Home Health Care
Home health care agencies can provide skilled nursing; nurses’ aides; physical, speech, respiratory, and occupational therapy; social services; and other health services while you are homebound. Many provide psychiatric nursing services, including medication monitoring, family education in behavior management, and some counseling. Some agencies provide “high-tech” nursing: home infusion (intravenous nutrition, blood products, rehydration, medications and TPN, and pain management) and, in some cases, ventilators or other types of respiratory therapy. Some offer specialized cardiac nursing. Many agencies offer hospice programs for persons who are in the last stages of terminal illness; some, but not all, hospice programs are Medicare-certified.
A physician must prescribe these services, but the patient has the right to choose the provider. Before making arrangements, be sure that an agency provides the services that the patient needs. Medicare, TennCare, private insurance, or private pay; some long-term-care insurance pays for services. Call Medicare, 1-800-633-4227, if you have questions about or problems with Medicare’s coverage of home health care.
Medicare reports information on the quality of home health care to help you choose high-quality health care. Visit www.medicare.gov or call 1-800-633-4227 for a comparison chart of these services.
Many of these agencies also provide private-duty nurses, sitters, light housekeeping, and, in some cases, live-in help or 24-hour care (see "Live-In Help" for description); these services do not require a physician’s order, and most are private pay. Some long-term-care insurance covers the cost for patients who have a medical diagnosis that requires the service. Some agencies offer personal care (bathing, hair care, more). See also "Homemakers, Sitters & In-Home Services."
Baptist Homecare & Hospice
632-5711
7203 Chapman Highway, 37920
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Careall Home Care Services
558-8801
7117 Kingston Pike, Suite 202, 37919
Caris Healthcare
694-4848
9041 Executive Park Drive, Suite 212, 37923
Hospice only.
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Clinch River Home Health
687-7070
5516 Wallwood Drive, Suite 2B, 37912
Covenant Homecare & Hospice
374-0600
3001 Lake Brook Boulevard, Suite 101, 37909
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Gentiva Health Services
584-3133
6223 Highland Place Way, Suite 101, 37919
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Girling Health Care
690-7767
320 N. Cedar Bluff Road, Suite 360, 37923
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Housecall Home Health Care
688-7500
1420 Dutch Valley Road, 37918
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Intrepid USA Healthcare Services
531-1415
414 Sweetwater Vonore Road, Sweetwater, 37874
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Maxim Healthcare Services
330-2336
7417 Kingston Pike, Suite 105, 37919
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NHC Homecare
539-0242
9000 Executive Park Drive, Suite A-205, 37923
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Priority Healthcare Services
584-4010
6900 Hospitality Circle, 37909
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Quality Home Health
531-0016
9333 Parkwest Boulevard, Suite 101, 37923
St. Mary’s Homecare and Hospice
545-3500
5411 Fountain Road, Suite 200, 37918
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Sunbelt Homecare
425-0455
187 Lafayette Drive, Oak Ridge, 37830
UT Medical Center Home Care Services
544-6200
Cherokee Place, Suite 102, 2200 Sutherland Avenue, 37919
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