Private Duty Extended Care − Potomac Home Support, Inc.
Potomac Home Support, Inc. provides your loved ones with personal attention and care at home or in the hospital. Our well-trained and experienced personnel are bonded and insured and are supervised by a licensed nurse.
Treatment and employment are determined without discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, sex, religion or disability.
Potomac Home Support services are offered 24 hours a day/7 days a week, and include:
- Licensed nurses
- Home care aides
- Sitters/companions
- Mother’s helpers
- Live-ins
- Social worker available
Duties include:
- Personal care
- Newborn and child care
- Overnight care
- Meal preparation and assistance with feeding
- Reminder to take medications
- Assistance with bed mobility, transfers and ambulation
- Assistance with bowel and bladder elimination
- Accompaniment to doctor appointments
- Light housekeeping
- Shopping
- Communication of changes in client condition to the office
- Case management assessments
- Skilled nursing care and medication administration
Supervision
The home care aide works in accordance with a written assignment prepared by a licensed nurse. The nurse makes an initial on-site visit once home care is started.
Payment
Home care aide and sitter services are generally not covered by Medicare or other insurance companies. You may be asked to make an initial deposit and will be billed biweekly. You will receive an itemized bill for insurance or tax purposes. Please call for rate information.
Contributions
Your tax-deductible contributions to Potomac Home Support are used to provide services to individuals who are unable to afford home health care. Your gift may be sent to Potomac Home Support at the address below. Please make checks payable to Potomac Home Support, Inc.
Potomac Home Support
6001 Montrose Rd, Suite 301
Rockville, MD 20852
Arrangements
To arrange for services, please call Potomac Home Support at 301-896-6990; TTY: 301-896-2010; Fax: 301-896-6242. Advance notice of 24 hours is appreciated.
For more information, please visit the Potomac Home Health Care.