Designed to help the aging or handicapped, persons needing personal care and assistance with housekeeping routines remain in their own homes. The program assists families and individuals to achieve or maintain self-sufficiency and decreases the demand for custodial care. Services not provided are moving heavy furniture or lifting more than forty pounds, washing windows, walls, etc., shopping for household items or clothing, giving medicine or performing tasks that require skilled nursing training, yard work, work outside the house, or seasonal cleaning. These services includes coverage for weekends, holidays, and evening hours, as well as regular working hours. Each homemaker visit is limited to a maximum of three hours, however, they may visit more than once a week.
Eligibility is also determined based on income and assets.