Southside Regional Medical Center Home Health
CELEBRATES NOVEMBER AS NATIONAL HOME CARE MONTH

Petersburg 11/08 – More than 11 million Americans receive home-delivered health care from home care providers. In their honor, Southside Regional Medical Center Home Health joins the National Association for Home Care & Hospice in celebrating November as National Home Care Month under the theme, “Preserving Health Independence and Freedom.”
“Caring for the sick, elderly, chronically ill and those recovering from a recent hospital stay in their homes is a privilege and a passion of ours,” said Terry Arthur, Executive Director of Southside Regional Medical Center Home Health. “Home health care professionals and volunteers working with modern medicine make it possible for people to stay in their homes, regardless of their condition.”

Through technological advances, home-delivered health care has grown far beyond basic professional nursing and home care aide services. Today’s modern home care agency offers a wealth of nursing, physical, occupational, respiratory and speech therapies, counseling, dietary, laboratory, pharmacy, podiatry, medical equipment and home medical supplies, and personal care.

Home care services are paid for by public and private sources, or directly by patients and their families. Third-party payers include commercial insurance, managed care organizations, CHAMPUS, and workers’ compensation. Medicare and state-run Medicaid are significant payers, often driving the payment agenda for commercial insurance. Despite massive cutbacks in government funding, home care continues to be the preferred means of receiving quality health care services for millions of Americans.

Southside Regional Medical Center Home Health acts as a Partner in Care with other community-based healthcare providers to deliver comprehensive in-home health and supportive services to home care patients to maximize the health and independence of all who qualify for and desire home-based healthcare services. Our care giving team offers skilled nursing, physical and occupational therapy, medical social worker and home health aide services.

For more information, contact Terry Arthur or Kim Winfield at 804-765-5480 or 804-765-5486.