In my 15 years of nursing, I have experienced many settings from working in a physician?s office, to intensive care, outpatient dialysis, and in-home dialysis, to long term care settings. I feel strongly that a person?s home is the best place to recover. In the home setting, both the staff and patient can slow down and really learn together the best way to address the individual needs of each client. Home care is a valuable part of the continuum of care; with many clients seeing multiple physicians and quicker discharges from hospitals, home health nurses can ensure medications are being taken correctly, provide care to wounds, and teach clients to live with their diseases. Therapists can fill the gap between discharge and when the clients are able to recover enough to progress to outpatient therapy services. Therapists also teach the client how to adapt to their living environment, something that can not be done anywhere but at home.My wish for our industry is public awareness of its availability. Many people are not aware that home health care is covered by Private Insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. As our population ages, the strain on the medical industry will only increase, and home health care can provide cost-efficient, quality-outcome medical services in a person?s most preferred setting.