Home nursing services encompasses a wide range of healthcare services that can be easily administered at your home. Home care nursing services are usually cheaper than hospitals and nursing homes, while being just as effective as the medical care offered in a hospital or nursing home.
An in-home nursing service offers personalized nursing care at home as offered in a typical hospital while being more compassionate towards the patient and gets integrated into the patient’s family and develops an emotional bond with the patient and their family.
The services offered by home care nursing are provided by registered nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists among others. And as such you need not worry on the quality of service offered by the home nurse.
In the past, the phrases In-Home Care, Home Care and Home Health Care were used interchangeably. Today however, people have developed a better understanding towards Home Health Care or In-Home nursing service which is basically skilled nursing care whereas the term In-Home Care refers to non-medical care services like personal care and companionship and supervision.
Short term nurses provide nursing services for 1-4 hours or a specific period. Short term nursing care is temporary medical aftercare following surgery, injury or other medical condition that is expected to improve.
Specialties: Vaccination at home, Injection at home, ECG at home, Dressing or wound care at home.
Long term nurses provide nursing services for 12-24 hours. Long term nursing care is a comprehensive range of medical, physical and surgical care to meet the physical, social and emotional needs of people who are chronically ill or disabled.
Specialties: Ventilator care at home, Tracheostomy care at home, Bedsore care, catheter care, Infusion care, Ryle’s tube care, Care of IV Lines.
Nursing attendants take care of the daily activities of patients in need. They provide supportive care. However, they are not allowed to carry out any medical procedures.
Specialties: caregivers, support care, old patient care, caretaker, assisting in daily activities.
Elder care, also referred to as senior care, is a special care service designed to meet the varied needs and requirements of senior citizens. Elder care is a vast field and includes varied services like assisted living, nursing care, adult daycare and home care. Although old age itself is no reason to consider Elder care, it is the varied physical disabilities and diseases that lead a person to contemplate on availing elder care services.
A large number of senior citizens still live with their family and their care is jointly undertaken by family members. However, in today’s situation, there are cases when most family members work and are unable to give proper attention and care to their ailing seniors and as such seek for reliable and efficient eldercare programs.
Breath Care brings to you a comprehensive healthcare solution for all ageing needs. Our Care Plans are specially crafted in catering to individual healthcare needs. With a dedicated Health Manager assigned, who ensures all your healthcare needs are taken care of, be rest assured. Through this plan, we also assist you with services such as Doctor Visits, Diagnostic Services, Nurse, Trained Attendants, Pharmacy, Equipment, Physiotherapy and Nutrition.
An in-home trained attendant service provides holistic support at home. Trained attendants, also known as caregivers, take care of the daily activities of a person in need. They help with personal grooming, movement, feeding, light housekeeping, and are also trained to monitor general health by regularly measuring essential vitals like heart rate, blood pressure, etc.
Nutrition is the science or practice of consuming food in relation to a body’s dietary needs, while diet essentially means habitually taken food and drink.
The word diet is also used to describe the act of restricting oneself to small amount of food or special kind of food either for some medical reason or to lose weight.
Good nutrition is essential for a person’s physical and mental well being, and to achieve good nutrition it is important to have a balanced diet.
But getting a balanced diet is more difficult than it seems, owing to lack of awareness of what is balanced diet and the preference for junk food over healthy diet.
However, this unhealthy diet takes a toll on our body and leads to many lifestyle related diseases like high blood pressure, heart problems, diabetes and obesity to name a few.
To get a better understanding of healthy diet and good nutrition it is necessary to get a nutrition consultation and diet consultation to embark upon a healthy lifestyle.
One can avail the services of a nutritionist in a hospital or select one of the many online nutritionists.
Breath Care offers the services of well trained and established nutritionists and has in fact introduced a comprehensive health management plan that is designed to better assist you in leading a healthy life.
Breath Care’s Diabetes Care Program is created with a vision to help people manage their Diabetes in a natural and comfortable way. Our expert counselors will work with you to help you track, manage and lower your blood sugar levels. Your counselor will create your personalized diet plan depending on your preferences and lifestyles.
Our team of Diabetic nurses and nutritionists work closely (on phone) with every patient to help them on a range of issues, with the overarching aim to increase blood sugar levels.
An electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart.
An electrocardiogram is a painless, noninvasive way to help diagnose many common heart problems in people of all ages. Your doctor may use an electrocardiogram to determine or detect:
Abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmias)
If blocked or narrowed arteries in your heart (coronary artery disease) are causing chest pain or a heart attack
Whether you have had a previous heart attack
How well certain heart disease treatments, such as a pacemaker, are working
You may need an ECG if you have any of the following signs and symptoms:
Chest Pain
Dizziness, lightheadedness or confusion
Heart palpitations
Rapid pulse
Shortness of breath
Weakness, fatigue or a decline in ability to exercise
The electrodes attached to the patient's body detect, amplify, and send the tiny electrical changes on the skin caused by a heartbeat. These changes are represented by spikes and dips in the tracing (as below). A healthy heart has a peculiar wave form.
An echocardiogram is a noninvasive (the skin is not pierced) procedure used to assess the heart's function and structures. During the procedure, a transducer (like a microphone) sends out sound waves at a frequency too high to be heard.
When the transducer is placed on the chest at certain locations and angles, the sound waves move through the skin and other body tissues to the heart tissues, where the waves bounce or "echo" off of the heart structures. These sound waves are sent to a computer that can create moving images of the heart walls and valves.
An echocardiogram may be done for further evaluation of signs or symptoms that may suggest:
Atherosclerosis: A gradual clogging of the arteries by fatty materials and other substances in the blood stream. It can lead to problems in the wall motion or pumping function of your heart.
Cardiomyopathy: An enlargement of the heart due to thick or weak heart muscle.
Congenital heart disease: Defects in one or more heart structures that occur during formation of the fetus, such as a ventricular septal defect (hole in the wall between the 2 lower chambers of the heart).
Heart failure: A condition in which the heart muscle has become weakened or stiff during heart relaxation and blood can't be pumped efficiently. This can cause fluid buildup (congestion) in the blood vessels and lungs, and edema (swelling) in the feet, ankles, and other parts of the body.
Aneurysm: A widening and weakening of a part of the heart muscle or the aorta (the large artery that carries oxygenated blood out of the heart to the rest of the body). The aneurysm may be at risk for rupture.
Heart valve disease: Malfunction of one or more of the heart valves that may cause an abnormality of the blood flow within the heart. The valves can become narrowed and prevent blood from flowing through the heart or out to the lungs and body. The valves can also become leaky with blood flow leaking backwards. An echocardiogram can also check for infection of the heart valve tissue.
Cardiac tumor: A tumor of the heart that may occur on the outside surface of the heart, within one or more chambers of the heart, or within the muscle tissue (myocardium) of the heart.
Pericarditis: An inflammation or infection of the sac that surrounds the heart.
Pericardial effusion or tamponade: The sac around the heart can become filled with fluid, blood, or infection. This can compress the heart muscle and prevent it from beating and pumping blood normally. This can cause symptoms of feeling dizzy, lightheaded, or a dangerous drop in blood pressure.
Atrial or septal wall defects: Irregular channels between the right and left sides of the heart may be present at birth, or may occur form trauma, or after a heart attack. These defects occur in the upper filling chambers (atria) or the lower pumping chambers (ventricles). This may cause heart failure or poor blood flow, or increase your risk for stroke.
Shunts: Shunts can be seen in atrial and ventricular septal defects but also when irregular blood flow is pushed through the circulation from the lungs and liver.
An echocardiogram may also be done to assess the heart’s overall function and general structure. Your doctor may have other reasons to recommend an echocardiogram.
Breath Care is partnered with the top NABL certified labs in the country. We also have a team of experienced phlebotomists, who collect samples from patients’ home. Booking a lab test is quick and easy. Once a patient books a test, the phlebotomist goes as per agreed time slot and collects the blood/urine sample. These are sent to our NABL certified lab partners. Within 24-48 hours, of collecting the sample, we send out accurate reports to patients via email.
We provide complete health check-up packages and individual lab tests for you and your family. Our wide range of lab tests includes Complete Blood Count, Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS), Postprandial Blood Sugar (PPBS), HBA1C, Thyroid Profile (T3,T4 and TSH), Lipid Profile, Urine Test, CRP Blood Test, Cholesterol Test, Dengue Blood Test, Vitamin Test, Kidney Profile and other test at your convenience.
1. Basic Lab Package
It covers 60 laboratory tests . Lipid Profile (HDL Cholesterol – Direct, LDL / HDL Ratio, LDL Cholesterol – Direct, Non-HDL Cholesterol, TC/ HDL Cholesterol Ratio, Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides, VLDL Cholesterol), Liver Function Test (Alanine Transaminase (SGPT) and more.
2. Advanced Lab Package
This package covers 71 tests. Liver Function Test (Bilirubin Total,Bilirubin Direct/In Direct, Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP), Aspartate Aminotransferase (SGOT),Alanine Transaminase (ALT/SGPT),Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT),Total Protein), Iron Studies (Iron, Iron Binding Capacity – Total (TIBC), Transferrin % Iron Saturation), Urine Profile (Complete Urine Analysis) and more.
3. Premium Lab Package
It covers 74 lab tests. Thyroid Profile (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone( TSH) , T3, T4), Kidney Function Test (Chloride, Creatinine, Potassium, Sodium (Na), Urea, Uric Acid, Blood Urea Nitrogen, BUN/Creatinine Ratio), Diabetes Tests (Glucose – Random, Hba1C (Glycosylated Haemoglobin) and more.
4. Basic Diabetes Package
This package consists of 24 lab tests. Diabetes Screening (Fasting Blood Sugar,HbA1c), Routine Urine Analysis (colour, appearance, SG, Glucose, Protein, Blood, Bilirubin, Urobilinogen, nitrite, Pus Cells, Epithelial Cells, RBC, Crystals, Creatinine) and more.
5. Advanced Diabetes Package
This package consists of 55 lab tests. CBC (Hb, WBC count, Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, basophils, RBC count, Hematocrit, MCV, MCH, Platelet count), Diabetes Screening (Fasting Blood Sugar,HbA1c), Lipid Profile ((Cholesterol – Total, Cholesterol – HDL, Cholesterol – LDL, Triglycerides, Total cholesterol/HDL ratio, Cholesterol VLDL, LDL / HDL Ratio)) and more.
6. Premium Diabetes Package
In this package, it covers 59 tests. CBC (Hb, WBC count, Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, basophils, RBC count, Hematocrit, MCV, MCH, Platelet count), Diabetes Screening (Fasting Blood Sugar,HbA1c) and more.
In this fast moving world inevitable medical emergency due to various accidents may strike us at any time. Especially the aged and home alone are very susceptible to injuries even indoors. Citing various reasons they may bother visiting a clinic or an X-ray institute.
The need of the hour will definitely be a mobile X-Ray service which would visit your home and conduct a bed side X-ray to examine your physical condition and deliver the report. Keeping in mind such needs of the needy especially the aged, Breath Care X-ray comes to your door step to scan injuries at the earliest. Breath Care X-Ray is equipped with the latest state of the art X-ray machine with Digital processor to perform tasks round the clock anywhere in Bangalore.
With such a fast medical assistance round the corner the old aged people need not bother to visit any clinic or hospital seeking X-ray service. Just call to Breath Care X-ray to get a bed side X-ray done at your convenience at your place itself.
Apart from rendering services to individuals at their home, Breath Care X-ray service also performs on site X-rays on group of individuals working under various corporate, institution and association.
Breath Care works with leading hospitals, experienced doctors, nurses, diagnostic centers and others to improve health outcomes for patients as well as profitability for our partners.
