What’s the difference between private duty home care and home health?

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.

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