Medicare requires people to be homebound to receive home health benefits. Homebound status based on a doctor's evaluation. Homebound does not mean you cannot leave your home for any reason. Homebound patients may leave for:
Medical treatment
Religious services
Licensed adult daycare services
Family reunions, funerals or graduations
Occasional visits to a barber shop or beauty parlor
Requirements for homebound status Because of an illness or injury, a patient needs the help of another person, crutches, a walker, a wheelchair, or special transportation to leave home. or There is a normal inability to leave home and leaving would require considerable and taxing effort. Read more about homebound status at https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/home-health-services