What is In-Home Care vs. Home Health? 

Home Care General Information
Written By Christian Griffith

When it comes to home care, certain terms are used to refer to different types of services. Home Health sounds similar to Home Care, but they are actually two very different types of in-home services. It is essential to understand the distinction between the two terms so that you can find the appropriate kind of support when seeking care for yourself or a loved one. 

In-Home Care

In-Home Care refers to non-medical support that helps individuals with daily living activities, allowing seniors to remain in the environment of their choice. Some of the key features of in-home care:

  • Focuses on quality of life and independence at home or the environment of choice

  • No doctor’s order required

  • May be paid out-of-pocket, via long-term care insurance, Medicaid, or veterans’ benefits

  • Care is provided by caregivers 

A Better Solution In Home Care offers a range of services to support individuals with daily living activities and help individuals age or heal in the comfort of their own home. These services include: 

  • Personal care (bathing, grooming, dressing)

  • Medication reminders

  • Care Management

  • Meal preparation and nutrition planning

  • Light housekeeping

  • Companionship

  • Transportation to appointments

  • Specialized care for Alzheimer’s and Dementia


Home Health Care

Home Health Care refers to medical services provided at home by licensed healthcare professionals, often prescribed by a doctor. Some of the key features of home health:

  • Medically necessary care, often post-hospitalization or for chronic conditions

  • Requires a doctor’s order

  • Typically covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance

  • Care is provided by nurses, physical therapists, or occupational therapists

Home Health services may include:

  • Wound care

  • Injections or IV therapy

  • Monitoring of vital signs

  • Medication administration

  • Rehabilitation services (PT, OT, Speech Therapy)

If you or a loved one is seeking in-home care, please contact us to reach a member of our local team for assistance. 

Christian Griffith

Christian Griffith lives, eats, sleeps, and drinks digital marketing and advertising strategy on a daily basis.

His career has been deeply entrenched in branding, web development, internet marketing, online advertising, and creative strategy since 1997, but believes AI and big data to be the biggest advancements to hit business in a lifetime.

After 25 years in executive leadership, Christian Griffith left his last gig as SVP of Digital Strategy at Atlanta ad agency, Freebairn and Company, to start his own shop in 2015 called Live for a Living. A wildly successful 10-year run with Live for a Living opened the doors to an additional venture focused squarely on the advantages that AI brings to business. Now, with the 2025 launch of Kai Daddy Digital, he's helping clients get a serious edge by using cutting-edge AI and big data digital strategies on the marketing platforms that have proven to work for over a decade.

Christian loves being daddy to daughter, Kai, first and foremost, leaning into challenging fitness-type events and extreme sports for fun after that. In 2018, Christian ran 3,142 miles across the USA, New York to San Francisco, in an effort to raise $1 million for the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.

In 2025, Christian launched 5-Minute Fitness, a program as he calls it, “to eliminate all barriers to fitness training success,” targeting at-risk individuals such as the sedentary or over-40 crowd. As of this writing, he has over 600 members.

https://liveforaliving.com
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