Home Care
OVERVIEW
Florida, and caregivers are required to have
a background check either through Florida
Agency for Healthcare (AHCA) or Florida
Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).
Nurse Registries
Nurse registries arrange and for skilled
care services by nurses (registered nurses
(RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs). They
arrange unskilled services by home health
aides (HHAs), and certified nursing assistants
(CNAs) and homemaker/companions to
patients in their homes.
Health Care Professionals are contracted
with Nurse Registry, and may provide:
• nursing care
• personal care help with ADLs
• homemaker and companion services.
Nurse Registries are not licensed to provide
physical, occupational, respiratory, speech and
language or IV therapy and medical equipment
services.
Nurse Registries must be licensed by the State
of Florida and caregivers are required to have
a backgrounds checks through either Florida
Agency for Healthcare (AHCA) or Florida
Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).
HOW TO RECEIVE SKILLED
HEALTH CARE AT HOME
Florida Law requires the following of Home
Health Agencies and Nurse Registries that
serve patients who need skilled services:
A doctor must sign a treatment order citing
services needed. A Plan of Care (POC) must
be created, giving details of how care will
be given. A POC is not required for people
receiving personal care for Home Health Aide
(HHA) services without a doctor’s treatment
order or for those receiving only homemaker
companion services. (A patient has the right to
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WHAT IS HOME CARE?
Home care is an umbrella term used to
describe types of care services delivered to
persons at home, both medical and nonmedical
in nature, to those who need assistance
with activities of daily living (ADLs), who are
chronically or terminally ill, disabled, or are
recovering from a hospital or nursing home stay.
TYPES OF HOME CARE
• Skilled Health Care
• Personal Care
• Homemaker & Companion
SKILLED HEALTH CARE
Who provides skilled health care at home
in Florida?
• Home Health Agencies
• Nurse Registries
Home Health Agencies
Home health agencies provide skilled care
services (by nurses, therapists, and social
workers), and can also provide unskilled
services (by home health aides (HHAs),
certified nursing assistants (CNAs), and
homemaker & companions) to patients in their
home. Home Health Agencies may provide:
• nursing care
• physical, occupational, speech-language,
IV therapy, and respiratory therapies
• skilled services
• medical social services
• nutritional guidance
• hands-on personal care services
• homemaker companion services
• home medical equipment
Home health agencies are required to
be licensed and inspected by the State of
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