Potential Conditions That May Qualify for Home Health Care
Home health care services may be appropriate for individuals with certain medical conditions or needs. Below is a list of commonly encountered concerns, but this is not an exhaustive list. Eligibility for services must be confirmed and ordered by a physician or your healthcare provider.
Note: A diagnosis alone does not guarantee eligibility for home health services. Certification from a physician is required to qualify for care under Medicare or insurance guidelines.
- AIDS
- Allergies
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Amputations
- Anemia
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Atrial fibrillation
- Back pain
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
- Bipolar disorder
- Bladder infections
- Breast cancer
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Cardiac Condition
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cataracts
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic condition
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Chronic Pain
- Cognitive Conditions
- Colorectal cancer
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Coronary artery disease
- COVID-19
- Crohn’s disease
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Dementia
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Down Syndrome
- Eczema
- Endometriosis
- Epilepsy
- Fatty liver disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Fractures
- Gallstones
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Glaucoma
- Global Developmental Delays
- Gonorrhea
- Gout
- Heart disease
- Hemophilia
- Hepatitis C
- Herpes simplex
- HIV
- Hives
- Hospice
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Influenza
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Kidney stones
- Knee surgery
- Leukemia
- Liver disease
- Lung cancer
- Lupus
- Lymphoma
- Macular degeneration
- Major Surgeries
- Memory Loss
- Migraine
- Mobility-Limiting
- Motor Difficulties in Children
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Musculoskeletal Conditions
- Neck pain
- Neurological Conditions
- Neurological Injuries
- Obesity
- Orthopedic Surgerie
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Otitis media (ear infections)
- Palliative
- Pancreatitis
- Parkinson’s
- Pediatric
- Peptic ulcer
- Peripheral artery disease
- Physical Therapy
- Pink eye (conjunctivitis)
- Plantar fasciitis
- Pneumonia
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Post-Hospital Discharge
- Post-Surgery
- Prostate cancer
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Respiratory Conditions
- Respiratory Therapy
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Schizophrenia
- Sensory Processing Disorders
- Severe Asthma
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Sickle cell disease
- Sinusitis
- Skin cancer
- Speech Difficulties in Children
- Stroke
- Surgery
- Syphilis
- Tendinitis
- Terminal Stage
- Thyroid disease
- Tonsillitis
- Tuberculosis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- Varicose veins
- Wound care
- Yeast infections