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*10.60  Amendment dated March 16, 1999 to Employment Agreement dated May 6,
1998 between U.S. HomeCare Corporation and Sophia Bilinsky.



                     FIFTH AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

      THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Fifth Amendment") is
entered into effective as of the 16th day of February, 1999, by and between the
Connecticut Development Authority, a body politic and corporate, constituting a
public instrumentality and political subdivision of the State of Connecticut
with its principal office at 999 West Street, Rocky Hill, Connecticut 06067 (the
"Authority"), and Fleet National Bank (successor by merger to Fleet Bank,
National Association), a national banking association with an office at 777 Main
Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06115-1600 ("Lender").

                                    RECITALS

      WHEREAS, on or about October 6, 1995, Lender entered into a certain Credit
Agreement with U.S. HomeCare Corporation, a New York corporation, and its
consolidated Subsidiaries which were signatory parties thereto (collectively,
the "Borrower"), pursuant to which Lender agreed to make available to the
Borrower certain revolving credit loans in an amount of up to $3,000,000.00 with
a maturity date of April 15, 1997 (the "Credit Agreement"); and

      WHEREAS, on or about October 6, 1995, the Authority executed and delivered
to Lender a Guarantee Agreement pursuant to which the Authority agreed to
guarantee an amount of up to $3,000,000.00 of the aggregate loans from time to
time outstanding under the Credit Agreement (the "Guarantee Agreement"), as more
fully described in Section 8 of the Guarantee Agreement; and

      WHEREAS, on or about November 14, 1996, Lender and the Borrower entered
into Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement pursuant to which certain terms and
conditions of the Credit Agreement were amended; and

      WHEREAS, on March 25, 1997, Lender and the Borrower entered into Amendment
No. 2 to the Credit Agreement pursuant to which the maturity date of such loans
was extended to January 15, 1998; and

      WHEREAS, effective as of December 24, 1997, Lender and the Borrower
entered into Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement pursuant to which the
maturity date of such loans was extended to April 15, 1998; and

      WHEREAS, effective as of March 26, 1998, Lender and Borrower entered into
Amendment No. 4 to the Credit Agreement pursuant to which the maturity date of
such loans was extended to January 15, 1999; and
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      WHEREAS, effective as of January 15, 1999, Lender and Borrower entered
into Amendment No. 5 to the Credit Agreement pursuant to which the maturity date
of such loans was extended to February 16, 1999; and

      WHEREAS, on the effective date hereof, Lender and Borrower have entered
into Amendment No. 6 to the Credit Agreement pursuant to which the maturity date
of such loans has been further extended to March 16, 1999; and

      WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment
No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5 and Amendment No. 6
thereto, is herein referred to as the "Amended Credit Agreement"; and

      WHEREAS, the Authority is willing to enter into this Fifth Amendment with
Lender to evidence the terms and conditions of its guarantee of the loans made
available by Lender to the Borrower under the terms of the Amended Credit
Agreement;

      NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

      1. Definitions. The capitalized terms used in this Fifth Amendment shall
have the same meanings as in the Guarantee Agreement unless the context hereof
otherwise provides.

      2. Amendments to Guarantee Agreement. From and after the effective date of
this Fifth Amendment, the Guarantee Agreement shall be amended as follows:

            2.1. The following definition set forth in Section 1 of the
Guarantee Agreement shall be amended in its entirety to hereafter read as
follows:

                  "'Guarantee' shall mean the Guarantee Agreement as amended by
this Fifth Amendment."

            2.2. Section 8 of the Guarantee Agreement, entitled "Guarantee
Amount", shall be amended in its entirety to hereafter read as follows:

            "Section 8. Guarantee Amount

            The Guarantee Amount at any given time shall be equal to the
aggregate sum of $3,000,000.00 minus the total of all payments theretofore made
by the Authority under this Guarantee. Upon any payment by the Authority under
this Guarantee, the Guarantee Amount shall be immediately and automatically
reduced by the amount of such payment, except that the Guarantee Amount may be
reinstated as provided in Section 9 hereof. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE
GUARANTEE AMOUNT SHALL AUTOMATICALLY REDUCE TO ZERO AND THIS GUARANTEE SHALL
TERMINATE ON MARCH 31, 1999, UNLESS PRIOR TO SUCH DATE LENDER HAS DELIVERED TO
THE AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION 9 HEREOF A NOTICE OF DEFAULT OR A NOTICE THAT
BORROWER HAS FAILED TO MAKE A PAYMENT UNDER THE LENDER LOAN DOCUMENTS ON DEMAND
OF LENDER."

            2.3. Section 13 of the Guarantee Agreement, entitled "Fees and
Expenses of Authority", shall be amended to provide that the following fees are
to be paid by the Borrower to the Authority on or before the effective date of
this Fifth Amendment: (i) a pro-rated commitment fee, extension fee and penalty
fee in the aggregate amount of $8,750.00, and (ii) reimbursement of all
reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by the Authority in connection with
this Fifth Amendment.

      3. Effect of this Fifth Amendment. Except as otherwise amended hereby, the
terms of the Guarantee Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The
rights, privileges, duties and obligations of the parties under the Guarantee
Agreement shall, except as modified by this Fifth Amendment, remain unchanged
and in full force and effect.
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      4. Governing Law. This Fifth Amendment is made, executed and delivered in
the State of Connecticut and it is the specific intent of the parties hereto
that it shall be in all respects be construed under the laws of the State of
Connecticut.

      5. Entire Agreement. This Fifth Amendment sets forth the entire agreement
of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes
all prior agreements between the parties, written or oral, specifically relating
to such matters.

      6. Binding Effect. This Fifth Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

      7. Execution in Counterparts. This Fifth Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their duly authorized officers,
have executed this Fifth Amendment as of the date first above written.

                              CONNECTICUT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY


                              By: __________________________________________

                              Francis T. Gagliardo
                              Its Senior Vice President

                              FLEET NATIONAL BANK
                              (successor by merger to Fleet Bank, National
                              Association)


                              By: __________________________________________
                                  Christopher R. Zell
                                  Its Vice President



Acknowledged and agreed to effective
as of the 16th day of February, 1999:

U.S. HOMECARE CORPORATION AND ITS CONSOLIDATED
SUBSIDIARIES LISTED ON ANNEX I HERETO



By: __________________________________________
    Name:
    Vice President of each of the above corporations
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                                     ANNEX I


U.S. HOMECARE CORPORATION, AFFILIATED HOME CARE OF WESTCHESTER, INC., U.S.
HOMECARE CORPORATION OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER, U.S. HOMECARE CORPORATION OF
MANHATTAN, U.S. HOMECARE CORPORATION OF THE BRONX, U.S. HOMECARE CERTIFIED
CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, U.S. HOMECARE CORPORATION OF ALBANY, U.S. HOMECARE
INFUSION THERAPY SERVICES CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, U.S. HOMECARE
CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT, U.S. HOMECARE CERTIFIED CORPORATION OF
CONNECTICUT, U.S. HOMECARE CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, U.S. HOMECARE
CERTIFIED CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, U.S. HOMECARE INFUSION THERAPY
PRODUCTS CORPORATION.