WellSpring Home Health Releases Guide On Why Medical Social Workers Are a Vital Part Of a Home Care Team
Medical social workers are advocates for patients and will find the best way to receive the care they need. They will help families with the emotional, financial, and social needs of receiving home care.
Home care can involve unskilled and skilled services. Unskilled services focus on daily tasks that may be difficult for patients, such as eating, housekeeping, moving, aiding with bowel or bladder care, and bathing. Skilled services include healthcare workers such as:
• Skilled nurses/ registered nurses
• Physical therapists
• Speech therapists
• Occupational therapists
• Home health aide/ certified nurse assistant (CNA)
Medical social workers can help families organize which home care services they need. Some patients need a complex combination of multiple services, which can become overwhelming. Medical social workers can help find the right schedule to receive all required care at home.
Some general services that medical social workers can help with include:
• Reviewing admission documentation and addressing any issues
• Coordinating the care of patients with complex needs that require multiple services or time
• Helping handle any crisis that arises with counseling or therapy
• Aiding in understanding the financial or emotional resources that are available to you
Families can get help organizing which services their insurances cover and how they should be paying for services.
Anyone who needs home care can benefit from a medical social worker helping them. Some people who may need help include elderly patients, pediatric patients, and veterans.
WellSpring Home Health is a fully licensed and certified home care agency in Tacoma, Washington. The agency also serves the communities of Wasilla and Anchorage, Alaska. It offers both unskilled home care services and skilled nursing. The agency provides a medical social worker that can help with the whole home care process.
Interested parties can learn more about WellSpring Home Health and inquire about home care services by visiting their website.
Joyce Ibanga
WellSpring Home Health
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