Needs Checklist
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 08:40
If you answer yes to any of the questions below, you may want to consider discussing the need for assistance at home with your physician, family or In-Home Care VNA. Please contact us for more information or, for a further assessment of your needs.
- My physical condition does not permit me to care for myself and do the things I was able to do before my hospitalization.
- My family is unable to care for all my health care needs.
- I don't understand the new diet my doctor has prescribed.
- I don't understand my disease and how to control it.
- I have more than one medical problem.
- My doctor has prescribed some new medicines and I don't understand them.
- I had an operation during my recent hospital stay.
- I have an unhealed wound and I need assistance with dressing changes.
- I have other special medical needs and would feel more confident if I received some additional teaching at home.
- My physical limitations may require me to learn to use a wheelchair, walker or other assistance devices to manage at home.
- I have been in the hospital twice in the last six months.
- I am homebound, making it difficult for me to obtain my medical care.
- My doctor says I'll need to receive nutrition and/or medicine through my veins.



