FAQ:
A Healthcare Navigator is a professional, a Registered Nurse or a Social worker who has years of experience in the health care system. They are a repository of knowledge about home health care, hospice care, institutional care such as assisted living facilities and nursing homes, etc. They can help you access community services appropriate for you. They can help you and your family determine what "entitlement" programs are available to you and the care for which you will need to pay privately. They understand public policy and how it relates to the individual. They can help you manage your health care needs by being a liaison between you and your physician, and other professionals providing you care. Most importantly they are your advocate. They assure that you get the care you need and deserve.
- What is Healthcare Navigation?
A Healthcare Navigator is a professional, a Registered Nurse or a Social worker who has years of experience in the health care system. They are a repository of knowledge about home health care, hospice care, institutional care such as assisted living facilities and nursing homes, etc. They can help you access community services appropriate for you. They can help you and your family determine what "entitlement" programs are available to you and the care for which you will need to pay privately. They understand public policy and how it relates to the individual. They can help you manage your health care needs by being a liaison between you and your physician, and other professionals providing you care. Most importantly they are your advocate. They assure that you get the care you need and deserve.
- How can the Healthcare Navigator help me and my family with the tension we feel about my desire to stay home and live alone?
- As an adult child who lives far from my parents I worry that they are doing ok on their own. Can the Healthcare Navigator help me long distance?
- As an adult child can I expect that you will care for my Mom as I would?
- Mom needs transportation to the grocery, the doctor's office and hair stylist. Mom needs help in organizing the house. Mom needs help in cleaning the house and doing the laundry. Does a Healthcare Navigator get involved in this kind of need?
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