What Types of Home Health Care Services Are Available in Massachusetts?
Home health care may include several types of medically necessary services delivered in a person’s home, depending on their needs, insurance coverage, and authorization requirements.
Common home health services may include:
- Skilled nursing, such as wound care, medication administration, health monitoring, and other nursing services
- Physical therapy to improve mobility, strength, and physical function
- Occupational therapy to help individuals perform daily activities more safely and independently
- Speech-language therapy for communication or swallowing needs
- Medical social services to help coordinate care and connect individuals with appropriate resources
- Home health aide services when authorized as part of an eligible home health plan of care
Other supports, such as transportation, meal delivery, companionship, homemaker services, or pharmacy delivery, may also be available in the community, but they are not the same as skilled home health care.
Adult Foster Care is also different from home health care. Adult Foster Care provides eligible MassHealth members with daily personal care from a qualified live-in caregiver, together with nursing oversight and care management.
Compare different types of home care services in Massachusetts and learn how to choose a home care provider.