High Blood Pressure Awareness: Where Non-Medical Home Care Fits
High blood pressure is a medical condition. Home care has a different role: assisting with the daily living routines included in a person’s Care Plan.
High Blood Pressure Education Month is a useful reminder that medical care and home care have different roles. Blood pressure itself is a medical issue, but families are also managing everything around it: meals, personal care, household routines, appointments, and the rest of a person’s daily living needs.
Non-medical home care focuses on daily living support. Depending on the Care Plan, that may include personal care, meal and snack preparation, companionship, light housekeeping, respite, and other daily routines.
What non-medical support can look like
- Assistance with personal-care routines included in the Care Plan
- Meal and snack preparation included in the Care Plan
- Companionship and an attentive presence
- Light housekeeping included in the Care Plan
- Respite for family caregivers
- Assistance with daily living routines within our non-medical scope
What stays with the healthcare team
- Diagnosing or evaluating high blood pressure
- Interpreting blood-pressure readings
- Changing medications or doses
- Creating treatment plans
- Explaining new symptoms or medical changes
- Deciding what medical follow-up is needed
Where Heavenly Helpers fits
Healthcare professionals manage high blood pressure and medical treatment. Heavenly Helpers supports the non-medical parts of daily living that are included in the Care Plan.
If there is a new symptom, a medication question, or another medical concern, contact the appropriate healthcare professional. Call 911 in an emergency.
Sources & further reading
For health-awareness articles, we link to the public-health sources used so families can read the original guidance for themselves.
