Home Care
Home care brings trained caregivers into the home to help with personal care like bathing, dressing, and mobility, plus meals, errands, light housekeeping, and companionship. It can be a few hours a week or around-the-clock coverage.
What is home care?
Home care brings trained caregivers into the home to help with personal care like bathing, dressing, and mobility, plus meals, errands, light housekeeping, and companionship. It can be a few hours a week or around-the-clock coverage.
It's non-medical care from licensed agencies, which is different from home health (the clinician-delivered kind that Medicare often covers after a hospitalization). For many families, the right home care schedule delays or replaces a move entirely.
Who it’s a good fit for
- Wants to stay home and can, with the right support
- Needs help with personal care, meals, or getting around
- Has family caregivers who need relief or coverage while working
- Is recovering at home and needs an extra pair of hands for a while
Good to know
Home Care questions, answered
What's the difference between home care and home health?
Home care is non-medical support like personal care, meals, and companionship, and it's paid privately. Home health is skilled clinical care such as nursing or therapy, ordered by a doctor and usually covered by Medicare for a limited time.
How does home care compare with assisted living on cost?
A good rule of thumb: past roughly 40 hours a week of paid care, assisted living often becomes the more economical choice. We'll run the numbers for your exact situation.