Home and community services
Home care services
Home care provides medical and health-related services and assistance with day-to-day activities to people in their homes. People may use it for:
- Short-term care when moving from a hospital or nursing home back to their homes.
- Continuing care for ongoing needs.
People may use home care services in their home and in the community where their normal life activities occur.
Eligibility
To use home care services, a person must:
- Be eligible for Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare Expanded (pregnant women and children).
- Have needs that are medically necessary.
- Have orders from a physician, physician’s assistant or advanced practice nurse every 60 days.
- Have a written service plan.
- Use services in their residence or in the community and not in a hospital or nursing facility.
Learn more
For more information, contact your county or Tribal Nation.
Quick links
Medical Assistance (MA)
MinnesotaCare
MinnesotaCareServices
Medical Assistance covers the following home care services:
- Equipment and supplies, such as wheelchairs and diabetic supplies
- Home care nursing
- Home health aide
- Personal care assistance
- Skilled nursing visits, either face to face or via tele-home care technology
- Therapies (occupational, physical, respiratory and speech).
All home care services require authorization from DHS except for home care therapy services (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and respiratory therapy) and the first nine skilled nurse visits per calendar year.
Home care nursing Personal care assistance Skilled nursing visits