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Home Care Services Available for You – PAPHR

Jun 1, 2011 | 11:52 AM

Purpose of Home Care
Home care provides health care and support services for people living within the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region. Maximizing client wellness and their ability to care for themselves is our focus. Our services supplement, but do not replace clients' efforts to care for themselves with the assistance of their family, friends and the community.

Objectives
To help people maintain independence and well being at home by: Determining needs and abilities, developing and coordinating plans of care Teaching self care and coping skills improving, maintaining or delaying loss of functional abilities promoting, and supporting family and community responsibility for care supporting palliative, supportive and acute care provided by family, friends and neighbors.

To facilitate appropriate use of health and social services by: Preventing or delaying the need for admission to long-term care facilities, and assisting on discharge supporting people waiting for long-term care admission preventing the need for hospital admission, making earlier discharge from hospital possible, and reducing the frequency or re-admission helping individuals and families access needed services promoting volunteer participation educating the public about home care participating in local service planning and coordination.

To make the best use of home care resources by: serving the people with the greatest need first operating economically and efficiently Home and Community Care also acts as a bridge between home and other care set-tings. These settings may include hospital, long term care, personal care homes, a doctor's office, and other primary care settings.

Available Services:
Services for eligible clients are delivered by teams of health care professionals and may include: nursing physiotherapy and occupational therapy social work community cousellor case management home support long term care personal care homes end of life care adult day programs wellness clinics short term residential care for caregiver relief (respite)
(Due to population size and geo-graphic remoteness, not all services are available in every community. In communities where services are lim-ited, every effort is made to accommodate clients' care needs)

Home Care Client Fees and Charges
Prince Albert Parkland Health Re-gion charges reasonable fees for homemaking, personal care and respite provided by an aid, and meal service.

The health region does not charge for professional services like assessment and care coordination, nursing service or therapy provided by an occupational or physical therapist.

Clients have the right to apply at any time for an income-tested subsidy to reduce charge-able services.

There may be a cost associated with needed equipment and supplies.

Arranging Service
Please use the contact information below to call the Home Care Office in your community. We are happy to answer any questions about our services and provide you information about other community services that may meet your needs.