Some considerations as you explore hiring caregivers in your home
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Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care Facing a severe shortage of aides and high costs, people trying to keep aging loved ones at home often cobble together a patchwork of family and friends to help.
This article from the New York Times, Dec 2023, paints a picture explaining the landscape in America for health care now. Having a hard time? You're not alone. It's rough.
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What to Know About Home Care Services Finding an aide to help an older person stay at home safely takes work. Here’s a guide.
Most older Americans want to live at home as long as they can, but finding and affording the help they need often isn’t easy. There are severe shortages of home health aides in many parts of the country. Hiring them is costly. And most middle-class people will have to pay for home care themselves if they will need it for the long haul. Here’s a guide to locating home care for an older person.
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Medicare Star Ratings
These reviews are assembled by medicare based on user surveys. When you are a shopping for a home care agency, this is the best place to look for ratings.
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Home Care Shopping Checklist
Who doesn't like a good checklist? This one has been assembled by Medicare.
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Caring.com offers 10 Best Home Health Agencies for Seniors in Minneapolis for Seniors in 2024.
This free site has compiled the user reviews of the care agencies in the Twin Cities for 2024.
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Senior Linkage Line
This is a local organization that can help you find local services such as home care. Call 1-800-333-2433.
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Will Medicare Help Pay For Some of This?
Want to know what medicare might cover in terms of home health care? This is what they say about that.