What’s the difference between private duty home care and home health?
Home health typically involves some sort of medical care and is most always covered by Medicare/Medicaid. Private duty home care is assistance with non-medical ADLS’s (Activities of Daily Living) such as, meals/nutrition, walking/ambulation, bathing, medicine reminders, cleaning, and sometimes even simple companionship. Medicaid will sometimes cover private duty home care but most often, its an out-of-pocket expense.