Brandon has no city hall of its own. This big suburb spreads east of I-75 along State Road 60, and many families here are helping a parent heal after surgery or living with a long-term illness themselves. When someone in your house needs skilled care, our team can come to you.
What is home health care in Brandon, FL?
Home health care in Brandon, FL, means a nurse or therapist visits your home for a set amount of time to treat a medical need your doctor has ordered. It is not a drop-in companion service and it is not care around the clock. Each visit has a clear goal, such as healing an incision or helping you walk to the mailbox again.
The help Brandon families ask for most:
- Skilled nursing visits to watch blood pressure, blood sugar, breathing and swelling, and to teach you warning signs for heart failure, COPD and diabetes.
- Wound care after surgery or for slow-healing sores.
- Physical therapy after a joint replacement, a fall or a long hospital stay.
- Medication management when your pill list has changed and you are not sure what to stop or keep.
If your plan of care calls for it, we can add a speech-language pathologist, an occupational therapist, a social worker or an aide for bathing help.
Who qualifies for home health in Brandon?
Medicare looks at four things. First, your doctor, or an NP, CNS or PA allowed to order care, has to certify the need and look over your plan of care on a regular basis. Second, your orders include skilled nursing, physical therapy or speech-language pathology a few times a week or less (Medicare’s term is part-time or intermittent), or ongoing occupational therapy. Third, you have to be homebound, so going anywhere drains you and takes considerable and taxing effort. You can still make short, infrequent trips to a doctor, a place of worship or adult day care. Fourth, that provider needs to have met with you face to face, either in the 90-day window before your first visit or in the 30 days right after.
What Medicare covers for Brandon families
Check all four boxes, pick an agency that Medicare has certified, and Medicare can cover your skilled visits at home. Things like 24-hour care at home, meal delivery, and chore or bathing help by itself are never included in Brandon or anywhere else. We accept Traditional Medicare, plus long-term care plans and private pay. Medicare Advantage coverage and our participation depend on your specific plan, so we verify both before care starts. Call (813) 931-0015 to verify your coverage. A list of accepted plans sits on our insurance page.
How to start home health from Brandon
The order comes from your provider. Still in the hospital? Tell the discharge planner you would like Making Memories Home Health for your care at home. If you are already home, ask your doctor’s office to send us the orders. Medical offices can submit a referral or fax (813) 931-0017. You or a relative can ring us at (813) 931-0015 on any weekday between 8:30 in the morning and 5:00 in the afternoon, and we will contact your doctor with you.
Patients already in our care can call any hour, any day, and an on-call nurse will pick up. In an emergency, always call 911 first.
Areas we serve in Brandon
Brandon’s ZIP codes are 33510 and 33511. We visit neighborhoods across both, including Heather Lakes and Providence Lakes, plus the communities that border Brandon: Valrico and Bloomingdale on the east side, and Seffner and Mango on the north side.
Heading east from North Dale Mabry Highway, our nurses and therapists get to Brandon by I-4 and I-75 or by the Selmon Expressway. Locally, they use Brandon Boulevard (State Road 60), Providence Road, Lithia Pinecrest Road and US 301 to get to your door.
We coordinate with discharge planners at hospitals such as HCA Florida Brandon Hospital on Oakfield Drive, St. Joseph’s Hospital-South and AdventHealth Riverview to the south, and Tampa General Hospital for specialty care.
Nearby, we also serve Riverview and Plant City, along with the rest of Hillsborough County.
When your doctors are on both sides of I-75
Plenty of Brandon residents see a family doctor close to home and a cardiologist or surgeon across town in Tampa. Each office may adjust your medicines without knowing what the other did. At the first visit, our nurse lines up every bottle beside your discharge papers, flags anything that does not match and calls the prescribers to settle it. Keep a written list on the refrigerator so a relative can find it fast.
Our bilingual team teaches in English or Spanish, whichever your family prefers.
Home health services in Brandon
- Skilled Nursing
- Wound Care
- Home IV Therapy
- Catheter Care
- Medication Management
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Therapy
- Medical Social Work
- Home Health Aide
- Medicare Home Health
- Home Care & Long-Term Care
Nearby communities we also visit
- Heather Lakes
- Providence Lakes
- Bloomingdale
- Valrico
- Seffner
- Mango
ZIP codes: 33510, 33511
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Insurance we accept
We accept Traditional Medicare, plus long-term care plans and private pay. Medicare Advantage coverage and our participation depend on your specific plan, so we verify both before care starts. Call (813) 931-0015 to verify your coverage. See insurance we accept.
Doctors, hospital discharge planners and case managers can send a home health referral by fax to (813) 931-0017. How to refer a patient.
Making Memories Home Health provides home health care services from our Tampa office. Need a home nurse or help at home by the hour? Ask about in-home care (private duty), or see Medicare home health to learn who qualifies.
Frequently asked questions
Do you only visit Brandon, or Valrico, Seffner and Bloomingdale too?
We visit all of them. Valrico and Bloomingdale lie to the east of Brandon, Seffner and Mango lie to the north, and all of them are inside our Hillsborough County service area. Tell us your street when you call, and we will schedule the right team.
Brandon isn't an incorporated city. Does that change anything about home health?
No. Brandon is an unincorporated community run by Hillsborough County, and home health rules are the same here as anywhere else in Florida. What matters is your doctor's order, your need for skilled care and whether you are homebound.
I'm being discharged from HCA Florida Brandon Hospital. How do I choose your agency?
Let your hospital case manager know that Making Memories Home Health is your choice. The orders can come straight to us, and we will call you to set up the first visit. You always have the right to pick the Medicare-certified agency you prefer.
My primary doctor is in Brandon but my surgeon is in Tampa. Who signs the home health orders?
Usually the provider treating the reason you need care, often the surgeon after an operation, signs the orders and reviews your plan of care. We send updates to both offices. If two doctors change your medicines, our nurse helps sort out the final list with them.