Caregiving Challenges, Different Sources of Home Care

There are several means of receiving in-home care and it can be difficult to tell the difference or determine what's needed.

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What's the difference between home health and home care? Do I have to go to an agency to hire home care? Where does "private duty" fit in? My state has a registry, what does that mean? Are online services the same as home care agencies?

It can be so confusing!  You are looking for assistance for your loved one and there are so many agencies, so many names.  Without understanding, it is difficult to determine what your loved one needs or what you are accepting. Here we have references to the various in-home care providers and what they offer.

Medicare-certified home health or, simply, home health agencies

Home care agencies and private duty agencies

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Care services arranged online

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