Maximum's Services
Skilled Services in the Home
Maximum Home Health Care provides Skilled Nursing, Therapy, and Social Work services in the greater Chicagoland area. Maximum Home Health Care is proud to be JACHO and Medicare/Medicaid Certified. These certifications demonstrate our commitment to quality healthcare.
Our skilled staff provide treatment and care for a large aray of conditions and diseases. A patient who is seeking skilled home health care must meet the conditions below:
Required Conditions:
Be confined to the
home (homebound).
Be under the care of
a physician.
Receive services
under a plan of care established and periodically reviewed by a physician.
Be in need of skilled
nursing care on an intermittent basis or need physical therapy or speech therapy.
Have a continuing
need for occupational therapy.
What Is
Homebound?
This does not mean the
patient must never leave their home. In general terms, a patient is considered
“home bound” if
they:
Have a medical
condition or an injury that restricts their ability to leave their home unless
they use an assistive
device (crutches, cane, wheelchair, walker);
Require the use of
special transportation
Require the
assistance of another person, or leaving their home is not medically advised
Patients may leave
their homes occasionally; for church services, hair dressing, attending a family
functions while being
driven in a vehicle by another person.
Absences from
the home to receive medical treatments are also allowed, such as:
attending adult day
centers to receive medical care.
kidney
dialysis.
chemo/radiation
therapy and outpatient physical therapy, including whirlpool therapy.
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