Freedom Home Health Care

A Primer on Home Care

A Primer on Home Care

Downloadable Tools and Tips:

Click the links to view or right click to print or save to your computer.

• Quiz – How Much Do You Know About Home Care?
• Answers – How Much Do You Know About Home Care?
• Models and Payment Options
  of In-Home Care Providers

Web Resources:

Click the links below to access resource websites to learn more about the basics of home care.

When is home care appropriate?
This site provides an informational article plus links to other articles on helping one determine when home care is appropriate.

A home health care primer
The National Family Caregivers Association provides this excellent overview of home care.

Explaining Medicare home health care
This is the official US Government booklet about Medicare home health care benefits for people with original Medicare.

What’s the difference between home care and home health care?
A simple comparison chart shows how home health care and home care differ.

Information to help determine which type of home care is most appropriate
Although this downloadable PDF is about Michigan specifically, it is a good explanation of the differences in home care and home health care and gives some good examples of how to determine which one is appropriate for care needs.

Differences between full service home care agencies, private hires and referral agencies
Within the scope of care when paying for services, this article gives a good explanation of the differences in hiring an agency and using independent contractors or referral/registries.