HomeCare, especially with help from family members, is designed to assist with maintaining patients' independence as long as possible. By having a nurse or therapist treat a patient at home, an extended stay at a nursing home or another trip back to the hospital can be prevented. Shands HomeCare wants patients to enjoy the best quality of life - in their most comfortable environment.

Here is a list of services Shands HomeCare can provide in the home:

• Skilled nursing care: intravenous care or wound care
• Therapy services: physical, occupational or speech
• Companion/sitting service for elderly or impaired patients
• Bathing, dressing and hygiene assistance
• Assistance with daily living activities
• Transportation and errand service
• Household chores and cleaning

Shands HomeCare and Shands Jacksonville Home Health agencies offer a wide array of support services and assistance, from skilled nursing and therapy to homemaker services. Many of these services are covered under health insurance plans and Medicare (http://www.medicare.gov/). The agencies provide services for patients in 16 counties in North Central and Northeast Florida.

Licensed in Florida
#HHA 21054096

More Information

If you would like more information about Shands HomeCare and you live in Alachua, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy, Bradford, Union, Putnam, Lafayette, Columbia, Suwannee, Hamilton or Marion counties, please call 352.265.0789 or toll free at 800.999.2189.