Home care is a service that provides treatment within the comfort of your own home
The main focus of the home health team is to increase your independence and improve quality of life.
Home care should be considered if you or a loved one are homebound with an immediate or acute need for care.
Conditions that may require home care
Home care may be recommended by your physician for conditions including:
- Total hip or knee replacement recovery
- Pain management
- Difficulty with everyday life activities such as eating, grooming, bathing, dressing, transferring, walking, swallowing or wheelchair mobility
- Conditions requiring medication management
- Gastrostomy/nasogastric feeding/Peg tube care
- IV therapy
- Laboratory and diagnostic tests in the home
- Foley catheter care and training
- Wound care
Who qualifies for home care services?
Our mission is to provide quality, personalized healthcare to individuals, while promoting independence in the comfort of their own home.
Typically, you or your loved one must meet the following criteria to receive home care services:
- Be homebound
- Have acute medical need
- Require skilled nursing or therapy
- Be supervised by a primary care physician or specialist
Home care services
Some of the home healthcare services provided by Baylor Scott & White Health include:
- Therapy services (physical, occupational, and speech therapy)
- Skilled nursing
- Home health aide
- Medical social worker
Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation – Home Health
Baylor Scott & White Health and Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation formed a joint venture, called Home Health Services, to provide medical care services in the comfort of your own home.
Whether you or your loved one needs rehabilitation from a stroke, an orthopedic, spinal cord or traumatic brain injury, our certified physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists are here to help.
Learn more about Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation
Texas Home Health Group
On August 1, 2017, Baylor Scott & White Health and Texas Home Health formed a joint venture—Texas Home Health Group—to deliver home health services to 57 counties from eleven locations: Brenham, College Station, Denton, Desoto, Fort Worth, Huntsville, Marble Falls, McKinney, Taylor, Temple, and Waco
Learn more about Texas Home Health Group