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What is the difference between Home Health Care, Comprehensive Care and Long Term Care?

Home Health Care refers to the broad range of medical, rehabilitative, personal and social services provided to people who are recovering from injury or illness, or requiring assistance in performing the most essential daily activities, i.e. bathing, eating, toileting, dressing, transferring and continence. Home Health Care occurs in one home or the home of a friend or relative.

Some insurance policies do not cover homemaking services and may be an out of pocket expense.

Comprehensive Care is the combination of Home Health Care, Adult Day Care, care in an Assisted Living Facility, Rehabilitation Facility, Hospice Care or care in a Nursing Home.

Long Term Care is any type of care that is expected to last at least ninety days or more. When we hear the term “long Term Care we usually think of an insurance policy that covers any or all of the aforementioned items.

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