Self-Help for the Elderly -- Helping Seniors Help Themselves Since 1966

Home Health Care The mission of our HomeCare program is to provide quality home health services, information and education to the community, to assist the patients and their family in optimizing their quality of life, and to advocate for the mono and bilingual patient, and their families, to access health care services. Self-Help for the Elderly's HomeCare service is a state-licensed, Medicare-certified home health agency specializing in meeting the unique home health needs of the culturally diverse population in San Francisco and Northern San Mateo County.

A multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals provide care in the privacy and comfort of the patient's home under the direction of a physician. Our team members are bilingual and bicultural in Chinese, eliminating any language or cultural barriers.

Self-Help HomeCare and Hospice abides by the rules and regulations of HIPAA.

| Contact | ServicesPro | Quality measure report | Admission criteria | Cost of services | How to arrange care |

Contact407 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94111map
(415) 677-7628

Services

  • Coordination of care with the patient's physician
  • Care plan designed by a team of health professionals:
    • Registrated nurses
    • Physical therapists
    • Occupational therapists
    • Speech therapists
    • Medical social workers
    • Certified home health aides
  • Diabetes management
  • Wound management
  • I.V. therapy

Quality Measure Report

Self-Help for the Elderly's HomeCare program exceeds national and state averages in many areas of Medicare's Quality Measures Reports. For the whole report, please visit Medicare.

Admission Criteria

  • Under the care of a licensed physician, podiatrist or dentist
  • In need of on-going care by professionally licensed nurses, physical, occupational or speech therapists
  • Homebound
  • May not qualify for hospital admission and requires clinical services for medical problems as evaluated by their physician within the past 6 months
  • Have acute or unstable medical conditions that make traveling to treatment centers difficult

Cost of Services

Medicare, Medi-Cal and most insurance companies will reimburse for home health services.

How to Arrange Care

The individual, health care professionals, family members or friends may contact us. We will contact the patient's physician for orders before rendering services.