What is home health care?

Home health care is skilled nursing in the home. Medicare pays 100% for home health services under the following conditions:

1) The doctor MUST certify the care.

2) The patient MUST be homebound (can go to church, etc. but MUST be a taxing effort to leave the home).

3) The home health care agency must be Medicare certified.

4) There MUST be a skilled nursing service required...not just "sitter service" or "nanny service". Wound care, physical therapy, speech therapy all are skilled nursing services.

For more information about home health care, go to www.cms.gov or nahc.org for details.

You can also send me an email to slara1961@gmail.com and I will respond within 24 hours.

Scott Lara

Welcome

Hi...My name is Scott Lara. My wife Marty and I live in Jacksonville, Florida. We have two kids, Brittany (24) who works as a Director for the MDA here in Jacksonville. Our son Tim is 22 and he is attending the University of South Florida (USF) studying international business.

I have been in the home health industry for over 14 years. I have been on many home health visits and have seen how hard it is for people to take care of their aging parents.

The goal of this website is to give you the tools to help your parents. I am here to answer your questions and give you the resources to help your aging parents.

Scott