We were not able to independently confirm a current, primary-sourced hourly rate for non-medical home care in the Twin Cities at the time this page was published. Rather than repeat an unverified figure, we say so directly -- get written hourly quotes from two or three licensed home care providers serving your area instead.
How to think about the crossover point
The general math still applies even without a published rate: multiply a provider's quoted hourly rate by your actual weekly hours (10, 20, 40, 60, or around-the-clock at 168) and compare the monthly total against assisted living's roughly $6,573/month Minnesota median (itself third-party sourced and unverified against CareScout's own tables -- see our cost guide). Most families find that somewhere between 40 and 60 hours a week of paid in-home care, the math starts to favor a licensed community, though this varies by household and by the specific rate you are quoted.
Medicare does not cover this
Non-medical home care -- help with bathing, dressing, meals, companionship -- is generally private pay. Medicare-covered home health is a completely different, narrower benefit: skilled, intermittent, and physician-ordered.
