(904) 722-1515
4131 University Blvd.
#17
Jacksonville, FL 32216
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AmeriCare Home Health

AmeriCare Home Health is a Medicare and ACHC Certified Home Care Agency owned by clinicians who care

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"Home Is Where The Heart Is"

AmeriCare Home Health is a Medicare certified Home Care agency owned by clinicians who care. AmeriCare is owned by clinicians, not by businessmen whose main focus is the bottom line. Co-owner Anthony Hicks is an Occupational Therapist born and raised in Jacksonville. Co-owner Tom Gibson has a background in Physical Therapy and made Jacksonville his home ten years ago.

In 2004, Anthony and Tom opened AmeriCare Home Health, where quality is the focus. As clinician-owners, Anthony and Tom take a very "hands-on" approach with operating AmeriCare. An example of this is recruiting proven, like-minded staff, those who we knew to be the strongest in the area. Caregivers that we knew we could trust to take care of patients the same way they would. After all, an agency is only as good as the quality of its staff it provides.

What Makes Us the Best :

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Anthony Hicks, Co-Owner of AmeriCare Home Health. He was born and raised in Jacksonville, FL. He attended Florida State University and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University where he received his degree in Occupational Therapy in 1996. In 2001 Anthony founded Independence Again, a staffing company for local home care agencies. In 2004, he dissolved Independence Again to co-found AmeriCare Home Health

Anthony was married to his wife, Katherine in 2006 and they have two children.In February 2010 Gov. Charlie Crist appointed Co-Owner Anthony Hicks, OT/R to the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy.

Tom Gibson, Co-Owner is a native Floridian who has made Jacksonville his home since 2000. As a young man, Tom proudly served in the U.S. Army and is a Veteran of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He is married and has three beautiful children. With a background in physical therapy, Tom realizes the importance of the quality of care a patient receives. Tom and Anthony opened AmeriCare Home Health is 2004 vowing to be advocates for their patients and never compromising the quality of care.

AmeriCare Home Health Services Include:

Skilled Nursing

AmeriCare offers superior nursing services for all of your home care needs. Our caring staff of nurses will come to you, on your schedule. Whether you need assistance with your medication or a loved one needs wound care, we are here for you.

Physical Therapy

Physical therapy is a health care specialty involved with evaluating, diagnosing, and treating disorders of the musculoskeletal system. The ultimate goal of physical therapy is to restore maximal functional independence to each individual patient.hysical therapy is provided by Physical Therapists, who are licensed health care professionals with a masters or doctorate degree in physical therapy.

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy, often referred to as O.T., involves interventions to increase a patient's independence and maximize function through remedial and compensatory strategies.

Speech Therapy

A Speech Therapist is a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of speech, voice, language and/or cognitive disorders. Speech therapist also work closely with patients who have difficulty swallowing or have a problem with respiratory aspiration.

Social Worker

Social Workers assist patients with services such as linkage with community resources and long-term planning. Social workers have information and resources to help the patient remain safe in his own environment.

Home Health Aide

AmeriCare Home Health can assist can assist disabled patients or seniors in their home by carrying out personal care. These services can be provided to you under the supervision of a a registered nurse or therapist and are covered under Medicare if medically necessary.

Private Duty Doctors

Maybe your loved one needs someone to cook or clean for them, help them with bathing and dressing. Occasionally they may need someone to drive them to their appointments or outings. Sometimes they may just need some companionship and our caregivers provide the companionship essential for emotional well-being.Whatever the need, AmeriCare will be there when you can't providing Private Duty home care.AmeriCare can provide care ranging from a few hours a day to 24 hour care.

Medicare Guidelines for Home Health Care

In order to qualify for home health services under Medicare, the patient must:

Be eligible for Medicare benefits.
Be under the care of a physician who establishes and periodically reviews the plan of care.
Require skilled nursing on an intermittent basis or physical therapy or speech for on-going services
Require services reasonable and necessary for treatment of the illness or injury
Be home-bound.

Definition of Home-bound The patient's condition must be such that leaving the home requires an extremely taxing effort.

In most instances a "home-bound" patient's absence from home will occur for the purpose of receiving medical treatment.

Absences are infrequent, are of relatively short duration and do not indicate that the patient has the capacity to obtain health care provided outside rather than inside the home.

If patient's condition, due to an illness or injury, restricts the patient's ability to leave home except with the aid of supportive device: cane, wheelchair, walker, maximum assistance of another person.

If patient's condition is such that leaving home is medically contradicted.

Any absence for religious services is deemed to be an absence of infrequent or short duration, and thus does not negate home-bound status.

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