Criticare (CCR)

Criticare (CCR) – Critical Care at Home

Avail comprehensive ICU-grade equipment and monitoring set-up at home for patients who need intensive care over a longer period.

Now avail the attention and care of our resident doctors, ICU-trained nursing staff, therapists (physio and speech), and medical equipment experts, at significantly lesser costs compared to in-patient hospitalization expenses for same length of service. Chances of recovery is higher while getting healed at home, and also reduces the risk of secondary infection considerably.

What does Carefirst’s Criticare (CCR) package include?

  • Our resident doctor will remotely monitor patient’s vitals and provide teleconsultation on a daily basis.
  • A dedicated nursing manager will lead the nursing staff deployed for your patient, and will ensure treatment is progressing according to the discharge summary and treating doctor’s recommendation.
  • A 24-hour ICU trained medical nurse for round the clock patient monitoring, care and reporting to nursing manager.
  • A 24-hour on-site ICU certified nursing attendant to cater to patient’s activities of daily living (ADL) and assist the on-duty medical nurse.
  • Patient party reporting via dedicated WhatsApp group during our length of service. The dedicated nursing manager, medical nurse/s allocated to concerned patient and 1 person from patient family will be the members in this group. 

Other facilities that are available but not included in the package

  • Emergency hospital readmission assistance.
  • On-demand best in class ICU Equipment on rent or purchase.
  • Access to our in-house specialists and curated network of diagnostic labs, pharmacists and chemists, physiotherapy and speech therapy services based on patient needs.
  • Access to our expert panel of senior consultants across over 20 medical departments for teleconsultation on request and as recommended by the treating doctor. 

Post Hospitalization Care (PHC)

Post Hospitalization Care (PHC)

Immediately after a major surgery or an episode of in-patient hospitalization from serious illness, the first question that springs to mind is, “How do we maintain a similar level of professional care and monitoring after we move the patient to home?”.

Carefirst’s Post Hospitalization Care (PHC) package not only addresses your concerns, it helps you plan for hospital discharge with confidence and even helps to advance the hospital-home shift date whenever recommended.

Depending on patient’s condition, our Home Healthcare specialist nurses are trained in providing bespoke post-surgery care like, stoma care, wound dressing, activities of daily living support, monitoring of critical patient, IV line setup and maintenance, injections, care of elderly and neurologically impaired patient.

When should you avail our Post Hospitalization Care (PHC) package?

  • Patient discharged after surgeries in orthopaedic (knee or hip replacement), abdominal surgeries, cardiac (bypass or CABG, heart valve repair or angioplasty) department, hysterectomy or from accident and trauma.
  • Patient recovering from a medical hospitalization episode from any major viral or bacterial infection, pneumonia, acute episodes of stroke, heart attack or cancer.
  • Patients who were in our Criticare (CCR) package, have shown overall improvement and the treating doctor (or our resident doctor) have recommended to shift them to our PHC package, which is a step-down version of our CCR package.  

With our thoughtfully designed PHC package, you are assured of getting all components of home healthcare curated for post-hospitalization care.

You get the attention and care of our resident doctors, ICU-trained nursing staff, therapists (physio and speech), and medical equipment experts, at significantly lesser costs compared to in-patient hospitalization expenses for same length of service. Chances of recovery is higher while getting healed at home, and also reduces the risk of infection considerably.

What does Carefirst’s Post Hospitalization Care (PHC) package include?

  • Our resident doctor will remotely monitor vitals and tele consult on alternate days.
  • A dedicated nursing manager will lead the nursing staff deployed for your patient, and will ensure treatment is progressing according to the discharge summary and treating doctor’s recommendation.
  • A 24-hour trained medical nurse for round the clock patient monitoring, care and reporting to nursing manager
  • Patient party reporting via dedicated WhatsApp group during our length of service. The dedicated nursing manager, medical nurse/s allocated to concerned patient and 1 person from patient family will be the members in this group. 

Other facilities that are available but not included in the package

  • Emergency hospital readmission assistance.
  • On-demand best in class ICU Equipment on rent or purchase.
  • Access to our in-house specialists and curated network of diagnostic labs, pharmacists and chemists, physiotherapy and speech therapy services based on patient needs.
  • Access to our expert panel of senior consultants across over 20 medical departments for teleconsultation on request and as recommended by the treating doctor. 

Long Term Care (LTC)

Long Term Care (PHC)

Avail our 30-day (extendable on request) LTC package for elderly care in medical or non-medical cases. This package is designed for individuals who need care for a long period of time and have on-demand access to the entire suite of home healthcare facilities like senior specialist consultation, medical equipment, physiotherapy, etc.

Elders who will benefit from home healthcare:

Medical elder care (skilled care) versus non-medical elder care (social care)

As the name suggests, the former requires the active participation of a medically trained person to care for the elderly, whereas the latter does not need a dedicated medically trained person but an attendant nurse or caregivers in the family.

Elder family members who need medical assistance on a continuous basis:

  • Persons with elevated hypertension, blood sugar (diabetes) or cholesterol levels even with regular medication. This can be with or without the presence of other co-morbidities.
  • Individuals living with moderate to advanced levels of neurological impairments like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. Fall prevention and the control of after effects of minor strokes are key considerations.
  • Palliative care and end of life care patients. For patients who have begun palliative care, curative therapy is not necessarily over.
  • Elder persons living with any form of cancer that has been detected to be malignant and treatment has begun.
  • Persons with stage 4 or 5 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) or renal failure. Normally persons at this stage would require regular dialysis.
  • Pulmonary (lung) disease that leads to shortness of breath with limited exertion, e.g. stage 2 (moderate) and 3 (severe) of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) or anyone who is dependent on non-invasive ventilation like CPAP or BiPAP machine.
  • Coronary heart disease that has led to a heart attack in the past or the elderly person is living with conditions like angina, arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy or heart valve disease.
  • Elderly persons affected by chronic liver disease with some form of fibrosis or cirrhosis, especially when symptoms like unexplained weight loss, nausea, yellowing of skin are manifested.  

We must not forget the vast number of elderly persons who don’t have any of the serious medical condition mentioned here but still require assistance to maintain their quality of life and wellbeing.

Here are the instances where non-medical elder care is necessary:

  • Elders living by themselves as immediate family don’t live with them or are not in a position to physically care for their elderly loved one.
  • Elders who need assistance to promote their independence.  Majority of otherwise healthy older adults are scared of losing their independence more than they fear death. Older adults who require assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs like bathing, toothbrushing etc) are at a greater risk of losing their independence. Caregivers need to be conscious of actions and behaviors that cause older adults to become dependent on them and need to allow older patients to maintain as much independence as possible.
  • Elders who need motivation and assistance to improve their physical mobility. Impaired mobility is a major health concern for older adults, affecting 50% of people over 85 years and at least a fourth of those over 75 years old. As adults lose the ability to walk, to climb stairs, and to rise from a chair, they become completely disabled. Therapy designed to improve mobility in elderly patients is usually built around diagnosing and treating specific impairments, such as reduced strength or poor balance. Many caregivers focus on leg strength and balance. New research suggests that limb velocity and core strength may also be important factors in enhancing mobility. Another major cause of elderly falls is hyponatremia, an electrolyte disturbance when the level of sodium in a person’s serum drops below 135 mEq/L. Hyponatremia may be from physiological changes associated with aging such as decreases in glomerular filtration rate, a tendency for defective sodium conservation, and increased vasopressin activity. 

What does Carefirst’s Long Term Care (LTC) package include?

  • Our resident doctor will remotely monitor patient vitals and teleconsult on a weekly basis.
  • A dedicated nursing manager will lead the nursing staff deployed for your patient, and will ensure treatment is progressing according to treating doctor’s recommendation.
  • A 24-hour on-site nursing attendant to cater to patient’s activities of daily living (ADL) and assist the elderly with mobility enhancing exercises recommended by our in-house senior physiotherapist.  

Other facilities that are available but not included in the package

  • Emergency hospital readmission assistance.
  • On-demand best in class ICU Equipment on rent or purchase.
  • Access to our in-house specialists and curated network of diagnostic labs, pharmacists and chemists, physiotherapy and speech therapy services based on patient needs.
  • Access to our expert panel of senior consultants across over 20 medical departments for teleconsultation on request and as recommended by the treating doctor. 

Short Term Nursing (STN)

Short Term Nursing (STN)

It is not necessary that all nursing assignments should be of long duration. Customers may need an experienced nurse for home visit just for a single procedure like nebulization, catheterization or setting-up an IV line. These are covered under our service called Short Term Nursing (STN) which is only for the duration of the care procedure. A typical STN home visit would last an hour to a couple of hours depending on the care procedure.

What are the STN or day-care procedures we may get done in home health care?

Our nurses on duty who attend your calls for Short Term Nursing (STN) are always guided over the phone by an experienced nurse manager for all complicated cases. The STN nurses are qualified to assess overall patient condition and provide feedback to our resident doctor to recommend further treatment or intervention whenever necessary.

  • Administer injections
  • Intra-venous line set-up and monitoring
  • Wound dressing
  • Nebulization
  • Canulization
  • Ryle’s tube insertion and removal
  • Catheter insertion, change and removal
  • Vaccination
  • PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastronomy) or NG (Nasogastric) tube feeding, care and removal
  • Stoma care
  • Enteral and Parenteral nutrition as prescribed by doctor

Our nurses on duty who attend your calls for Short Term Nursing (STN) are always guided over the phone by an experienced nurse manager for all complicated cases. The STN nurses are qualified to assess overall patient condition and provide feedback to our resident doctor to recommend further treatment or intervention whenever necessary.

At any point in time, the entire suite of home healthcare services like our resident doctors, ICU-trained nursing staff, therapists (physio and speech), and medical equipment experts, panel of specialist doctors for teleconsultation, access to diagnostics labs and chemist outlets are available for your patient’s care.

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