Impact on in-home Service

Personal Care assists with activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, grooming, bathing, dressing, meal preparation, homemaking, and other related services.

Homemaking helps maintain a clean, safe, healthy home environment and may include housekeeping, light meal preparation, laundry, and errand running.

Respite providing relief to primary caregivers, such as family members who give care to someone in need.

Home Delivered Meals and Senior Nutrition Programs provide homebound, physically, or cognitively impaired older adults 60 years of age and older who are unable to prepare meals.

Chore and Minor Home Repair designed to restore or maintain a safe home and may include minor home repair, snow removal, and grass cutting.

Care Management arranges for and monitors the use of community services to help frail, older adults or persons with disabilities to avoid or delay institutional placement while fostering independent living.

Medication Management helps to ensure the safe and accurate use of prescription medications.

Personal Emergency Response Systems monitor client safety and provide access to emergency crisis intervention for medical and environmental emergencies.

Adult Day Services provide relief to family caregivers by offering a safe and supported daytime location for group social and rehabilitative services and supervision of older adults.

Learn More

To learn more about the different in-home care services available to you, contact your local Area Agency on Aging.