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home care
SERVICES
& assistance
HOMEMAKER/COMPANION CARE
Provides services to include companionship and non-medical as-
sistance with activities of daily living such as meal preparation, light
housekeeping, shopping, transportation and errands.
HOME HEALTH AGENCY
Provides licensed health care services and may also provide care as
described above. Services vary but may include nursing care, physical
and speech therapy, wound care, infusion, social work services and
medicine management.
NURSE REGISTRY
A nurse registry acts as employment agency between an individual
patient and nurses, nursing assistants, home health aides, companions
and homemakers for services in the patient's home. Nurse registries also
provide temporary staff for nursing homes, hospitals, and other businesses.
Each individual health care worker is an independent contractor and is
not a direct employee of the nurse registry. Nurse registries are licensed
and surveyed by the State of Florida.
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