When a family member needs long term ICU care, a lot of doctors and hospitals advise for such care to be provided at home if possible, in case there are no active interventions to be done.

The patient is happier at home and healing can happen without the threat of hospital acquired infections. This is financially easier for the family as well considering such care at home comes at least 30% cheaper than in a hospital. We have provided this service to a lot of patients with respiratory or neurological disease who take a long time to recover and need adequate device support and specialized care through trained nurses.

• Cost effective: The average cost of an ICU per day can fall anywhere between Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 whereas in comparison, a fully functional ICU setup at home will cost you around 7,000 to 10,000 per day. The difference in cost is huge.
• Personalized Care: In a hospital, a nurse attends to 3-4 patients at a time whereas if there’s an ICU at home, you will get a critical care nurse at home, who’ll only be devoted to the patient 24/7.
• Satisfaction: In a hospital ICU, you get to meet your loved one only once or twice a day, whereas at home, you can be near them all the time to personally monitor their caretaking..
• Home environment: It has been observed that patients tend to recover faster in the comforts of their home.
• Doctor supervision: Just like a hospital ICU, our nurses are in constant touch with the doctors at Sunrise Medical Foundation to provide quality care to the patient.

At Sunrise Medical Foundation, we promise you for delivering comprehensive ICU care at home. Our ICU setup at home will include the following:

• Medical Equipment: Setting up an ICU at home will require all the essential medical equipment to deliver critical care servicesto the patients. The equipment will depend on the specific needs of the patients. Some of the common equipment used include infusion pumps, BiPAP, DVT pumps, and other equipment as per the assessment done by the doctors of Portea.
• Bed Sore Management: Our ICU setup at homeensures effective bedsore management. We choose the right type of bed to allow the patients to rest conveniently and lower the chances of bed sores.
• Critical Care Nurse: Nursing is a vital aspect of critical care at home. We assign qualified critical care nurses for patients availing of ICU services at home. They will be responsible for administering injections, giving the right medicines to the patients from time to time, keeping track of progress, and submitting home visit reports. Portea offers E-monitoring services and helps healthcare professionals and patients to stay connected all the time.