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Children's Programs
Qualifying Criteria
Payor Sources
Private Pay Home Service
Skilled Nursing Services
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HCU believes that children are special - so we specialize. We provide effective education, clinical services and support to assure that today's children have every opportunity to take their place in the adult world of tomorrow. Our strength lies in our ability to find unique solutions to assist in the care of children. We provide technically advanced products and services to meet the complex needs of pediatric patients.
HCU’s Approach
Our patients and their families deserve our utmost respect, and we demonstrate this in everything we do.
It is not enough for us to simply provide professional service; we are committed to thoughtful, personal, compassionate care.
We strive to protect and conserve the benefits of our families with the same vigilance that we would our own personal resources.
We are proud of our reputation as experts in high tech, medically complex care. Because of our expertise, the most fragile children can receive care at home, and we believe... There's No Place Like Home!
When you're at Home with HCU you can expect highly skilled, professional care in the areas of:
High Tech Respiratory Services
• BiPAP, CPAP
• Oxygen Therapies
• Oximetry
• Unit Dose Medications
• Ventilators
Skilled Nursing Services
Pediatric Private Duty Nursing
Intermittent Skilled Visits
Neonatal Follow-up Care
Enteral Feedings
Wound Care
Ostomy Care
Central Catheter Care
Respiratory / Ventilator Care
Infusion Therapy Administration
Growth Hormone Injections
Ventilator/Tracheostomy/G-Tube Care
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Patient/Family Education in use of
Feeding Pumps
Nebulizers
Suction Equipment
Apnea Monitors & Oxygen.
Infusion Therapy Services
• IV Antibiotics
• IVIG
• Growth Hormone [IGG]
• Total Parenteral Nutrition
Enteral Nutrition Therapy
Pain Management
PRIVATE PAY HOME CARE SERVICES
Health Care Unlimited has a team of nurses and home health aides who are highly skilled, carefully screened and compassionate. We offer Professional Nursing Care in your home 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Although clients may have Medicare, Medicaid or Health Insurance Coverage, services covered are limited and do not include respite care, ongoing assistance with personal care or maintenance therapy. Since the client pays for services, they may also direct their care. In some instances Long-term Care Insurance Policies may also pay for personal care services in the home. HCU works to care for your loved ones needing close or constant care in their homes and when necessary, self-pay arrangements can be made. Just one way HCU is working to help families.
Our staffing includes:
Registered Nurses
Licensed Vocational Nurses
Certified Nursing Assistants
Attendants
Unskilled Care
Hourly Certified Nursing Assistants & Attendants who provide complete, compassionate geriatric care.
Providing hands-on personal care
Assisting with bathing and grooming
Meal preparation including assistance with feeding
Light Housekeeping
Laundry
Skilled Care
Care not covered by Medicare & ordered by a physician may include:
High-tech Nursing Care
General Surgery Recovery
Plastic Surgery Recovery
IV therapy
Hyper-alimentation
Ventilator supervision
All of our clients' cases are supervised by a Registered Nurse, and we assure that our staff of dedicated nurses will provide the highest level of patient care possible.
MDCP is a waiver program administered by the Texas Department of Health. It works to provide families with support services they may need in order to care for medically involved children and young adults, as a cost-effective alternative to a nursing care facility. MDCP provides a variety of services to qualified children that allow them to live at home.
The MDCP provides a variety of services to support family caring for children who are medically dependent and to discourage children from going into nursing homes. The goal is to support community and family inclusion of medically dependent children, to remain cost neutral, and promote permanency planning for MDCP children.
Services include:
- Respite
- This service provides the primary caregiver temporary relief from care of a waiver participant during times when the caregiver would normally provide the care
- Adjunct Services
- This diverse array of approved individualized, disability-related services support:
- Participation in childcare
- Participation in post-secondary education
- Independent living
- Minor Home Modifications
- This includes physical modification to a participant’s home, which is necessary to prevent institutionalization or to support deinstitutionalization.
- Examples include:
- Ramps
- Doorway Widening
- Bathroom Modifications
- Adaptive Aids
- These devices are necessary to treat, rehabilitate, prevent or compensate for conditions resulting in disability or loss of function.
- These may include:
- Van or vehicle lifts
- Environmental control units (voice activated light switches)
- Other medically necessary and appropriate adaptive aids not covered by other source
CCP is an extension of the regular Texas Health Steps Program (EPSDT) that provides any federally allowable Medicaid services (not covered by the regular state Medicaid plan) that are medically necessary and appropriate to Medicaid-eligible children younger than 21. CCP provides a wide variety of services including private-duty nursing and durable medical equipment.
Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
This entails home health visits for clients who need skilled nursing care or family teaching of skilled tasks. Some of the services CIDC pays for are inpatient and outpatient hospitalization, physician services, equipment, medications, and insurance payment assistance. CIDC has caseworkers available to assist children across the state. Some of the services CIDC pays for are:
First exam
• Diagnosis and treatment
• 60 days of hospital stay each year
• Braces and artificial limbs
• Some prescription medicine
• Some equipment
• Some medical supplies
• Some speech therapy
• Some physical therapy
• Some help with transportation
• Some dental work for a cleft palate
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Studies have shown that recovery occurs faster in the home. Within 48 hours of being released from the hospital, a trained Health Care Unlimited licensed professional will come to your home and conduct a thorough assessment comprised of over 100 questions. It will assist us to better take care of you or your loved ones.
The family is an important part of your recovery, and Health Care Unlimited teaches them procedures and techniques to help you.
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