United Home Care - Jackson, CA

Our mission at United Home Care is to help you live happy, healthy, and more independently at home. Our staff is a team of skilled and compassionate professionals. We provide quality individualized services which strengthen the independent lifestyles of every patient in their own home. United Home Care has provided quality patient care for more than 20 years. Our commitment to our patients remains constant. Our highest priority is to exceed the expectations of every patient by providing responsive service and competent care.

Our skilled home care services cater to you. Our staff of nurses, home health aides, medical social workers, and rehabilitation experts are all trained to assist you with anything you might need and are available to work around your schedule.

Our nursing services include the following:

• a health needs assessment
• pain management
• medication management and instruction
• wound care
• diabetic care and instruction
• IV therapy
• tube feeding and nutritional education
• blood draws
• bowel and catheter care
• ostomy care and instruction
• CHF and COPD care

In addition to nursing care, we also offer the following:

• Home Health Aide Services: bathing, mobility, and transfer assistance
• Rehabilitation Care: physical and occupational therapy
• Medical Social Services: financial and community resources, as well as emotional support for the patient and family

Paying for Home Health Care

If you’re concerned about the cost of home health care, you’re not alone! Most people are surprised at how affordable home care can be.

Medicare (Part A) covers 100% of the cost of home health care if a patient requires skilled care services and is homebound (see above for more information on skilled care services). A patient is considered homebound if he or she can only leave home with great difficulty. However, Medicare does allow a patient to leave home for up to three hours per week (though doctor visits and church services are exempt).

Medicaid provides home health care services when the patient requires skilled care and doesn’t meet the homebound criteria required by Medicare. Contact your Medicaid provider to determine your eligibility and to learn which services are covered.

Several private insurance plans cover some of the costs of home health care. Check with your insurance provider to find out which services they cover.

Social service organizations have provisions that occasionally place the patient on a waiting list for services. These services are often time-restricted and are determined based on the patient’s financial situation and other eligibility requirements.