Homecare is affordable than hospital stay

Do you have an aging or ill parent, grandparent, loved one or friend who are in need of regular medical care or recovering from hospitalization? Are you a working professional caring for elderly parents at home?

Healthcare and medical services at home are much more affordable compared to hosptial setting and also as effective as clinical or hospital settings. The increasing burden of end stage care has got healthcare specialists to opt for skilled care at home by doctors, nurses and physiotherapists.

Home health care services include:

  Personalized doctor visits

  Nursing

  Post-operative care

  Geriatric care

  Pediatric care

  Diabetes care

  Cardiac care

  Oncology care

  Wound or ostomy care

  Medication Administration

  Pain Management

  Infusion Therapy

  Rehabilitation Physical, occupational and speech therapy

  Personal Care Assistance with daily activities

  Nutrition Counseling and custom meal preparations

India’s home healthcare industry, which consist of home based medical devices and home services is worth $2 billion and growing at 20 percent annually, according to accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. In an age, where chronic diseases are becoming hugely prevalent, one of the many impacts that home healthcare can make lies in the management of chronic disease for patients at home so that these patients don’t have to go through recurrent hospitalization. For treating chronic diseases, affordability plays a big role in choosing Home healthcare over a hospital stay. Not only are the patients more comfortable, but the service is also cheaper, almost 3-5 times lesser than standard hospital charges.

Factors that led to emergence healthcare at home in India:

  As per the provisional data compiled by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), India doesn't have even 1 hospital bed per 1,000 persons.

  India’s geriatric population is about 100 million today and is expected to grow to about 200 million by 2018.

  94 % of the aged have children, only 33 to 34 percent live with them (ministry of law and justice 2011).

  Rising education & employment levels have left people with limited time to cope with geriatric care & pediatric care needs in their households.

  Increasing life expectancy and changes in disease patterns

  NRIs who have their aging parents living at home in India have none to care for them.

  Prevalence of chronic diseases among affluent population

  Rehabilitation Therapy Physical, occupational, and speech therapists play an integral role in the health of patients recovering from various injuries, surgeries, neurological

disorders and other medical matters. Many patients prefer in-home rehabilitation services, leaving behind the institutional or clinical environment of a rehabilitation or nursing facility

Advantages of Home Health Care:

  Convenience

  Savings in terms of time and effort

  Significant cost savings

  No hospital infection risks at home.

Disadvantages of Home Health Care:

  Lack of emergency resources

  People are not around 24/7

  Deficient Caregivers

  Non-Accommodating Setting