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In-Home Care in your area

Caregivers and skilled clinicians who come to the home, from a few hours a week to around-the-clock support.

Quick answer

Minnesota regulates in-home care under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 144G (or Chapter 144A for nursing homes).

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In-home care covers two different things that families often conflate. Non-medical home care is help with daily activities, companionship and household tasks. Home health is clinical care ordered by a physician and delivered by licensed staff.

Short answer

We list 8 verified in-home care providers across your metro. In-home care covers two different things that families often conflate.

Three things worth knowing first

  • Non-medical home care is generally private pay. Medicare does not cover it. Get your state's CareScout non-medical caregiver hourly median.
  • Medicare-covered home health is intermittent and skilled — nursing visits, physical therapy — not a caregiver who stays with your parent.
  • Once you need more than roughly forty to fifty hours a week, run the math against assisted living.
You can check any facility's record free. Use the free MDH Health Care Provider Directory and the Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card to check license status and inspection history. Read the full explanation →

Verified in-home care across the region

We list 8 verified in-home care providers across your metro. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

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Questions families ask

Does home care cost less than assisted living in the Twin Cities?

It depends heavily on how many hours of care are needed — a verified current Minnesota non-medical home care hourly rate could not be confirmed against a primary source, but 24/7 in-home care, once multiple caregiver shifts are factored in, is typically far more expensive than a private-pay assisted living apartment, even though a few hours a week of home care is usually cheaper than a full move.

What is Housing Support and how does it help with assisted living costs?

Housing Support (formerly Group Residential Housing) is a narrower Minnesota state supplement, separate from the Elderly Waiver, that can help very-low-income residents in certain licensed settings offset room-and-board costs — something the Elderly Waiver itself is not permitted to pay for.

What does the Minnesota long-term care ombudsman do?

The Minnesota Office of Ombudsman for Long-Term Care (OOLTC), part of the Minnesota Board on Aging, investigates and helps resolve complaints for residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities (including memory care), and board-and-lodging settings statewide, and advocates for residents' rights. Reach OOLTC at 1-800-657-3591 or 651-431-2555.

How is the ombudsman different from filing a complaint with MDH?

The ombudsman (1-800-657-3591) is an independent, resident-directed advocate who works to resolve individual concerns and disputes on a resident's behalf, while MDH's Office of Health Facility Complaints (651-201-4200) is the state regulator that investigates a facility's compliance with licensing law and can issue correction orders or other enforcement action.

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