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TO r BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Finucane Contra
Director of Health Services Costa
DATE: October 23 , 1992 Coi 't1
SUBJECT: California Home Care Week
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S ) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION
Designate November 29 , 1992 through December 5 , 1992 , as
California Home Care Week .
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT
III . BACKGROUND
A. National Home Care Week honors the dedicated service of
the in-home health and support service professionals who
provide high quality cost-effective care to patients in
their homes . During the week of November 29 , -
December 5 , 1992 , the Contra Costa County Home Health
Agency will join with numerous health care organizations
throughout the state in observing National Home Care
Week .
B. Established in 1968 as an adjunct program in Public
Health, the Contra Costa County Home Health Agency became
an independent program in the Health Services Department,
Public Health Division in July, 1990 . As an important
part of Contra Costa County ' s continuum of care system,
the Home Health Agency strives toward maintaining patient
independence through acute care and restorative services
that significantly reduce the need for
institutionalization and re-hospitalizations .
C . On a daily basis , the Home Health Agency' s professional
team of nurses , physical, occupational, and speech
therapists , medical social workers and home health aides
take their special skills into. patients ' homes throughout
the County . High risk newborns to the debilitated
elderly, acutely ill to the terminally ill are treated
with dignity and respect as the team addresses the
medical, social, emotional, and environmental needs of
patients and their families . Approximately 22, 000 -
24, 000 visits are delivered to Contra Costa County
residents each year.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOAR COMMITTEE_
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
-ONTACT: DEBORAH CARD ( 510 ) 313-6650 ATTESTED November 17, 1992
cc: COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
ASSIST. HEALTH SERVICE DIRECTOR SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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D. The Home Health Agency prides itself on working
cooperatively and collaboratively with other County-based
programs , as well as community-based organizations .
Through these efforts , constructive planning occurs for
longer term supervision, once the short-term intensive
work of the Home Health Agency has been completed.
IV. FUTURE
The Home Health Agency is very clear on its mission as an
integral part of the Health Service Department ' s continuum of
care . With home health care proving to be the health care
trend of the future for meeting the needs of an increasingly
high risk population, across all age groups , a rapidly aging
population, and because of its cost containment features, the
Contra Costa County Home Health Agency is solidly in place and
committed to meeting the County' s future demands .