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Community Services > Home Care Services

Home care services
Licensed and certified Home Health through
Medicare, Medicaid and Medicare Secondary

Our skill professionals provide quality health care where the patients are comfortable -- in their own home.

Subjects covered below:
A plan of care
In-home monitoring
How do you get home care?
Who pays for these services?
Licensing information
Contact information
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A plan of care

We begin with a plan of care involving the nurse or therapist, and you and your caregiver. RNs and LVNs are available to help you and your family with education, assessment and observation of wounds, respiratory status, cardiac status and other body systems. They also administer IVs, wound care, colostomy care, catheter care and catheter changes.

Home Health Aides may assist you with personal care needs, exercises taught by a therapist or a nurse, meal preparation and other homemaking needs.

A Licensed Physical Therapist will tailor a home program to your individual needs. The LPT will address safety concerns, as well as lower extremity and whole body strengthening.

A Licensed Occupational Therapist will assess your needs and then design a plan for treatment that includes assessment for safety, focusing on upper body strength. The OT also can assess, recommend and fit you with adaptive devices as needed.

A Licensed Speech Therapist can assess and treat speech difficulties, swallowing problems and disrupted thought processes.

A Medical Social Worker is available to help with problems related to care at home, depression, long-term planning and coordination of essential community services.

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How do you get home care?

A physician must refer the services.

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Who pays for these services?

For those who qualify and meet the requirements, Medicare or Medicaid will pay. Services must be skilled in nature and must be reasonable and medically necessary. The individual must meet the home-bound requirement.

For private pay or insurance services, housekeeping or Lifeline services, please refer to Home Care Services: Licensed Home Health through private pay and insurance. (go to Home Care, Private)

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Licensing information

Hill Country Memorial Home Care Services is licensed by the Texas Department of Human Services. It provides care for eligible recipients without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability.

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Contact information

Contact us by calling 997-1336.
Long distance, 800-859-3169.
Fax: 830-997-1559.
 


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Hill Country Memorial Hospital  (830) 997-4353
1020 South State Highway 16, P O Box 835

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
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