Chore Services (Waiver)
Indoor and outdoor home maintenance tasks to help a person live at home safely. These services are more heavy-duty than homemaker services.
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this service when paid for under waivers in the Community-Based Services Manual.
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Provides assistance for lawn mowing and snow removal
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Housekeeping Assistance
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Residential Snow Shoveling
General Yard Work
Basic Home Care License
Providers of specific types of assistance in a person's home when the person cannot do tasks by themselves
Providers with a basic home care license are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health. These providers can assist with most activities of daily living, in a person's home. Basic home care licensed providers may be individuals or organizations and are trained to assist people who, because of an illness, disability, or physical condition, cannot perform the tasks for themselves. This type of service does not require a nurse.
Staff of the licensed basic provider may:
* Assist with dressing, eating, grooming, toileting and bathing;
* Provide standby assistance for safety;
* Provide verbal or visual reminders to take regularly scheduled medication;
* Provide verbal or visual reminders for treatments and exercises;
* Prepare modified diets ordered by a licensed health professional; and
* Assist with laundry, housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping, or other household chores if also providing one of the other tasks listed above
The workers performing the tasks may be individually licensed or unlicensed. Licensed agencies are responsible for providing additional training for their workers as required by home care laws.
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Personal Care
Home Health Aide Services
Homemaker Assistance
Comprehensive Home Care License
A person or organization that provides health services and assistive tasks directly in a client's home
Providers with a comprehensive home care license are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health. These services are for people who, because of an illness, disability, or physical condition, cannot perform the tasks for themselves, or who cannot travel to receive health services.
A licensed comprehensive home care agency may provide the services of licensed health professionals such as:
* Nurses
* Physical, speech-language, and occupational therapists
* Dieticians or nutritionists
* Social workers
The services may include medication management; complex medical care like tube feedings and ventilator care; hands-on assistance with transfers and mobility; treatment and therapies; assisting clients with eating when the clients have complicating eating problems; and other health-related procedures. Sometimes health-related tasks are delegated to and performed by unlicensed personnel under the supervision of a registered nurse or other licensed health professionals.
Home care providers with a comprehensive license also assist people with non-medical tasks, such as going to the bathroom, bathing, and transferring from one location to another.
In addition, some home care providers with a state-issued comprehensive license are Medicare certified. Medicare certification indicates that the agency has met additional federal standards and inspections. Medicare certification can be important if the person getting services seeks payment from insurance or Medicare. Check under Licenses and Certifications to see if this agency is Medicare certified.
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Home Health Aide Services
Home Nursing
Homemaker Assistance
Personal Care
Homemaker Services
Routine household tasks such as cleaning, cooking and laundry to keep up a home.
Learn more about
this service when paid for under waivers in the Community-Based Services Manual.
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Volunteers provide light meal preparation, laundry, grocery shopping, and help with other tasks.
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Comprehensive Home Care License
A person or organization that provides health services and assistive tasks directly in a client's home
Providers with a comprehensive home care license are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health. These services are for people who, because of an illness, disability, or physical condition, cannot perform the tasks for themselves, or who cannot travel to receive health services.
A licensed comprehensive home care agency may provide the services of licensed health professionals such as:
* Nurses
* Physical, speech-language, and occupational therapists
* Dieticians or nutritionists
* Social workers
The services may include medication management; complex medical care like tube feedings and ventilator care; hands-on assistance with transfers and mobility; treatment and therapies; assisting clients with eating when the clients have complicating eating problems; and other health-related procedures. Sometimes health-related tasks are delegated to and performed by unlicensed personnel under the supervision of a registered nurse or other licensed health professionals.
Home care providers with a comprehensive license also assist people with non-medical tasks, such as going to the bathroom, bathing, and transferring from one location to another.
In addition, some home care providers with a state-issued comprehensive license are Medicare certified. Medicare certification indicates that the agency has met additional federal standards and inspections. Medicare certification can be important if the person getting services seeks payment from insurance or Medicare. Check under Licenses and Certifications to see if this agency is Medicare certified.
What's Here
Personal Care
Home Nursing
Home Health Aide Services
Homemaker Assistance
Basic Home Care License
Providers of specific types of assistance in a person's home when the person cannot do tasks by themselves
Providers with a basic home care license are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health. These providers can assist with most activities of daily living, in a person's home. Basic home care licensed providers may be individuals or organizations and are trained to assist people who, because of an illness, disability, or physical condition, cannot perform the tasks for themselves. This type of service does not require a nurse.
Staff of the licensed basic provider may:
* Assist with dressing, eating, grooming, toileting and bathing;
* Provide standby assistance for safety;
* Provide verbal or visual reminders to take regularly scheduled medication;
* Provide verbal or visual reminders for treatments and exercises;
* Prepare modified diets ordered by a licensed health professional; and
* Assist with laundry, housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping, or other household chores if also providing one of the other tasks listed above
The workers performing the tasks may be individually licensed or unlicensed. Licensed agencies are responsible for providing additional training for their workers as required by home care laws.
What's Here
Home Health Aide Services
Personal Care
Homemaker Assistance
Basic Home Care License
Providers of specific types of assistance in a person's home when the person cannot do tasks by themselves
Providers with a basic home care license are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health. These providers can assist with most activities of daily living, in a person's home. Basic home care licensed providers may be individuals or organizations and are trained to assist people who, because of an illness, disability, or physical condition, cannot perform the tasks for themselves. This type of service does not require a nurse.
Staff of the licensed basic provider may:
* Assist with dressing, eating, grooming, toileting and bathing;
* Provide standby assistance for safety;
* Provide verbal or visual reminders to take regularly scheduled medication;
* Provide verbal or visual reminders for treatments and exercises;
* Prepare modified diets ordered by a licensed health professional; and
* Assist with laundry, housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping, or other household chores if also providing one of the other tasks listed above
The workers performing the tasks may be individually licensed or unlicensed. Licensed agencies are responsible for providing additional training for their workers as required by home care laws.
What's Here
Home Health Aide Services
Homemaker Assistance
Personal Care
Basic Home Care License
Providers of specific types of assistance in a person's home when the person cannot do tasks by themselves
Providers with a basic home care license are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health. These providers can assist with most activities of daily living, in a person's home. Basic home care licensed providers may be individuals or organizations and are trained to assist people who, because of an illness, disability, or physical condition, cannot perform the tasks for themselves. This type of service does not require a nurse.
Staff of the licensed basic provider may:
* Assist with dressing, eating, grooming, toileting and bathing;
* Provide standby assistance for safety;
* Provide verbal or visual reminders to take regularly scheduled medication;
* Provide verbal or visual reminders for treatments and exercises;
* Prepare modified diets ordered by a licensed health professional; and
* Assist with laundry, housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping, or other household chores if also providing one of the other tasks listed above
The workers performing the tasks may be individually licensed or unlicensed. Licensed agencies are responsible for providing additional training for their workers as required by home care laws.
What's Here
Homemaker Assistance
Personal Care
Home Health Aide Services
Comprehensive Home Care License
A person or organization that provides health services and assistive tasks directly in a client's home
Providers with a comprehensive home care license are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health. These services are for people who, because of an illness, disability, or physical condition, cannot perform the tasks for themselves, or who cannot travel to receive health services.
A licensed comprehensive home care agency may provide the services of licensed health professionals such as:
* Nurses
* Physical, speech-language, and occupational therapists
* Dieticians or nutritionists
* Social workers
The services may include medication management; complex medical care like tube feedings and ventilator care; hands-on assistance with transfers and mobility; treatment and therapies; assisting clients with eating when the clients have complicating eating problems; and other health-related procedures. Sometimes health-related tasks are delegated to and performed by unlicensed personnel under the supervision of a registered nurse or other licensed health professionals.
Home care providers with a comprehensive license also assist people with non-medical tasks, such as going to the bathroom, bathing, and transferring from one location to another.
In addition, some home care providers with a state-issued comprehensive license are Medicare certified. Medicare certification indicates that the agency has met additional federal standards and inspections. Medicare certification can be important if the person getting services seeks payment from insurance or Medicare. Check under Licenses and Certifications to see if this agency is Medicare certified.
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Homemaker Assistance
Personal Care
Home Health Aide Services
Home Nursing