Home Health Care Blog
Long Term Care Insurance – Elimination Periods

We Urge You to Look at Your LTC Policy Before You Need It and Check about Elimination Periods and Your Daily Benefit.   Many of our clients at Boca Home Care Services, Inc. have Long Term Care Insurance. They use their policy when personal care and household assistance following a fall, accident, illness or surgery is … Read more

Private vs. Licensed Home Care

Once the decision is reached to that a home health aide or caregiver is needed one has to decide whether to hire privately or go with a licensed company. There is a lot more to consider than price so you must know your responsibilities as an employer or as a client. Also, Long Term Care … Read more

An Obama proposal would make home care more costly by allowing for overtime pay to caregivers. This will effect hours of care, number of caregivers, Long Term Care insurance coverage and possibly evenallowing people to remain at home.  Take Action and communicate to your representatives. The Miami Herald > Opinion > Letters to the Editor … Read more

Your Aging Parents Have A Personal Emergency Response System – Do They Test It Monthly?

         For Every Senior Who Has an Emergency Response Button, You Must Test it Monthly to Make Sure it Works and Keeping You Protected.      It is so gratifying to see more and more clients who already have PERS button on their wrist or around their neck—especially when they live alone. We recommend to … Read more

Read more: • www.usatoday.com – home health The Proposed Overtime Initiative Could Actually Increase Home Care Costs and Possibly Nursing Home Placements. On December 15, 2011, the White House announced that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will publish a proposed rule that will effectively end the companionship services exemption for home … Read more