Difference Between Home Health Care and Non-Medical In Home Care
This brief article from Caring.com helps to sort out the differences between Home Health and In Home Care:
http://www.caring.com/articles/difference-between-home-care-and-home-health-care
Although this downloadable PDF is about Michigan specifically, the information about lack of licensing of non-medical in home care applies to California as well, and it provides another good explanation of the differences in home care and home health care, and also gives some tips on how to determine which one is appropriate for care needs:
HomeHealthCareServicesDifferences.pdf
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