Medicare Post Hospital Home Care Path LLC

Post hospital home health services are provided under medicare insurance. In each benefit period payment can be made for the reasonable cost of up to 100 days of post hospital extended care services. Post hospital extended care services include room and board, skilled nursing care by or under the supervision of a registered nurse, physical-occupational-speech therapy, medical social services, and other services ordinarily furnished by a skilled nursing facility. No payment may be made for custodial care or for items or services which would not be covered in a hospital. Custodial care is another term for non medical elder care service. Custodial care involves daily services a senior may need secondary to changes in physical function and mental capacity related to the procuess of aging. Home Care Path LLC http://homecarepath.com provides custodial, nonmedical elder care service to the south central Wisconsin area. Home Care Path LLC helps seniors who experience difficulty walking, dressing, talking, eating, cooking, climbing steps, remembering medications, setting up bath, oral care, hair care, reading mail, washing dishes, discarding expired food, taking garbage out, consistent forgetfulness, too much time alone isolated, weight loss, changes in cognitive function. At this point in time, medicare is not a valid pay source for long term in home non medical elder care service.