Receiving health care in the comfort of one’s own home helps patients rehabilitate after hospitalization for acute illness, injury or surgery. Home health also plays a vital role in helping people to manage chronic illnesses and reduces the need for a stay in the hospital.
ACMC Regional Home Health is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified agency providing healthcare in the home. Our professional staff works with the patient, family, attending physician and various community resources to provide quality healthcare.
ACMC Regional Home Health provides quality nursing care to all of Ashtabula County, and the eastern portion of Lake County, as well as the northeastern portion of Geauga County.
Our Services
View the complete list of our Home Health Services on the Home Health Services page.
Our Objectives
- To instruct in management of health needs.
- To promote rehabilitation and maximum independence.
- To provide support to the patient and family.
- To carry out prescribed medical treatments.
Our highly trained staff specialize in home care. Our mission is to have a positive impact on each patient we serve, and the community as a whole, by providing quality home healthcare services.
Home Health FAQs
Talk to your doctor about whether home care is right for you. A physician's order is needed for the majority of home care services. Or call our office at 440.992.4663 or toll-free 800.722.3330 to discuss your needs, and we will help direct you.
Not for skilled care provided by nursing and therapy. Skilled visits are for intermittent care and are usually for approximately an hour. The goal of the visits is to help teach the patient and family to be independent in their care. Private duty aide care is available for longer periods of time. This type of custodial care is usually not covered by insurance but is available on a private pay basis.
Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, workers' compensation and Veterans Health Association all pay for home care if certain criteria are met. The care must be medically reasonable and necessary, it must be difficult for the patient to leave the home, and it must be safe for the patient to receive the services at home. ACMC Regional Home Health also has some additional sources of funding to provide personal care and homemaking services when insurance coverage ends.
ACMC Regional Home Health is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified home care agency. All professional staff have current licensure and all home health aides are certified home care aides.
Hours
Home visits by ACMC Regional Home Health staff are scheduled at the convenience of the patients. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.