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Amory MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Alexander's Home Health, Monroe County      Click to request assistance
Bay Saint Louis MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Gulf Coast Homecare of Bay St Louis, Hancock County      Click to request assistance
Bay Saint Louis MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Quality Home Health Care Of The Gulf Coast Inc, Hancock County      Click to request assistance
Belzoni MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Mid-Delta Home Health & Hospice, Humphreys County      Click to request assistance
Biloxi MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Apria Healthcare, Biloxi      Click to request assistance
Biloxi MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Amedisys Home Health Care of Biloxi, Biloxi      Click to request assistance
Brandon MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Home Health Care of Mississippi, Rankin County      Click to request assistance
Byram MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Amedisys Home Health of Jackson, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Clarksdale MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Continue Care Home Health, Coahoma County      Click to request assistance
Clarksdale MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Home Healthcare Management of America, Coahoma County      Click to request assistance
Clarksdale MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Alliance Healthcare, Coahoma County      Click to request assistance
Cleveland MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Continue Care Home Health, Bolivar County      Click to request assistance
Clinton MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Home Instead Senior Care, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Collins MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Amedisys Home Health Care, Covington County      Click to request assistance
Columbus MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Private Home & Personal Care, Lowndes County      Click to request assistance
Crystal Springs MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Van Winkle Home Health Care, Copiah County      Click to request assistance
De Kalb MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Helping Hands Home Care, Kemper County      Click to request assistance
Durant MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Continue Care Home Health, Holmes County      Click to request assistance
Flowood MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Southern Healthcare Agency Inc, Rankin County      Click to request assistance
Flowood MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Camellia Home Health & Hospice, Rankin County      Click to request assistance
Flowood MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Coram Health Care of Mississippi, Rankin County      Click to request assistance
Forest MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Region A Home Health Services, Scott County      Click to request assistance
Fulton MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Home Health Services, Itawamba County      Click to request assistance
Gautier MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Prn Homecare, Jackson County      Click to request assistance
Greenville MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Helping Hands Care, Washington County      Click to request assistance
Greenwood MS - Mississippi home health agency -- A & A Home Health, Leflore County      Click to request assistance
Greenwood MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Complete Health Care Services, Leflore County      Click to request assistance
Gulfport MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Gulf Coast Homecare Gulfport, Harrison County      Click to request assistance
Gulfport MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Gulf Coast Homecare of Gulfport, Harrison County      Click to request assistance
Gulfport MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Comfort Keepers, Harrison County      Click to request assistance
Gulfport MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Oxford Health Care, Harrison County      Click to request assistance
Gulfport MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Quality Home Health Care Of The Gulf Coast Inc, Harrison County      Click to request assistance
Gulfport MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Maxim Healthcare, Harrison County      Click to request assistance
Gulfport MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Sartin's Vital Care, Harrison County      Click to request assistance
Gulfport MS - Mississippi personal home care -- AccuMed Home Health Of Southern Ms, Harrison County      Click to request assistance
Gulfport MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Accumed Home Health of Southern, Harrison County      Click to request assistance
Hattiesburg MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Community Healthcare Connections, Forrest County      Click to request assistance
Hattiesburg MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Home Health Care, Forrest County      Click to request assistance
Hattiesburg MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Hmp Nursing Services, Forrest County      Click to request assistance
Hattiesburg MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Camellia Home Health & Hospice, Forrest County      Click to request assistance
Hattiesburg MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Amedisys Home Health of Hattiesburg, Forrest County      Click to request assistance
Hazlehurst MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Home Health Care Affiliates Inc, Copiah County      Click to request assistance
Hernando MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Methodist Alliance Health Services, DeSoto County      Click to request assistance
Holly Springs MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Tyson Home Care, Marshall County      Click to request assistance
Houston MS - Mississippi personal home care -- R N Home Care, Chickasaw County      Click to request assistance
Houston MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Chickasaw County of Home Health Care, Chickasaw County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Comphealth, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Caring Hands, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Sta-home Health & Hospice, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Home Health Services, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Sitters LLC, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- SMART CHOICE HOME HEALTH AGENCY, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MS - Mississippi home health care services -- T & L Sitters Llc, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MS - Mississippi personal home care -- At Home Care, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Christian Sitters Health Providers, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Jackson MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Comfort Keepers, Hinds County      Click to request assistance
Laurel MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Amedisys Home Health of Laurel, Jones County      Click to request assistance
Laurel MS - Mississippi home health care services -- ComfortCare , Jones County      Click to request assistance
Leakesville MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Home Health Agency Region C-Mississippi State, Greene County      Click to request assistance
Leland MS - Mississippi home health agency -- First Choice Homemaker Services Inc, Washington County      Click to request assistance
Lena MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- River Bend Services, Washington County      Click to request assistance
Louisville MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Vitalhealth Care Associates, Winston County      Click to request assistance
Louisville MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Alexander's Home Health, Winston County      Click to request assistance
Lucedale MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Benndale Personal Care, George County      Click to request assistance
Lucedale MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Quality Home Health Care of the Gulf Coast Inc, George County      Click to request assistance
Madison MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Home Instead Senior Care, Madison County      Click to request assistance
Magee MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Amedisys Home Health of Magee, Simpson County      Click to request assistance
Magee MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Advanced Health Care, Simpson County      Click to request assistance
Magee MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Home Health Care of Mississippi, Simpson County      Click to request assistance
Marks MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Continue Care Home Health, Quitman County      Click to request assistance
Mccomb MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Thrift Home Care, Pike County      Click to request assistance
Mccomb MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Advanced Nursing Inc, Pike County      Click to request assistance
Mccomb MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Care At Home, Pike County      Click to request assistance
Meridian MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Apria Healthcare, Lauderdale County      Click to request assistance
Meridian MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Magna Home Health, Lauderdale County      Click to request assistance
Meridian MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Ubs Caregiver Agency, Lauderdale County      Click to request assistance
Meridian MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Community Hospices of America, Lauderdale County      Click to request assistance
Moss Point MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Providence Homecare Services, Jackson County      Click to request assistance
Natchez MS - Mississippi personal home care -- At Home Care Inc, Adams County      Click to request assistance
Natchez MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Hours of OperationMedgar Evers Home Health Agency, Adams County      Click to request assistance
Natchez MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Medgar Evers Home Health Agency, Adams County      Click to request assistance
New Albany MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Preferred Home Care, Union County      Click to request assistance
New Augusta MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Forrest General Home Care, Perry County      Click to request assistance
Ocean Springs MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Home Instead Senior Care, Jackson County      Click to request assistance
Olive Branch MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Caremed Home Care, DeSoto County      Click to request assistance
Pascagoula MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Amedisys Home Health of Pascagoula, Jackson County      Click to request assistance
Pascagoula MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Quality Home Health Care Of The Gulf Coast Inc, Jackson County      Click to request assistance
Picayune MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Gulf Coast Homecare, Pearl River County      Click to request assistance
Picayune MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Quality Home Health Care of the Gulf Coast Inc, Pearl River County      Click to request assistance
Picayune MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Failla's Vital Care, Pearl River County      Click to request assistance
Port Gibson MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- At Home Care Inc, Claiborne County      Click to request assistance
Port Gibson MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Hours of OperationMedgar Evers Home Health Agency, Claiborne County      Click to request assistance
Quitman MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Amedisys Mississippi Llc, Clarke County      Click to request assistance
Quitman MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Region C Home Health Services, Clarke County      Click to request assistance
Richland MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Apria Healthcare (Jackson Tel No), Rankin County      Click to request assistance
Richton MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Leaf River Home Health Care, Perry County      Click to request assistance
Ridgeland MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- PharMerica, Madison County      Click to request assistance
Ridgeland MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Hospice Ministries Inc, Madison County      Click to request assistance
Ripley MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Ripley Home Health, Tippah County      Click to request assistance
Rolling Fork MS - Mississippi home health agency -- Continue Care Home Health, Sharkey County      Click to request assistance
Southaven MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Intrepid Usa Home Health Services, DeSoto County      Click to request assistance
Southaven MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Home Care Solutions, DeSoto County      Click to request assistance
Southaven MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Comfort Keepers, DeSoto County      Click to request assistance
Starkville MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Alexander's Home Health, Oktibbeha County      Click to request assistance
Tupelo MS - Mississippi home health agency -- All Care Hospice, Lee County      Click to request assistance
Tupelo MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Pro-Health Inc, Lee County      Click to request assistance
Tupelo MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Health At Home, Lee County      Click to request assistance
Tylertown MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Eagle Health Care Services Inc, Walthall County      Click to request assistance
Vicksburg MS - Mississippi personal home care -- Private Home Care Inc, Warren County      Click to request assistance
Vicksburg MS - Mississippi home health agency -- United Medical Infusion, Warren County      Click to request assistance
Vicksburg MS - Mississippi Medicare home care -- Amedisys Home Health, Warren County      Click to request assistance
Waynesboro MS - Mississippi nonmedical home care -- Home Health Wayne General, Wayne County      Click to request assistance
Wiggins MS - Mississippi home health care services -- Stone County Home Care, Stone County      Click to request assistance

 

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About Home Care Services

Although most home care is provided by family, friends or volunteers, there is a growing trend to hire paid individuals or professionals to provide this care in the home. The hiring of care is prompted by a growing trend for traditional caregivers to be employed full-time and unable to offer much help or for family to live hundreds of miles away from the loved one and find it difficult to offer hands-on long-distance care.

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Home Health Agency Care

 

In the year 2000, about 12,800 home health agencies served approximately 8,600,000 clients across the United States . In that year Medicare paid an estimated 85% to 90% of the total cost of home health agency services amounting to $ 8,700,000,000. Although current figures are not yet available, the number of home health agencies has been going up year after year as well as the number of clients being served.

Although home health agencies are privately owned, Medicare is the principle payer for their services. Home health services through Medicare are available under parts A and B. In order to qualify for Medicare homecare a person must have a skilled need, must be homebound and there must be a plan of care ordered by a Physician.

Prior to 1997 Medicare typically paid for home care for as long as it was needed. Prior to 1997 annual Medicare costs were almost double the amount cited above. In order to save money Medicare has since gone to a prospective payment system where, according to the plan of care, a certain amount of money is allocated to resolve the skilled need for the patient.

Monies are typically provided for a period of up to 60 days. If the patient recovers sooner then money may have to be reshuffled to other patients who are not responding as well. At the point where the patient does not respond or improve, no more Medicare money is forthcoming. After Medicare cuts off, a person continuing to need long-term care services must find sources other than Medicare.

Home health agencies deliver a variety of skilled services. The plan of care usually includes custodial services to help the care-recipient remain in the home. These would include an aide for an hour or two a day to help with bathing, dressing and transferring. If there is time remaining other personal services may be offered as well.

Recently Medicare has redefined what it means by "homebound" to allow recipients to leave the home on a limited basis. Beginning in 2003 and ending three years later, Medicare is testing, with a very small test group, a program where selected home health agencies can provide adult day health care instead of home health services. If successful the program will offer a new dimension in Medicare home care.

In addition, under the new definition, Medicare will also allow and pay for home visits from doctors who specialize in homebound elderly patients. Limited office visits are also allowed under the new definition. Finally, in the past few years Medicare is paying for home telehealth visits through a home telehealth, computer work station. Telehealth is being used with some success to provide home care in rural areas where it would be difficult to arrange the personal visit from a home health care agency.

Personal Care or Non-medical Home Health Care

 

Non-Medical Care Services In The Home.

These providers represent a rapidly growing trend to allow people needing help with long term care to remain in their home or in the community instead of going to a care facility. The services offered may include:

  • companionship
  • grooming and dressing
  • recreational activities
  • incontinent care
  • handyman services
  • teeth brushing
  • medication reminders
  • bathing or showering
  • light housekeeping
  • meal preparation
  • respite for family caregivers
  • errands and shopping
  • reading email or letters
  • overseeing home deliveries
  • dealing with vendors
  • transportation services
  • changing linens
  • laundry and ironing
  • organizing closets
  • care of house plants
  • 24-hour emergency response
  • family counseling
  • phone call checks
  • and much more.

A search of your local Yellow Pages under "home health agencies (or services)" will reveal that a large number of the advertised providers are personal care or non-medical home health companies. This causes some confusion since the yellow pages choose the same classification to list non-medical and traditional home health agencies together.

Personal care agencies are different from traditional home health agencies in that they do not provide medical services or skilled services and they are not paid by Medicare.

In addition, many states do not require personal care agencies to license with the state health department. In some states a person desiring to start a business like this need only advertise, get a business license and start hiring employees. On the other hand, some states require these companies to meet the same stringent rules under which traditional home health agencies operate. This might include hiring trained employees, the use of care plans, periodic inspections by the state health department and bonding.

If you live in a state which does not require regulation of these companies, it is important for you to check the background and history of these providers before using their services. Another benefit for the public is that many of these companies are part of a national franchise system. There are a number of these home care provider franchises around the country. Being a franchise, it is more likely that you can trust the services of the company and not have to worry about theft or abuse with your loved one.

Many larger traditional home health agencies are integrating non-medical services into their care delivery. This means Medicare and Medicaid are not paying the bill for this portion of a home health agency's business. Also many large integrated facilities providers (combined nursing homes, assisted living and independent retirement arrangements) are offering more non-medical or personal home healthcare.

The number of these companies is literally mushrooming all over the country. It is evident from this growth that there is a growing need for traditional family caregivers to contract help from paid care providers. This is probably due to the fact that many of the traditional caregivers are now employed fulltime or are living a long distance away from their loved ones and find it difficult if not impossible to provide long-term care.

Home Repair And Maintenance Services

As a general rule most personal care agencies provide only aides to help with personal needs in the home. Very few offer such things as deep housecleaning, home repairs, remodeling or yard maintenance. There is now a growing trend for companies to specialize in providing these additional services for the elderly. And as with personal care agencies many of these belong to national franchises.

It is evident that there is a growing national need to provide services to allow people to remain in their homes as long as possible. The growth of companies providing these services is evidence that this is a preference for the elderly needing care in the community.