What's home health care?

Our intake department will help to determine if you qualify for services.
Please have ready the following information:

• patient name, address, phone number, date of birth, and social security number
• insurance information, including Medicare, Medicaid, or commercial insurance
• physician name and information regarding recent hospitalization, illnesses, and home care needs

If you are under a physician's care and are homebound, or if leaving your home is a taxing effort, talk with your physician. If the physician agrees that you could benefit from skilled services in the home, have them contact Franklin County Home Health at (502) 564-7383.

We accept Medicare, Medicaid, MCO’s, Medicare Advantage and most private insurances. 
We cover all of Franklin County.

• Skilled assessments 
• Medication teaching and monitoring 
• Intravenous injections, infusions, and fluids
• Intramuscular and subcutaneous injections
• Wound care  
• Antibiotics 
• Tube maintenance
• Ostomy care / management 
• Extensive teaching to patients, family, and caregivers regarding disease processes, symptom management. 

Additional Services offered: 

Physical Therapy for rehab after hospitalization for illness or surgery during which there has been a decline in mobility. Education to patients and/or caregivers home exercise programs, utilization of assistive devices and home safety.

Occupational Therapy to teach safety in activities of daily living, upper extremity strengthening and education regarding home modification for safety

Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy for pediatric patients is also available for children who are developmentally delayed.

Short-term Home Health Aide non-skilled services to assist with personal care while regaining strength and independence.

Home and Community Based Waiver services which is a Medicaid program which was established to provide services such as Personal Care, Homemaking, and Respite to prevent patients from having to be institutionalized is a nursing home .