Home Care

The Home Care Program follows these guidelines:

• In-home cleaning services include: light housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, and grocery shopping.
• General services do not include heavy chores, financial management, medication monitoring, childcare, or taking you to appointments (although a Home Care case manager can often assist you in finding such services).
• Service disputes between you and your provider can be resolved by a Home Care case manager.
• The provision of Home Care services are subject to available funding and dependent upon availability of resources and providers identified in the Service Plan. Eligible individuals will be prioritized for services according to the date they were deemed eligible.

You may be eligible for the Home Care Program services if you:

• are between the age of 18 and 59,
• have a disability that keeps you from doing one or more homemaking tasks,
• need assistance with in-home tasks to keep you out of the hospital or out-of-home placement,
• meet MassAbility and Home Care financial guidelines, 
• live alone, with children under 18, or with an adult who has a disability, and
• are not receiving other Home Care services

Note: If you are legally blind, you are not eligible for the Home Care Program, but can sign up for eligibility-based services for the visually impaired.

See the below list for other homecare programs that may be available to you:

• MA Commission for the Blind (for individuals who are legally blind); 1-800-392-6450
• Aging Services Access Point (ASAP) (for individuals who are 60 and over); 1-800-243-4623
• MA Department of Public Health Services (for children with disabilities); 617-624-5070
• Personal Care Assistance Services or Group Adult Foster Care; please contact an Independent Living Center or your physician to learn more.

If you are enrolled in MassHealth and Medicare, you may be able to receive in-home services through your One C