Going Home.
We Go With You.

Home health care provides skilled medical services — including nursing, physical therapy, wound care, and medication management — delivered in the patient's home. To qualify a patient must be homebound due to illness or injury and have a physician's order for skilled care.

Home health is covered by Medicare, Medi-Cal, and most private insurance. No prior hospital stay is required to qualify.

Home health care is for patients who are recovering, rehabilitating, or managing a chronic illness. The goal is to improve health and restore function. It includes skilled nursing, therapy, and aide services ordered by a physician.

Hospice care is for patients with a terminal illness where curative treatment is no longer the focus. The goal shifts to comfort, quality of life, and supporting the family. Hospice is covered when a physician certifies a life expectancy of six months or less if the illness runs its expected course.

Patients can transition from home health to hospice care when appropriate, and Assisted coordinates that transition seamlessly.

Assisted can typically begin care within 24 hours of hospital discharge. Our care coordinators work directly with hospital discharge planners and case managers to arrange the referral, verify your insurance, and schedule your first home visit before you leave the hospital.

If you or a family member would like to arrange care in advance, call us at 800-949-6555 and we will coordinate everything with your care team.

Home health care is covered by Medicare Part A and Part B when the patient meets homebound and skilled care criteria. There is no copay for Medicare-covered home health services.

Hospice care is covered 100% by the Medicare Hospice Benefit, including all medications, medical equipment, nursing visits, aide services, chaplain services, and bereavement support related to the terminal diagnosis.

Assisted accepts Medicare, Medi-Cal, and most private insurance plans. Our team will verify your specific coverage before care begins.

Our clinical teams are experienced in managing patients returning home after a wide range of procedures and diagnoses, including:

• Joint replacement (hip and knee)
• Cardiac surgery — bypass (CABG), valve repair, stent placement
• Stroke and neurological conditions
• Abdominal and gastrointestinal surgery including ostomy care
• Orthopedic and spine surgery
• Diabetes management and diabetic wound care
• COPD and chronic respiratory conditions
• Cancer and oncology — including palliative and hospice support
• Congestive heart failure (CHF)
• Wound care and complex dressing changes

Caregiver services (also called non-medical home care or personal care) provides assistance with daily living activities — bathing, dressing, meals, housekeeping, transportation, and companionship — without the skilled medical component of home health.

Many patients use both services together: home health for their clinical care needs while also receiving caregiver assistance for daily living. Caregiver services continue long after home health ends, providing ongoing support as long as needed.

Caregiver services are available hourly, part-time, full-time, and as live-in care. They are typically paid privately or through long-term care insurance.

Consider discussing hospice care with your physician when:

• Curative treatments are no longer working or are causing more burden than benefit
• Your physician estimates a life expectancy of six months or less
• The focus has shifted to comfort and quality of life over cure
• Hospital visits are increasing and difficult to manage
• The patient wishes to spend remaining time at home surrounded by family

Choosing hospice is not giving up — it is choosing a different kind of care. Our hospice team can speak with you and your family to answer questions and help you determine if the timing is right.

Assisted serves patients throughout Southern California including:

• Thousand Oaks, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties
• Los Angeles, Mission Hills, Northridge, and the San Fernando Valley
• Covina and the San Gabriel Valley

We also serve patients in Phoenix, Arizona and surrounding Maricopa and Pinal counties.

Call 800-949-6555 to confirm service availability in your specific area.