Adult Services strives to maintain individuals in the least restrictive environment, usually their own homes. Providing personal care aides through the Home Care program is a major service that allows this to happen. The long term home health care program includes additional wavered services, not normally covered by Medicaid:

	Joint assessment conducted by Social Services and the Health Department.
	Medicaid recipient
	Physicians orders
	Long term home health care costs must be kept below 75% nursing home level.