5 Ways Home Health Care Proves to be a Big Help in the Philippines

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What is home health care?

Home health care is an extensive collection of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. It’s usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF). 

What benefits can I reap from it?

The goal of home health care is to provide health care at the comfort of your home. Aside from this, here are some ways that prove home health care provides the best for you:

1. Access to skilled health care providers

Don’t worry; your home health care provider in the country will give you well-equipped staff who will cater to your every need. Here’s how the process works: the first step would be to get the go signal from your doctor (for home care eligibility). Once your physician has approved, there will be an ocular inspection and talks of your health and needs mediated between the staff and doctor. If you have all of these in order, the former will keep the latter updated about your condition and progress.

2. Affordable alternative

A paper by the University of Western Sydney's Centre for Health Research found that home-based health care is not only safer but cheaper than hospital care. They usually cost less than a hospital stay especially if you consider travel expenses. Patients have reported that they opt for home care because of four reasons: convenience, care, confidence, and cost.

3. More focused health care

Trust is a key ingredient to better health care outcomes. It is used as a potential indicator for how patients evaluate the quality of health care. The one-on-one approach builds a stronger trust between the physician and patient. Given that you are in a cozy and familiar environment while being cared for by skilled professionals can definitely foster trust.

4. Diet & nutrition are closely monitored

Eating well serves as a line of defense against infections. Close monitoring of the patient’s diet and nutrition is an essential part of the recovery process. Home health care providers keep a close eye on good food choices. Another thing about home health care is having the patient’s option to choose food―just as long as it meets the doctor’s required diet.

5. Fewer complications

This is most especially true for patients who are vulnerable to hospital-acquired infections and other complications brought about by in-patient care. Prolonged hospital stays can sometimes be a risk for catching infections.

Before having your home ready for health care services, make sure that it is properly sanitized!



Aside from these, health care in one’s home can strengthen family ties. Whether it be providing home health care or simply sharing a simple meal in a Philippine household, “There’s nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” ―Jane Austen