Care Indeed Logo
The Importance of In-House Medical Attention banner image

The Importance of In-House Medical Attention

Dee Bustos

Home Health Care

Jun 30, 2021

9 min read

When looking for home care services in the Bay Area, there are some things to consider. For instance, what sort of service you require, exactly. Some companies offer in-home nursing. Bay Area patients who can live on their own often take advantage of this. Then there are caregiver services. Bay Area folks may find need for these people as well.

For people with medical needs who don’t require hospitalization, a private nurse in the Bay Area may be more suitable for them. Those who need to be hospitalized and don’t want to be there may find themselves in need of hospital sitting. Bay Area companies also offer this service.

When it comes to medical needs outside of a healthcare facility setting, there are many options. There are also many benefits. The number one benefit is being able to stay in your own house, rather than being sent to a senior residence or having to stay in a clinic or facility. This also frees up beds for people who need the bed more urgently.

When it comes to the role of a private nurse, Bay Area residents may find themselves wondering exactly what this person does. Gone are the days when nurses were only female. It is pretty common now that a nurse may be a male. This makes sense, for there is no reason that this should be a gendered role. The desire to tend to those who need medical attention is not restricted to gender. Some older patients may not be familiar with this, especially if their cognition may be fading and they’re reverting to times of their childhood.

Whatever the gender of a person, there is still the question of what they do in the role of a private nurse. Bay Area folks will have these people come to their houses now. The medical service worker will be committed to the patient as they administer help in the patient’s house so they don’t need to worry about commutes or anything. That’s what constitutes a private nurse in Bay Area homes. They are a private nurse in Bay Area dedicated to helping the resident in the most comfortable way possible.

These healthcare workers are medical professionals who provide attention to people in their house instead of healthcare clinics. As a job, it is a wonderful occupation. And it affords the patient a certain amount of freedom and dignity that would be lost if they were confined to a healthcare clinic. The help they provide is more medically oriented than what’s typically offered by caregiver services in Bay Area homes. This is also an important role, and both require a certain amount of people skills.

Companionship, especially for people with no family nearby, is an essential part of the role. Sometimes people need someone to talk to just as much as they need medical attention. Then we have the job known as hospital sitting. Bay Area centers have people performing this role. Generally, this is for patients who cannot be left on their own. The reasons vary but are typically related to reasons of personal safety. If not for the sitters, these people may have to be put in restraints so that they don’t pull out breathing tubes or IV tubes. Sometimes these people, too, just need companionship.

There is an argument to be made for the benefits of companionship when under medical surveillance. Of course, medical treatments are significant, and being kept happy is no replacement for necessary procedures of a medical nature. Still, we must remember that mental health is just as important as physical health. A sad and lonely person may have trouble recovering from a procedure, and sometimes all it takes is a person to sit with them, share a story, or listen.

That is an important role. Sometimes a person who is feeling not at their best can feel better simply by being listened to.

As people age, younger people tend to forget that those of advanced age were once young, too. We are all guilty of it, of thinking of people only as they exist now, of forgetting that there is a lifetime of experience behind them. But then, at times, we remember, and when these people of advanced years open up and begin to tell stories, we can get a glimpse into their life, the experiences they had, the things they saw. It is a way of seeing into the past, yes, but it is also a new way of seeing the present. This is because learning about a person’s past gives us a new perspective and a new way to look at them as they are now.

There is wisdom in years, gained through experience, and we would all be wise to listen to the older folks in our lives, to hear their stories, as we may learn something. Even those who now need medical attention and look fragile have important lessons to pass on. These lessons may have been learned in a different time when the world was far different from that of today, but they are still relevant, and these people, no matter how fragile, deserve respect and dignity. That is the value of home care services in the Bay Area.

One day, we will all be old and may find ourselves in this same position, wishing that someone would listen to us and wanting companionship. It is the role of the young to tend to aging groups, just as they tended to us when they were younger and we were infants.

Dee Bustos

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

Dee Bustos

Chief Executive Officer

Visionary. Optimist. Tech-savvy and results-oriented. Loves to sing during her almost non-existent spare time. Her motto: Dream BIG

How CI-VR Dementia Training Helps Bay Area Caregivers

Previous Post
How CI-VR Dementia Training Helps Bay Area Caregivers banner image

The Roles and Duties of In-House Health Workers

Next Post
The Roles and Duties of In-House Health Workers  banner image
chat-icon