Home care provides medical and health related services to eligible individuals in their residence.
Home health care aide services are provided by a certified home health aide. Private duty nursing services are provided by a licensed nurse for continuous care nursing needs. Personal care assistant services are under the supervision of a qualified professional and provided by a non-licensed personal care assistant. Physical, occupational, respiratory and speech therapies are provided by therapists licensed in each specialty. Prior to the early 1980 s, the only comprehensive long-term care in Minnesota that was reimbursed by Medicaid was care in an institutional setting.