30 Sep What’s the Difference Between Private Duty Nursing and Primary Home Care?
Home health providers offer different services tailored to address specific personal and medical needs to patients of different backgrounds. With Happy Valley Home Care, we offer two specific services that individually provide specific medical and personal care.
With private duty nursing (PDN), we offer medical care to patients under the age of 21 on a 24-hour basis or as needed. With primary home care (PHC), our team assists elderly and/or highly-dependent clients with everyday living needs. These two may sound similar, but they’re very different. How? Read on to learn more!
Private Duty Nursing
If a patient under the age of 21 receives an order by a physician for medical care at home, then our McAllen private duty nurses will step in and offer assistance. This service can help working parents of children with serious/debilitating medical needs.
These include:
Our nurses are available 24 hours a day to provide the care that a patient needs. We employ registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses to offer prescribed medical care.
Primary Home Care
Primary home care is much different from PDN as it offers living assistance to clients who are elderly or handicapped and unable to perform simple daily activities. These activities include the following and more:
- Basic house cleaning
- Bathing
- Grooming
- Cooking
- Laundry
Our home care team isn’t required to perform nursing duties but must adhere to basic human care requirements.
Contact Us to Learn More
If you’re in need of PDN or PHC services, then contact Happy Valley Home Care online or call 956.475.3531. Our McAllen private duty nurses and home care specialists are ready to help your loved one to the best of their ability.