What the caregiver does
- Follows the doctor's written instructions: rules, limits, and warning signs
- Medicine reminders for new medicines
- Personal care: bathing, dressing, and daily activities
- Help moving safely to prevent falls
- Healthy meals: made the way the doctor says
- Rides to follow-up visits
Who this helps
- People healing from hip or joint replacement
- People coming home after a heart problem or stroke
- People getting over pneumonia or a lung illness
- Families who cannot stay until recovery ends
What it costs
Do you have Medi-CalMedi-Cal is California's free or low-cost health insurance for people with lower incomes.? A program called CalAIMCalAIM is a Medi-Cal program. It can pay for extra help at home, so you pay nothing. may pay for this care, so you pay $0. The health plan decides who qualifies. We can check before your loved one leaves the hospital. IHSSIHSS is short for In-Home Supportive Services. It is a county program that pays someone, often a family member, to help you at home. is separate: it pays a helper you hire yourself, not agencies like us. Or pay yourself, from $45 an hour. See prices.
How to start
Call before the hospital stay ends
We work with the hospital's discharge planner. We can check Medi-Cal eligibility while your loved one is still there.
We plan and match
We build the care plan from the doctor's written instructions. Then we match a caregiver to it.
Care begins at home
A supervisor checks in during week 1, and keeps checking in as recovery goes on.
Leaving the hospital on Medi-Cal? See how CalAIM works when someone leaves the hospital.
Is a hospital stay ending soon?
Call before your loved one comes home. Urgent referrals are reviewed first, so care can often start quickly.
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