Home Health

Through our home care program, you will receive professional services by caring individuals in the privacy of your home.  Home health has a trained team of health professionals and support staff to coordinate your care and provide treatment throughout your recovery.

Home health services can be used to help recover following an illness or injury. It can also help minimize effects of a medical condition or disability or maintain function when dealing with a chronic condition.

Getting services at home also allows your family to take an active role. You and your physician will work together to develop a treatment plan that maximizes the level of individual care provided. 

Home health services are wide-ranging and may include:

• Wound care for pressure sores or surgical wounds
• Patient and caregiver education
• Intravenous or nutrition therapy
• Injections
• Monitoring serious illness and unstable health status
• Ostomy care
• Post joint replacement care
• Balance/vestibular therapies
• Driving screenings (determine need for further evaluation)
• Low-vision program support
• Nutrition care and support
• Hearing impaired communication device program services

Many people qualify for home health services without realizing that they do. While a large percentage of patients leaving the hospital can receive care at home, others who visit their physician for routine check-ups may also meet the requirements to receive home assistance. If you or a loved one has a chronic disease, mobility issues or requires regular medical appointments, ask your doctor whether home health services are available. 

Home healthcare may be reimbursable under Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield, private insurances, workers’ compensation, Veterans Affairs or private pay.  

We have 2 office locations for home health services, covering a large portion of Kansas. Residents of Johnson, Miami, Douglas, Franklin, Linn, Anderson and Wyandotte counties may qualify for services from our Olathe office at 20920 W. 151st St., Olathe, Kansas 66061. Residents of Barton, Pawnee, Rush and Stafford counties may qualify for services from Golden Belt Home Health at 3421 Forest Ave., Great Bend, Kansas 67530.

The University of Kansas Health System is known throughout Kansas City and the region for exceptional, multidisciplinary care. Our large team of experts will coordinate with each other and your primary care team to developed personalized care programs that meet your needs.  That care team may involve:

• Dietitians
• Home health aides 
• Nurses 
• Occupational therapists
• Physical therapists
• Social workers
• Speech therapists