Youniversal Home Health Care

Consumer-directed home health care is a service that one can avail of through the Medicaid plan. Under this care option, the patient or their family members can hire caregivers for various Medicaid-authorized services. Consumer-directed home health care is more patient-centric in its approach. A service that patient avails themselves of under the consumer directed care model is a little different from the traditional home health care approach. Contrary to conventional methods, the patient can hire, schedule, supervise and train the caregiver under consumer-directed home health care. The authorized agency handles the hired caregivers' payroll, benefits, and taxes.  It is common that a patient may need in-home health care services but feel reluctant to avail of them due to safety concerns. However, with consumer-directed care, patients can be flexible and control who can take care of them and how they want things done around their personal space. In fact, a patient can hire family