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Home Health Care Benefits Patients Facing Many Conditions, Illnesses and Injuries

Traditions Health

Skilled nurses and therapists work together to help patients on the road to recovery. Diabetes Home health nurses help patients living with diabetes with care management that can include help with insulin injection techniques, skin and foot care and blood sugar monitoring and making healthy food choices.

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On National AIDS and Aging Day, A Veteran Nurse Looks Back: How Nurses Can Transform the Lives of HIV/AIDS Patients Through Empathy

Daily Nurse

At the nonprofit VNS Health , where I worked, our home health nurses were not ones to turn their backs on the communities we served and lived in. Soon, we found ourselves on the frontlines, caring for an average of 600 HIV/AIDS patients daily in New York City in the late 1980s.

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Making the Transition from Facility Care to Home Health Care

Traditions Health

Making the Transition from Facility Care to Home Health Care If you or a loved one receives care at a facility, at some point, you may want to get care at home instead. Patients turn to home health care for many reasons. Read one family’s home health care story.