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home health careHome healthcare is as it sounds; healthcare delivered to you at your home as an alternative to either a short or long stay in a hospital or nursing home. Home healthcare providers saw their origins in the 1880's, but it wasn't until the Medicare enactment of 1965, that the industry really began to balloon out. Before the enactment, there were about 1,000 home healthcare providers. Today, home health care is a billion dollar industry with approximately 20,000 providers offering home health care services to more than 7 million people requiring long term care from home.Home healthcare providers are combined into a group referred to as Home Care Organizations, including:
Although some people (generally wealthy) might choose home healthcare for a short-term solution to their health issues, home healthcare is predominantly associated with long-term care. Aside from the elderly, there are a number of other people who fall under the heading of needing home healthcare including:
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