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Published on: 5th June 2024
Medically reviewed by: First Response Home Healthcare Experts
Medically reviewed by: First Response Home Healthcare Experts
Article Written By Research Contributor, Medically Reviewed By First Response Home Healthcare Experts
Homecare Nursing: Beyond Outpatient Care
In-home nursing care services are increasingly getting popular in today’s times as more and more patients are availing advanced care at home services owing to the several benefits it offers in overall patient recovery, medical care and treatment outcomes.
Advanced Homecare Nursing Treatments
Nursing care at home can either be short term (just a few hours) or even long term (12-24 hours) depending on the needs and condition of the patient. When do you need home nursing services?
- Vaccination
- Daily tasks assistance
- Post-operative care
- Prescription and medicine management
- Specialized care like physiotherapy, speech therapy
- Wound dressing
- Injection or oxygen administration
- Critical care in chronic diseases
- Elderly persons assistance
- Diabetic care
- Recovery support post hospitalization
- Maternity and child care
- Patient and family education
Patient Categories That Need Homecare Nursing
Who needs advanced homecare nursing treatments at home? When do patients usually opt for it? In what cases does a doctor recommend a person to go for in-home nursing care services? Here are some examples:
- Patients who have had a prolonged stay in the hospital for extended treatment
- Elderly patients in need of affordable home healthcare services
- Patients who prefer home environment and familiar surroundings to heal faster
- Patients who are looking for cost-effective healthcare solutions aiding in their faster recovery
- Patients who are at a greater risk of catching infections in in-hospital care
- Patients who are not able to move out of their homes due to several reasons like fracture, wheelchair accessibility, bedridden condition, post surgery etc.
- Families seeking additional support of a professional home health nurses in any of the following scenarios –
- to care for their ailing loved one while family members are away at work
- to provide assistance at home for the aged and also supervise due to the risk of falling
- to offer specialized care and attention to the patient who is staying alone far away from their home
Pros And Cons Of Homecare Nursing
| Advantages Of Homecare Nursing | Disadvantages Of Homecare Nursing |
| Healing amidst the comfort, convenience and care of your own home, with the support of your dear family members, is the biggest benefit of in-home nursing services. Recovery can be faster and effective when the patient is in the vicinity of their loved ones. | Nurses and professional caregivers providing at-home healthcare services might lack a complete picture of the home environment, resulting in several operational challenges hampering the optimal outcome for certain patients with critical conditions. |
| Homecare nursing services in comparison to in-hospital care is a much more economical and time-saving solution. | Unless adequate training and resources are given, inexperienced nurses may struggle in ensuring effective delivery of services while at home with the patient unlike a hospital environment where there would be support staff like senior doctors, other experienced caregivers and nurses, physicians and specialists to help during an emergency. |
| An illness, injury or a surgery can make a patient susceptible to a plethora of infections which, in a home environment, is minimized due to lesser exposure to external people visiting the hospitals. | Sometimes, conditions of patients may deteriorate in their homes due to unsafe, unhygienic conditions in comparison to a medical clinic with a monitored environment at all times. |
| In-home nursing is extremely vital especially for elderly patients and others who are in need of daily medical care / support for their day-to-day activities and basic tasks. Going to hospitals frequently for assistance might negatively impact them, affecting their morale, and quality of life. | Other factors like lack of communication skills, no empathy, absence of standardized reporting mechanism to the treating doctor at the hospital and frequent family interference may lead to adverse outcomes for the patient in an in-home nursing scenario. |
| Advanced care at home, which is provided by well-trained nurses, is highly professional and customized as per the patient’s specific needs ensuring optimal results and patient satisfaction with the one-on-one attention from the caregivers. | Absence of regular training, logistical challenges and isolated treatment environments can pose additional stress on the nurses who are just starting out in the home healthcare specialty. |
| Homecare nursing services ensure dual benefits: Effective medication management and emotional companionship for patients in their critical times of medical emergencies. Loneliness, isolation, confusion with prescriptions, overdose, forgetting to take medicines, are all some serious concerns in patients who have no one to help in their recovery. In such cases, in-home healthcare professionals are indeed a blessing in disguise. | In many scenarios, the patients and the family members might not cooperate well with the nurses and caregivers resulting in them feeling overwhelmed with the amount of work to be managed single-handedly with no access to specialized medical equipment and tools. |
Conclusion
Nurse visits to your home, is an incredible option, in many cases, also a necessity, for a patient’s holistic care and wellbeing. First Response Home Healthcare, a leading provider of in-home nursing services in the region of Ras Al Khaimah, offers comprehensive support by facilitating home health nurses visits at your doorstep within 30-45 minutes. Their highly acclaimed services are curated to include everything from palliative care, wound care, mother and child care, to Activities of Daily Living (ADL) care, post-operative care and elderly care by a well-equipped and experienced team of nurses and caregivers.
First Response Home Healthcare recognises homecare nursing as a multidimensional specialty and a boon indeed for healthcare services in general, as its holistic approach towards patient’s total care fosters physical health for the patient, peace of mind for the family and emotional wellbeing for both. It also aids in reducing the strain on in-hospital medical resources by delivering tailored care at home for the same patients who can be treated well even in a non-medical environment.
Reach out to First Response Home Healthcare for nursing services at home when you start to observe health loss in your dear ones.
Disclaimer: This content piece is no substitute for direct medical advice. The purpose and intent of this blog is just to impart knowledge, share general tips and spread awareness about health. It is not a replacement to any medical consultation provided by professionals. First Response Home Healthcare strictly recommends reaching out to qualified healthcare providers and medical experts for personalized advice and further information.
