Home Care Referral Sources

Family Members and Advocates:
Family members and advocates have unique insights into the needs of their loved ones who need home care service. There are many situations where a family member or an advocate may need assistance to delineate their options: such as a family member in need of relief as a constant care giver, a mother or father demonstrating early signs of dementia, or the hospital discharge of a family member who requires assistance with the activities of daily living. Elite provides free initial consultation in fulfilling home care, homemaker, and home health aide needs in New Jersey.

Hospital Discharge Planners:
Hospital Discharge Planners refer patients to home care service providers in order to ensure the patient will have the necessary support to recover. Elite Healthcare receives referrals regularly from area hospitals to help patients who are being discharged.

Hospital Home Care Departments:
Elite Healthcare contracts with several area hospitals to assist with their home care departments. This arrangement is beneficial to both the hospitals and to patients and their families, because Elite Healthcare can smooth the transition between the hospital stay and a return to relative normality and self-sufficiency.

Physicians:
Often, physicians determine that a client can benefit from some home health aide assistance in order to remain at home living independently. This is when many physicians refer their clients to Elite Healthcare for a free initial consultation. At this consultation the client is free to ask questions to help determine the most appropriate course of action with which they are most comfortable.

Insurance Companies:
Many clients with long-term disability insurance coverage call their carrier to inform them of the need for home health care. Insurance company case managers refer the insured to reputable and contracted home care firms like Elite Healthcare. When clients like these contact us they receive a free initial consultation in order to tailor services to client needs according to their insurance benefits.

Governmental Agencies:
Several governmental agencies refer clients to Elite Healthcare. While the reasons for the referrals are diverse, the common thread in all of these referrals is Elite’s reputation for enabling safe living in the home for the elderly, disabled, handicapped and children.