If you’ve already determined that working with seniors is your passion, you may be going back and forth as to whether you want to work in a hospital, health care facility, senior facility—or if you want to explore a career in home health care. Below are a few of the reasons why you may prefer home health care.
Connecting with Seniors on a Whole New Level

Regardless of age, there’s no denying the comforts of home. As a home health worker, you’ll visit seniors in the place they feel the most comfortable—as opposed to only seeing them at the doctor’s office, hospital, or a shared room in a senior facility. This is not to say you won’t make real and meaningful connections in other sectors of senior care, because you most certainly will, but being invited into someone’s home is extra special.

Every Day is New

As much as you love working in a health care facility or senior center, the work week can get monotonous. While some enjoy the consistency, you may yearn for new challenges. With a career in home health, you will visit your seniors on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis—but one of the positive professional challenges is that every day in home health care is new.

Remote Health Care is Growing Faster than Ever

While every state’s telemedicine laws are different, the amount of remote health care now offered to seniors and other patients with mobility concerns has Medicaid and other major health insurance companies expanding their remote offerings. This means many seniors are able to live at home for longer than they could have even a few years ago. It also means there could be a larger demand for you type of specialized senior care than there was a few years ago.

Flexible Schedules

Home health care companies often rotate on-call responsibilities, so you’re more likely to have more flexibility in your schedule than if you were to work in a senior facility that requires staffing 24-hours a day.
If the factors above appeal to you, then a career in home healthcare may be right for you.