Home Healthcare and Cannabis

What’s Home Healthcare?  | Why Home Healthcare? | Get Home Healthcare | Cost for Home Healthcare | Cannabis and Home Healthcare What is Home Healthcare? The rise of home healthcare services means more freedom for medical cannabis patients. Ryan’s Law made cannabis available in Californian hospitals, but most federally funded institutions still do not allow cannabis on the premises. Moreover, this includes long term care facilities, hospitals, and hospice centers. Accordingly, medical cannabis consumers want better control over their care choices and personal well-being. Lack of access may contribute to the projected rise in demand for home healthcare.  Without a doubt, in North America, the population growing most rapidly is older adults (seniors). And as the Baby Boomers age, the healthcare industry is shifting. The shift is away from an expensive, government-funded, institutional model, to one of healthcare in the patient’s home.  Moreover, home healthcare changes depending on where you live. For example, in The U.S., home healthcare’s cost is generally lower than a hospital stay. But in Canada, the cost may be mostly out-of-pocket – rather than covered by their medical system. Canada’s medical system is tax-funded, and while some of this supports home care costs, there are other costs it does not cover. Regardless, whichever side of the border seniors live, they should expect additional home healthcare costs. These may include: Physiotherapy Personal care Cost of a home care nurse Transportation Retrofitting the home for mobility and safety. The Definition of Home Healthcare Broadly, home healthcare refers to…

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