What is the difference between Home Care Assistance and Home Health Care?

Home Care Assistance is non-medical care in your home provided by an aide.

Home Health Care is skilled medical care in your home provided by either a skilled nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist, or speech therapist. 

Do I qualify for home health care?

Here are some of the reasons that you may qualify for home health care.  

If you have:  

• difficulty getting out of your home due to physical constraints.  

• have a need for a skilled nurse for medication management or wound care. 

If you need help: 

• strengthening or balancing,  

• dressing and bathing due to physical weakness,  

• ambulatory safety training, or 

• upper extremity strengthening, 

then you may qualify for Physical and or Occupational Therapies. 

If you are experiencing: 

• cognitive changes,  

• difficulty swallowing,  

• difficulty processing,  

then you may qualify for Speech Therapy. 

What insurance do you accept?

Medicaid: 

• Health and Wellness Waiver 

• CHOICE 

• Title IIIB  

• Indiana Pathways for Aging (Anthem, United Healthcare, Humana)

Traditional Medicare 

Long Term Care Insurance (once clinician verified) 

Veteran’s Administration 

Private Pay 

When is home care or home health appropriate for me or my loved ones?

When you or your loved one would like to remain independently living in your own home, but are unable to do that without some assistance from the community. Or, if you or your loved one needs medical assistance which would be more beneficial to get at home because it is difficult and taxing to leave your home.