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What is Personal Home Care Aide?

Personal and home care aides provides assistance for activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing and may include keeping house (making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes) and preparing meals.

Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Weakness in legs 2 0
General health 1 0
Other 1 2
assistance with activities 1 1
Cognition 1 1
Multiple Sclerosis MS 1 0

See all 6 patients currently using Personal Home Care Aide

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 25%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 75%

Most commonly reported side effects

Home health aides just laid back
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

  daily 3 hr weekly 4 hr weekly 1 other daily 4 other daily 240 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Personal Home Care Aide

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 25%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 25%

Report created on March 21, 2010.