Home care is health or supportive care in a patient’s home by licensed health care professionals. Home care aims to make it possible for people to remain at home rather than use residential, long-term, or institutional-based nursing care. Individuals who may require home health care include the elderly, disabled, pregnant women and terminal patients.
These services may include some combination of professional health care services and life assistance services. Professional home health services could include medical or psychological assessment, wound care, medication instruction, pain management, disease education & management, physical therapy, speech therapy, or occupational therapy. Life assistance services include assistance with activities of daily living tasks such as meal preparation, medication reminders, laundry, light housekeeping, errands, shopping, transportation, and companionship.
Nurses and certified home health care aides typically provide home health care services.
Home Health Care Providers:
Community Visiting Nurse Association
Provides and coordinates quality home care, hospice and community services and promotes health education, wellness and prevention services to Somerset and Middlesex County residents.
110 West End Avenue
Somerville, NJ08876
908-725-9355
www.communityvna.org
Home Phlebotomy Program
Home phlebotomy is a blood-drawing service provided by Somerset Medical Center’s Laboratory that enables you to receive the high-quality laboratory services you’ve come to expect from Somerset Medical Center in the convenience of your own home. It is designed for patients who are homebound and unable to come to the laboratory for testing.
908-685-2982
http://somersetmedicalcenter.wbprg.pw
Somerset Medical Center Lifeline
Lifeline is an easy-to-use medical alert service designed to reduce the risk of living alone.In the event of a fall or emergency, help is available at the push of a button.
908-704-0096
www.SomersetMedicalCenter.com/lifeline
Somerset Medical Center Physician Home Visits
Some of Somerset Medical Center’s affiliated physicians will make house calls or home visits by appointment. For more information, please call
908-704-3787
Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset Hills
Provides home and community health care services to the residents of Somerset and Morrris Counties, New Jersey for over 100 years. Experts in managing a patient’s care in the home, after a stay at the hospital or when recovering from an illness or injury, the VNA offers a broad range of services: skilled nursing, social work, certified home health aides, telehealth monitoring, IV therapy, hospice, adult day care, home safety assessments and more.
200 Mt. Airy Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
908-766-0180
www.visitingnurse.org