上門看護收費怎麼算？到府護理費用一次講清楚，讓你心裡先有個底 How Much to Hire a Nurse for Home Care, Home Visit Nurse Cost, Explained Plainly

When someone you love has just come home from hospital, the thing that keeps you awake is often not the illness. It is the question nobody wants to ask out loud, how much is this going to cost? You quietly do sums, worried you will sound naive if you ask and overcharged if you do not. So let us walk through how home visit nursing is priced, until you have a number you can hold onto.

Here is the bottom line. Alma's home visit nurse cost is fixed and openly published, with no guesswork. A day shift, 8am to 8pm, is NT$6,000. A night shift, 8pm to 8am, is NT$6,600. Round the clock care is NT$12,600 for a full 24 hours, covered by two nurses in shifts so nobody stays awake all day. No agency fees, no platform cuts. Knowing that number in advance is itself a kind of peace of mind.

How is home visit nursing priced? By the shift, not by guesswork

Ask many providers and the answer is a vague it depends. It sounds caring, but it is the most unsettling reply of all, because you never know what the bill will look like. Alma charges by the shift, a fixed amount agreed before anyone starts. So you can do the sums yourself. Daytime cover is a day shift at NT$6,000. The nights, with turning, suctioning, and tubes to watch, are a night shift at NT$6,600. Cover around the clock is 24 hour care at NT$12,600. Three numbers, with no fourth one waiting to appear.

What is included in that price?

Transparent pricing is also about what that number buys. One Alma shift buys a licensed registered nurse, a special nurse, at your family member's side for the whole shift, doing medical grade care rather than simply sitting nearby.

• Skilled nursing, suctioning, nasogastric tube feeding and care, catheter care, wound dressing, medication reminders, and vital sign monitoring.
• Personal care, turning and positioning, pressure sore prevention, help with eating and washing, safe assistance in and out of bed.
• Clinical judgement, spotting a warning sign when a condition changes, and knowing whether to observe, call the family, or go to hospital.
• One price per shift, nothing added inside it. You book a whole shift, not hour by hour.

This is the biggest difference between aspecial nurseand an ordinary caregiver. Your money buys the licence, and the person who can make the right call when you are not in the room.

No agency fees, no platform fees, the price is the price

This is where so many families get caught out. Plenty of arrangements quote only the cost of the person, with extras trailing behind, a platform fee, a daily management fee, a matching fee, holiday surcharges nobody mentioned, a charge to swap staff at short notice. A little each day quietly becomes thousands over a month. Alma does not have that layer. The numbers above are what you pay. We send our own nurses directly, so no third party takes a cut and there is no murky agency fee.

A reassuring price is not the cheapest one. It is the one you know in full beforehand, so the bill never gives you a fright.

How are holidays and international wards handled? Always in writing, up front

Two situations are not billed at the standard rate, national holidays and special festival days, and hospital international or special ward arrangements. These genuinely cost more to staff. So rather than adding a charge on the spot, we give you a written quote in advance, line by line, and nothing begins until you have agreed. You will never be handed a bigger than expected bill at the end, when your family is at its most tired. What is added, why, and how much, are all laid out before you decide.

Who does a fixed price protect?

It protects you. When a price floats, you hesitate every time you have a need. Will an extra day cost extra? Will a careful question make me the difficult one? That uncertainty quietly pushes families to skimp on care to save money. A fixed price takes that away, so you can put your energy where it belongs, on your family member. Knowing the number is part of feeling in control, and when you are caring for someone seriously ill, that is worth almost everything.

Roughly how much per month? A worked example

No amount of explaining beats doing the sum once. Suppose someone is around by day but your family member needs skilled nursing, and the nights are the part you cannot manage. So you arrange night shift care for 30 days in a row

• Night shift at NT$6,600 times 30 days equals NT$198,000.

If the condition is more serious and needs a nurse around the clock, 24 hour care for 30 days works out as

• 24 hour care at NT$12,600 times 30 days equals NT$378,000.

These are not small numbers, but the point is they do not change. You can take them to the family, divide the budget, and decide how many days to book. Families needing round the clock cover can look at how24 hour careis arranged, then start with just a few days.

When do you not need a nurse?

We will not pretend every family needs a special nurse. If your family member is clear headed, largely able to manage, and simply needs company, medication reminders, and someone to walk or do gentle rehab with them, a care worker is plenty and costs much less.

But the moment there are tubes in place, a fresh surgical wound, suctioning, dementia with swallowing difficulty, or an unstable condition that could need a hospital decision at any time, saving on a nurse usually means keeping the risk yourself. For a fuller breakdown, see ourspecial nurse versus caregiver cost comparison.

FAQ

Is home visit nursing charged by the hour or by the shift?

By the shift, not by the hour. A day shift, 8am to 8pm, is NT$6,000, a night shift, 8pm to 8am, is NT$6,600, and 24 hour care is NT$12,600. The price is agreed in advance and does not float.

Are there any agency or platform fees on top of the price?

No. We send our own nurses directly, with no third party taking a cut, so there are no agency or platform fees. Only special cases such as national holidays and international wards are quoted in writing, before care begins.

Roughly how much should I budget per month?

It depends how many shifts you book. Over 30 days, night shift care is about NT$198,000 and full 24 hour care is about NT$378,000. A day shift is NT$6,000 per day, added up for the days you need.

My family member is not that serious. Do I really need a nurse?

Not necessarily. If they can manage and only need company and reminders, a care worker is enough and costs far less. You need a licensed special nurse only when there are tubes, wounds, suctioning, swallowing difficulty, or an unstable condition. We will tell you plainly which suits your family.