be hospitalized. In home health care, the patients are homebound and have difficulty in availing the outbound patient care service. Home health care is a momentous factor in keeping patients out of the hospital (Book & Holtz-Eakin, 2013). More specifically, home health care may also include skilled nursing and speech therapy. Services may also include assistance from a home health aide or medical social services with monitoring of patients daily routine of prescription and over the counter medications (Intrepid USA, 2013). In United States, there are number of home health care agencies that coordinate the services that doctor orders for their patients.

Discussion

Future of Home Health Care

By 2050, estimation about 27 people will be in need of a kind of care that is long term. Out of those millions of people, it is possible that the community can provide the majority of them with health care. Home health care agencies and hospitals are the key contributors of community based long term care. At present, about 7.6 million people are receiving this community based long term care to help with chronic and post acute conditions, terminal issues or even disabilities. This number is expected to increase with an increase ages of people. Older Americans will constitute a larger percentage in the future like it was 12% in 2006 and is expected to grow by 2030 to the percentage of 20% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). In U.S., the services of hospital and home health care will be needed by the majority of people who fall above the age of 65 years (NHH & HCS, 2000). Majority of the people among them are suffering from more than one persistent condition and with the help of home health care services they are able to receive the care in their communities and their homes.

As stated by the National Hospital and National Home Care Survey in the year 2000, In United Kingdom, the rate of home health care for women of age group of 65 and over was 55% higher than the rate for men. The rate of home health care use among women age group 65-74 was about 60% higher than the men of that age group. The rate of home health care for women of aged 85 years and over was 22% higher than the rate of men in that age group. This illustrates that the women of United States use home health care in greater percentage then men do.

Aims and Objectives

The Aims and objective of the Home care are;

By the end of the first year, more than 100 patients of Home Health Care must be ...