One of the most distinctive telenursing applications is home care. For example, patients who are immobilized, or live in remote or difficult to reach places, citizens who have chronic ailments, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, congestive heart disease, or disabilitating diseases, such as neural degenerative diseases (Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, ALS), etc., may stay at home and be "visited" and assisted regularly by a nurse via videoconferencing, internet, videophone, etc.