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Home Care vs. Home Health Care: What’s the Difference?

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When you are helping a parent plan for what comes next, "home care" and "home health care" sound like the same thing. The difference between home care and home health care is real, though, and it shapes who visits, what they do and how the visits are paid for. This post walks through home care […]

Does Medicare Cover In-Home Care? What It Pays For and Who Pays When It Doesn’t

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If you are wondering whether Medicare covers in-home care, the short answer is that it covers one kind and leaves out another. Medicare pays for home health care. That means part-time skilled care, ordered by a doctor and delivered by a Medicare-certified agency. Medicare generally does not pay for ongoing non-medical home care when that […]

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