1. National Home Care & Hospice Month
November 2009

2. Home Care is the Best Choice for:
Disease or disability
Heart disease
COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Alzheimer’s disease
Stroke
Cancer
Diabetes
HIV/AIDS
Multiple chronic diseases
Joint disease

3. “The Home health aide was an absolute god-send for our family
“The Home health aide was an absolute god-send for our family. Our son has a brain injury…he has problems [like] remembering when to eat or watch out for danger…[our health aide] allows me the peace of mind and freedom to go and do my errands” --Mother, Kentucky

4. Nine out of ten Americans prefer to stay at home

5. “I have the highest respect for…the nurses, aides and therapists, who devote their lives to caring for people with disabilities, the infirm and dying Americans.”
--President Barack Obama

6. Data suggests that patients recover more quickly at home.

7. “To all the compassionate, accomplished people who came and helped my mom through her recovery from a broken arm, I thank you ever so much.”
--Family member, Montana

8. To all the home care workers, we’d just like to say…

9. …for choosing to be home healthcare workers…
…and enabling people to choose to stay in their homes…

10. THANK YOU!

11. Visit www.helpuschoosehome.com