10/14/2021
Home Care vs. Home Health Care
Before a discussion of home care payment options, it is helpful to differentiate between home care and home health care. Home Care Aides provide custodial care. They help persons with their activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, housekeeping and transportation. This is also referred to as personal care, attendant care, non-medical care and companion care.
Home Health Aides offer care such as checking patients’ pulses, temperature or respiration. They assist with medications, braces, ventilators and other medical equipment. And they can provide higher level skilled nursing as well as more basic personal care. Home health aides are also referred to as nurse aides, nursing assistants, certified nursing assistants and geriatric aides.