Home health care: Making independence possible

Rural Iowa is an area with a high population of older citizens. Wright is one of several counties in north central Iowa where 20 percent of the population 65 or older. This means that many rural Iowans are facing health and mobility issues they may not have worried about when they were younger.

For some, living in a care facility or with family may be the right option. But for others, their happiest and healthiest life could be lived at home.

Wright County Public Health has been doing home health care in one form or another since the 1930s. Currently, they see close to 150 clients in different home visitation programs.

Read the full article in the May 25 edition of the Eagle.