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Caregiving Best Practices: Hire In-Home Help

Hope Hospice

Assessing Your Needs There are two broad types of in-home care services: 1) Home Health Care. Home health care is covered by Medicare and most insurances. 2) Home Care/Personal Care. This type of care is also referred to as custodial care. The key word here is health.

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Caregiver Mistakes: Not Hiring In-Home Help

Hope Hospice

Assessing Your Needs There are two broad types of in-home care services: 1) Home Health Care. Home health care is covered by Medicare and most insurances. 2) Home Care/Personal Care. This type of care is also referred to as custodial care. The key word here is health.

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Top Family Caregiver Mistakes:  Part 2; Not hiring in-home help

Hope Hospice

There are two broad types of in-home care services: 1) Home Health Care. Home health care is specialized medical care that is ordered by a physician and is administered by trained healthcare professionals such as nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, dietitians, etc.