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Asbury Park NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Rj Health Care Services, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Asbury Park NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Preferred Health Mate Incorporated, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Atlantic Highlands NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Reilly Nurses Llc, Atlantic County      Click to request assistance
Audubon NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- A Head Of The House, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Barnegat NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Special Care Of Nj, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Barnegat NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Pheonix Health Care Incorporated, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Basking Ridge NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Visiting Nurse Association Of Somerset Hills, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Bayonne NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Ruchala Hazel Rn, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Bayonne NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Bayonne Visiting Nurse Association, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Bayonne NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Seniors Home Care Experts, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Belmar NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Quinn Helen Mrs Rn, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Bernardsville NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Vna Home Health Services, Inc, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Bloomfield NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Better Care Nursing Services Inc, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Bloomingdale NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Comfort Keepers, Passaic County      Click to request assistance
Boonton NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Comforcare Sernior Services, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Bound Brook NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Preferred Nursing & Staffing Inc, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Brick NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Shore Clean 88, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Brick NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Meridian Home Care-, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Brick NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Preferred Healthmate, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Brick NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Preferred Healthmate, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Brick NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Professional Home Care Services Inc, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Brick NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Right At Home Inc, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Bridgeton NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Colaneri Day Sherrie Fnp, Cumberland County      Click to request assistance
Bridgewater NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Community Visiting Nurses Association, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Camden NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Loving Care Agency, Inc, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Cape May Court House NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Health Department Hha, Cape May County      Click to request assistance
Chatham NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Right At Home Inc, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Cherry Hill NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Right At Home, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Cherry Hill NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Right At Home Inc, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Cherry Hill NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Bayada Nurses Inc, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Cherry Hill NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Clinical Nursing Services Llc, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Cherry Hill NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Preferred Health Mates Llc, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Cherry Hill NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Pinnacle In Home Companions, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Closter NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Silvercare Senior Services Llc, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Dayton NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Comfort Keepers, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Denville NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Touching Hearts At Home, Morris County      Click to request assistance
East Brunswick NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Silverado Home Care, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
East Brunswick NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Right At Home Inc, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
East Brunswick NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Rotator Staffing Services Inc, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
East Orange NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Quality Health Care Incorporated, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Edison NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Preferred Nursing & Staffing Incorporated, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Edison NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Prompt Care, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Egg Harbor Township NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Atlanticare Homecare, Atlantic County      Click to request assistance
Elizabeth NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Personal Touch Home Care Of Nj Incorporated, Union County      Click to request assistance
Elizabeth NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Holy Redeemer Home Care Nj North, Union County      Click to request assistance
Elizabeth NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- People Choice Home Care Incorporated, Union County      Click to request assistance
Englewood NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Ehmc Home Health/hospice Serv, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Englewood Cliffs NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Phoenix Health Care Inc, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Englishtown NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- A Help At Home Care, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Fair Lawn NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Smartchoice Home Health Agency, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Fairfield NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Comfort Keepers, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Fairfield NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Senior Helpers, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Flemington NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Comfort Keepers, Hunterdon County      Click to request assistance
Flemington NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Anita's Angels, Inc, Hunterdon County      Click to request assistance
Flemington NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Hunterdon Medical Center Home Health, Hunterdon County      Click to request assistance
Fort Lee NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Premier Home Healthcare, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Gibbsboro NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Caremore In-Home Services, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- People Care Home Health Services, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- A & T Healthcare Of Nj Incorporated, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Freedom Eldercare, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Loving Care Agency, Inc, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Hackensack University Medical Center Hha, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Home Health Services Of Hackensack,An Amedisys Co., Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Special Care, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Priority Nursing Services, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hainesport NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Visiting Nurse & Homemaker Services, Inc, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Hammonton NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Kessler Atlanticare Home Health, Atlantic County      Click to request assistance
Hasbrouck Heights NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Comfort Keepers, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Highland Park NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Home Care With Love, Inc., Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Hillsborough NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Right At Home Llc, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Hillsborough NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Right At Home Inc, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Hillsborough NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Companion Care of Hillsborough, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
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Irvington NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Robinson J Rn Mrs, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Irvington NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Classic Home Care, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Jersey City NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Premier Home Health Services C, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Jersey City NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Liberty Home Care, Inc, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Jersey City NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Christ Hospital Home Health Services, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Jersey City NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- People Care Home Health Services, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Keyport NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Comfort Care Home Health Care, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Lafayette NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Psa Healthcare, Sussex County      Click to request assistance
Lakewood NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Quality Professional Nursing, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Lakewood NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Classic Rehabilitation Ltd, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Lakewood NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Community Kare, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Lakewood NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Quality Professional Nursing, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Lanoka Harbor NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Responselink Of , Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Lawrence Township NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Sharp S M Rn, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Linden NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Polish American Care Agency Incorporated, Union County      Click to request assistance
Manahawkin NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Preferred Healthmate, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Manasquan NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Special Care Nurses, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Mantoloking NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Phoenix Health Care Incorporated, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Marlton NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Matawan NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Right At Home Inc, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Medford NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Preferred Health Mates Llc, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Millburn NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Atlantic Home Care & Hospice, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Monroe Township NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Pond Nursing, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Monroe Township NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Comfort Keepers, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Montclair NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Coder Alden C Rn Mrs, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Montclair NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Seniorbridge Family Companies Inc, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Montclair NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Chrill Visiting Nurse Association, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Morris Plains NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Professional Health Care Corp, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Morristown NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Visiting Nurse Assoc Of Northern New Jersey, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Morristown NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Rehabilitation Inst The Morristown Meml Hospital, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Mount Holly NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Public Health Nursing Association For , Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Mount Laurel NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Preferred Health Mate, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Mount Laurel NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Preferred Health Mates Llc, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Mount Laurel NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Virtua Home Care - Community Nursing Services, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Mountain Lakes NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Patient Care, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Neptune NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Meridian Home Care-Monmouth Co, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Neptune NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Personal Touch Home Care Of Nj, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Neptune NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Shore Care, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
New Brunswick NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Robert Wood Johnson University Hosp Home Care Dept, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Newark NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Tri-State Health And Home Care Agency, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Newark NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Essex Valley Vna Inc, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Newark NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Priority Nursing Services, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Newark NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Personalized Home Care Limited Of New Jersey, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Newark NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Preferred Health Mate Inc, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Newton NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Pyne Constance Rn, Sussex County      Click to request assistance
North Brunswick NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Preferred Nursing & Staffing, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
North Brunswick NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Comfort & Care, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Ocean City NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- South Jersey Home Care, Cape May County      Click to request assistance
Paramus NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Valley Home Care Inc., Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Paramus NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Rymek Enterprises Inc, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Passaic NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Patient Care Incorporated, Passaic County      Click to request assistance
Paulsboro NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Reliable Home Care Services, Gloucester County      Click to request assistance
Pennsville NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Mem Hosp Of Salem Co Memorial Home Health, Salem County      Click to request assistance
Phillipsburg NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Kaq Home Care, Inc - Schoolhouse Village, Warren County      Click to request assistance
Piscataway NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- A & A Tranportation And Home Aid, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Plainfield NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Home Care Program Of Muhlenberg Medical Center, Union County      Click to request assistance
Point Pleasant Beach NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Preferred Health Mate Incorporated, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Princeton NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Princeton Homecare Services, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Princeton NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Russo Tricia, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Princeton NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Primary Care Nursing Services Incorporated, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Princeton NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Princeton Senior Care Incorporated, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Rahway NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Respiratory Specialities Inc, Union County      Click to request assistance
Ramsey NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Red Bank NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Preferred Healthmare, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Red Bank NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Visiting Nurse Assoc Of Central Jersey, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Red Bank NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Comfort Keepers, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Red Bank NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Preferred Health Mate Inc, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Ridgewood NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- At Home With Van Dyks, Llc, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Ridgewood NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- A & A Nurses Registry, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
River Edge NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Brightstar Healthcare-Hackensack, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Runnemede NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Holy Redeemer Home Care, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Saddle Brook NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Premier Home Health Care, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Salem NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- South Jersey Healthcare Community Services, Salem County      Click to request assistance
Salem NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Homecare And Hospicecare Of South Jersey, Salem County      Click to request assistance
Sea Girt NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Quality Home Health Care, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Shrewsbury NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Synergy Homecare, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Somers Point NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Shore Care, Atlantic County      Click to request assistance
Somerset NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Senior Support Services, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Somerville NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Comforcare Senior Services, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
South Plainfield NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- R M Creations, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
South Vineland NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Cooperative Home Health Care Of Southern Nj, Cumberland County      Click to request assistance
Sparta NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Visiting Nurse Assoc Of Saint Clare's, Inc, Sussex County      Click to request assistance
Sparta NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- In Home Health Services, Sussex County      Click to request assistance
Swainton NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Holy Redeemer Home Care Nj Shore, Cape May County      Click to request assistance
Teaneck NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Always Best Care Senior Services, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Teaneck NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Holy Name Home Care, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Toms River NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Toms River NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Community Medical Center Home Health & Hospice Services, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Toms River NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Procassini Dolores E Rn, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Toms River NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Preferred Healthmate, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Totowa NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Vhs Of Nj Inc, Passaic County      Click to request assistance
Trenton NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Comfort Keepers, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Trenton NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Visiting Nurse Association Of Mercer County, Mercer CountySS      Click to request assistance
Trenton NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Friends Home Health Care, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Trenton NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Sj Nurses, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Trenton NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Visiting Nurse Association Of Mercer Co. Hospice, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Trenton NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- R N Home Care Company, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Trenton NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Community Hospice Of Vna Home Care, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Union NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Amazing Grace Home Health Care, Union County      Click to request assistance
Union NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Seniors At Home Llc, Union County      Click to request assistance
Union City NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Prescription Center Pharmacy Discount Drugs, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Union City NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Personal Touch Home Care Of Nj, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Verona NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Preferred Health Mate Inc., Essex County      Click to request assistance
Vineland NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Community Nursing Service, Cumberland County      Click to request assistance
Voorhees NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Kennedy Home Health Care, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Warren NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Comfort Keepers, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Washington NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Public Health Nursing Agency, Warren County      Click to request assistance
Washington NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Visiting Homemaker Service Of Warren Co., Warren County      Click to request assistance
Washington NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Comforcare Senior Services Inc, Warren County      Click to request assistance
West Orange NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Premier Home Health Care, Essex County      Click to request assistance
West Orange NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Seniorbridge Family Companies Inc, Essex County      Click to request assistance
West Orange NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Right At Home Of , Essex County      Click to request assistance
West Orange NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Metropolitan Home Health Care Of Nj, Essex County      Click to request assistance
West Orange NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Jersey Care Home Health Program, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Westfield NJ - New Jersey home health agency -- Patient Care Incorporated, Union County      Click to request assistance
Westfield NJ - New Jersey Medicare home care -- Residential Home Care Inc, Union County      Click to request assistance
Westwood NJ - New Jersey nonmedical home care -- Bergen Community Health Care, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Williamstown NJ - New Jersey home health care services -- Right At Home, Gloucester County      Click to request assistance
Woodbury NJ - New Jersey personal home care -- Reliable Home Care Services Llc, Gloucester County      Click to request assistance

 

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About Home Care Services

Although most home care is provided by family, friends or volunteers, there is a growing trend to hire paid individuals or professionals to provide this care in the home. The hiring of care is prompted by a growing trend for traditional caregivers to be employed full-time and unable to offer much help or for family to live hundreds of miles away from the loved one and find it difficult to offer hands-on long-distance care.

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Home Health Agency Care

 

In the year 2000, about 12,800 home health agencies served approximately 8,600,000 clients across the United States . In that year Medicare paid an estimated 85% to 90% of the total cost of home health agency services amounting to $ 8,700,000,000. Although current figures are not yet available, the number of home health agencies has been going up year after year as well as the number of clients being served.

Although home health agencies are privately owned, Medicare is the principle payer for their services. Home health services through Medicare are available under parts A and B. In order to qualify for Medicare homecare a person must have a skilled need, must be homebound and there must be a plan of care ordered by a Physician.

Prior to 1997 Medicare typically paid for home care for as long as it was needed. Prior to 1997 annual Medicare costs were almost double the amount cited above. In order to save money Medicare has since gone to a prospective payment system where, according to the plan of care, a certain amount of money is allocated to resolve the skilled need for the patient.

Monies are typically provided for a period of up to 60 days. If the patient recovers sooner then money may have to be reshuffled to other patients who are not responding as well. At the point where the patient does not respond or improve, no more Medicare money is forthcoming. After Medicare cuts off, a person continuing to need long-term care services must find sources other than Medicare.

Home health agencies deliver a variety of skilled services. The plan of care usually includes custodial services to help the care-recipient remain in the home. These would include an aide for an hour or two a day to help with bathing, dressing and transferring. If there is time remaining other personal services may be offered as well.

Recently Medicare has redefined what it means by "homebound" to allow recipients to leave the home on a limited basis. Beginning in 2003 and ending three years later, Medicare is testing, with a very small test group, a program where selected home health agencies can provide adult day health care instead of home health services. If successful the program will offer a new dimension in Medicare home care.

In addition, under the new definition, Medicare will also allow and pay for home visits from doctors who specialize in homebound elderly patients. Limited office visits are also allowed under the new definition. Finally, in the past few years Medicare is paying for home telehealth visits through a home telehealth, computer work station. Telehealth is being used with some success to provide home care in rural areas where it would be difficult to arrange the personal visit from a home health care agency.

Personal Care or Non-medical Home Health Care

 

Non-Medical Care Services In The Home.

These providers represent a rapidly growing trend to allow people needing help with long term care to remain in their home or in the community instead of going to a care facility. The services offered may include:

  • companionship
  • grooming and dressing
  • recreational activities
  • incontinent care
  • handyman services
  • teeth brushing
  • medication reminders
  • bathing or showering
  • light housekeeping
  • meal preparation
  • respite for family caregivers
  • errands and shopping
  • reading email or letters
  • overseeing home deliveries
  • dealing with vendors
  • transportation services
  • changing linens
  • laundry and ironing
  • organizing closets
  • care of house plants
  • 24-hour emergency response
  • family counseling
  • phone call checks
  • and much more.

A search of your local Yellow Pages under "home health agencies (or services)" will reveal that a large number of the advertised providers are personal care or non-medical home health companies. This causes some confusion since the yellow pages choose the same classification to list non-medical and traditional home health agencies together.

Personal care agencies are different from traditional home health agencies in that they do not provide medical services or skilled services and they are not paid by Medicare.

In addition, many states do not require personal care agencies to license with the state health department. In some states a person desiring to start a business like this need only advertise, get a business license and start hiring employees. On the other hand, some states require these companies to meet the same stringent rules under which traditional home health agencies operate. This might include hiring trained employees, the use of care plans, periodic inspections by the state health department and bonding.

If you live in a state which does not require regulation of these companies, it is important for you to check the background and history of these providers before using their services. Another benefit for the public is that many of these companies are part of a national franchise system. There are a number of these home care provider franchises around the country. Being a franchise, it is more likely that you can trust the services of the company and not have to worry about theft or abuse with your loved one.

Many larger traditional home health agencies are integrating non-medical services into their care delivery. This means Medicare and Medicaid are not paying the bill for this portion of a home health agency's business. Also many large integrated facilities providers (combined nursing homes, assisted living and independent retirement arrangements) are offering more non-medical or personal home healthcare.

The number of these companies is literally mushrooming all over the country. It is evident from this growth that there is a growing need for traditional family caregivers to contract help from paid care providers. This is probably due to the fact that many of the traditional caregivers are now employed fulltime or are living a long distance away from their loved ones and find it difficult if not impossible to provide long-term care.

Home Repair And Maintenance Services

As a general rule most personal care agencies provide only aides to help with personal needs in the home. Very few offer such things as deep housecleaning, home repairs, remodeling or yard maintenance. There is now a growing trend for companies to specialize in providing these additional services for the elderly. And as with personal care agencies many of these belong to national franchises.

It is evident that there is a growing national need to provide services to allow people to remain in their homes as long as possible. The growth of companies providing these services is evidence that this is a preference for the elderly needing care in the community.