4 Reasons to Opt for Home Health Care in the Philippines

There is a growing market for home health care around the world, and the Philippines being the preferred country to provide internationally acclaimed hospitality and care. The industry is also starting to pick up locally and, why wouldn’t it? There are a lot of reasons to prefer home care over hospitalization and here’re four of them.

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Cost

Getting hospice at home might seem like more expensive but that’s just us having the mentality that home services (like getting massages, mani-pedis, and calling an Uber) are supposed to be expensive but there are a lot of costs that you do not account for when getting home care services. You don’t have to pay the bill for staying at a hospital which in itself requires you to pay for a multitude of fees apart from the room like food, maintenance & cleaning, and operational overhead.

Not only is home care cheaper, it’s found to be safer for people who need long term treatment according to a study by the University of Western Sydney’s Centre for Health Research. Why?

Safety

Home care is safer for long term treatment patients because prolonged stays in the hospital makes patients vulnerable to what is known as hospital-acquired infections. Hospital acquired infections range from surgical site infection (SSI), urinary tract infection (UTI), and pneumonia. They sound like simple afflictions but the catch is that, because these viruses & bacteria that infect a patient are able to thrive in the hospital setting, chances are that they might have also grown resistant to treatment. This is especially problematic for patients with autoimmune diseases like lupus, multiple sclerosis, or HIV and getting home health care in the Philippines means that you are unlikely to be infected with these super diseases.

Familiarity

One factor that helps patient heal better with home care is the familiarity with the environment. Because the service is gotten at home, the patient has a better sense of the surrounding when it comes to navigating through their needs and feeling in control. Aside from being familiar with the home, the patient will be more familiar with the care giver because unlike in a hospital setting, the patient has a 1 to 1 ratio of care which also implies that the care provided is also personalized.

Filipinos

Filipinos are internationally known for not only being hospitable, but completely caring as well and they have a happy disposition. They can ably watch & administer for patients and clean & bathe them without as much as a hint of trouble. The Filipinos’ brand of care is so world-renowned studies have been conducted to understand it. To date, the Philippines’ culture towards giving care is still the preferred home health care criteria worldwide.