Non Medical Home Care: The Basics for Families

If you're new to this term, here's the plain-English explanation — what it means, what it includes, and who it's actually built for.

What "Non-Medical" Actually Means

Non-medical home care is exactly what it sounds like: care that doesn't require a nursing license or medical credentials. It's the daily, hands-on support that helps someone live safely and comfortably at home — distinct from skilled home health, which involves nursing, therapy, and other licensed medical services.

What It Actually Includes

• Personal care — bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting assistance
• Mobility support — helping someone move safely, transfer, and reduce fall risk
• Meal preparation — planning and cooking, accounting for dietary needs
• Medication reminders — prompting and observing, not administering
• Light housekeeping — laundry, tidying, basic cleaning
• Transportation — rides to appointments, errands, social activities
• Companionship — conversation, shared activities, and simply being present

Who It's Actually For

Non-medical home care fits a wide range of situations: an aging parent who's safe but needs daily help, someone recovering from an illness or surgery who doesn't need skilled nursing, a person with dementia needing supervision and structure, or simply someone whose family wants to reduce isolation and add support without a medical justification requirement.

No Eligibility Requirements to Navigate

Unlike Medicare-covered home health — which requires homebound status, a physician's certification, and a specific skilled need — non-medical home care has none of those restrictions. It's privately arranged, based on what a family actually needs, for as long as they need it.

What It Costs

Since it's privately paid rather than insurance-billed, non-medical home care is priced hourly. Our own investment runs $25 to $42 an hour depending on your family's specific situation — the schedule, the level of support, and the Care Professional who's the best fit.

How It's Different From Home Health

We've written a full breakdown of this distinction elsewhere — the short version is that home health is skilled, medical, and time-limited; non-medical home care is broader daily support that can continue indefinitely. Read more on who qualifies for home health specifically.

How Interim Fits In

We're a non-medical home care agency — this is exactly what we do. We coordinate alongside any medical or hospice team a family already has, rather than replacing skilled care.

Our 7th Week Guarantee

No long contracts. If you don't feel the difference after six weeks of care at 20 or more hours a week, your seventh week is free.

Get Started

Call us at (801) 401-3515 to talk through what non-medical home care could look like for your family.

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