If you’ve never provided home health care services for a sick loved one, you may not be familiar with infusion therapy and its benefits. This treatment involves dispensing medicine intravenously through a needle or catheter and can play an essential role in the healing process. If you’re considering this plan for your loved one, here’s more information on a few options.

3 Types of Home Infusion Therapy

1. Parenteral Nutrition

This treatment provides essential nutrients, such as protein, carbohydrates, and electrolytes, to patients by bypassing the typical digestion of the stomach and bowels. The special liquid food is administered intravenously through a needle or thin flexible tube in the vein. This treatment can be performed for as long as the patient can’t eat or absorb food normally.

2. Remicade® Vial

Home health care providers use this medication to treat arthritis, certain bowel diseases, and severe skin disorders. It is administered through an injection in the vein over the course of two hours; the dosage depends on your condition, weight, height, and response to the medicine. 

3. Pain Management & Palliative Care

If you have a loved one experiencing consistent pain or reaching the end of their life, home infusion therapy for pain management and palliative care can offer a much-needed reprieve. Treatment is administered based on the individual’s condition and insurance plan. Some conditions that warrant palliative care include cancer, liver failure, Lou Gehrig’s disease, and AIDs.

When considering your loved one’s needs, infusion therapy offers a number of benefits and allows them to receive care from the comfort of their environment. Lifetime Care is a home health care and hospice service with locations in Rochester, Lakeville, Newark, Dundee, and Auburn, NY. To learn more about this health care service provider, call (585) 214-1000 or visit their website.