Home health care starts when your primary care physician, attending hospital or rehab doctor deems continued skilled care at home a necessity. Such skilled care services might include but not limited to, continued assessment, treatment,

Home health care is a service rendered at home either for an illness or an injury. The type of services rendered may be skilled or non skilled

Non-skilled services such as Home Health Aide are appropriate for acute medical conditions alongside required skilled services such as nursing and therapy. Home health care requires a referral and ongoing oversight from a physician

Is appropriate for acute medical conditions that need professional attention from a nurse or therapist (as opposed to an ongoing need for household help or personal care assistance - for this type of service, see Private Duty Care)