It’s your health. It’s your home. It’s your choice.

In the rapidly evolving health care environment, care in the home is quickly becoming the hub of health care. More services than ever are available to patients.

Choosing the right agency to provide home care for you or a loved one is a very personal decision. It is one that should not be taken lightly. After all, you are inviting people into a most intimate space, your home, to take care of you or a loved one at a most vulnerable point, during an illness or after surgery.

You want to make sure you choose wisely and have the utmost confidence in the quality of care you or a loved one will receive.

Whether you ultimately choose Community Nurse or not, we want people to know that you have a choice in their home care agency. It is important to know all of the other options in the community, before you need one of us. So get to know us. Get to know all of us. So when the time comes, you can have confidence in the home care choice you make for yourself and those you love. It’s important. After all, it’s your home, it’s your health… luckily it’s also your choice.

Care in the Home
What is home care? Home care is a broad term that is used to encompass, different types of services that patients can receive in their homes. First, with your physician, determine what services are necessary.

Visiting Nurse Services (also called certified home care or skilled home care)

• Visiting Nurse Services are for Home Bound Patients (homebound means you do not generally leave your home unassisted as it takes an effort to do so.)
• Care is provided per a doctor’s order or after surgery, hospital stay, a stay in a rehabilitation facility or there is a general decline in functioning.
• Patients receive short term skilled care in the home provided by licensed professionals: Nurses, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Home Health Aides, Social Workers, and Registered Dieticians.
• This care is covered by insurances such as Medicare, Medicaid and private insurances.