Senior Home Health Services

Home health is a wide range of health care services that you can get in your home for an illness or injury. Home health care is usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF).

Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) and/or Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) cover eligible home health services as long as you need part-time or intermittent skilled services and you’re “homebound,” which means

 A doctor or other health care provider like a nurse practitioner will assess you face-to-face home health services. A doctor or other health care provider will order your care, and our Medicare-certified home health agency will provide it. 

• You have trouble leaving your home without help with using a cane, wheelchair, walker, or crutches, special transportation, or help from another person) because of an illness or injury.
• Leaving your home isn’t recommended because of your condition.
• You’re normally unable to leave your home because it’s a major effort.