Advocate Home Health Services

Choosing the right home care company is an important decision. You may be wondering what home care is and how it can meet your individual health care needs. This information is designed to answer these questions and teach you about the spectrum of Advocate Home Health Services.

Team Healing
Advocate Home Health Services is a continuation of the same quality care that you received in a hospital, but in the comfortable, familiar setting of your home. Working together as a team with your physician, we provide a comprehensive range of services and products. Our dedicated and compassionate staff communicate regularly with your physician and carry out his or her instructions with efficiency and skill. In addition, many Advocate home care patients develop a special relationship with their home caregiver. Together, we help you reach your goal: to function as independently and comfortably as possible.

Wholistic Care
Advocate Home Health Services is a part of Advocate Health Care, one of Illinois' largest health care organizations which has been providing quality, cost-effective care to metropolitan Chicago for nearly a century. Unlike many home health services, Advocate Home Health Services is not just a freestanding unit, but is supported by this complete health care system, including hospitals, extended care centers, diagnostic and testing facilities, physicians office buildings and a mental health counseling network. Through the years, Advocate Health Care has demonstrated a commitment to treating the whole person - body, mind and spirit. Providing a comprehensive range of therapies to treat patients in the home is part of this wholistic philosophy of care.

Cost-Efficient Care
More than 2 million people use home care services each year. Why are so many people finding that home care meets their treatment needs? Because of the rising cost of health care, the medical community has developed more efficient and less expensive alternatives to traditional in-hospital care. Advocate Home Health Services helps to control the rising costs of health care and address the treatment needs of all people - in the most comfortable healing environment there is: the home.

Spectrum of Services
Whenever a question arises during the course of your treatment, simply call our toll-free number: 1-800-564-2025. Our knowledgeable customer service department is available to answer your questions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No question is too small, and we are committed to responding as quickly as possible to your requests. Our services include:

• Skilled Nursing and Professional Therapies Registered nurses, therapists and home health aides provide the care and education needed to increase patients' levels of comfort and ability to manage their own care. This includes physical, occupational and speech therapy. Private duty nursing and personal care and support services are also available.
• Respiratory Therapy and Durable Medical Equipment Certified and registered respiratory therapists administer oxygen therapy, breathing treatments, apnea monitors and mechanical ventilation as prescribed by a physician. Advocate Home Health Services supplies and delivers all the necessary equipment for these therapies, in addition to providing items used for convenience and safety in daily living.
• Infusion Therapy and Pharmaceuticals Our highly skilled nursing team provides a full range of infusion therapies including antibiotic administration, pain management, blood transfusions and chemotherapy. All the necessary pharmaceuticals are prepared by our own HealthSource, Inc. pharmacy program.
• Hospice Advocate Hospice services are delivered by an interdisciplinary team of health professionals and volunteers who are trained in symptom management, pain control, counseling, bereavement and the issues surrounding death and dying.

There's No Place Like Home
Some of the many benefits of using Advocate Home Health Services are:

• Doctors find many patients recover sooner - and more comfortably - in the familiar surroundings of their home than they do in a hospital.
• Home care helps to reduce medical costs without a loss in quality care.
• Patients tend to stay involved in their care and to feel more independent at home.
• Home care gives you the opportunity to be reunited with your family in familiar surroundings and still receive the care you need.
• Home care treatment plans are tailored to fit your individual lifestyle.

At Advocate Home Health Services, your needs are our priority. Our commitment to you: We will respond quickly to your treatment needs with the skill and compassion that defines Advocate quality care.