What is PHC?
What is FC?
What is CBA?
What services are provided?
Who is eligible?

Eligibility Criteria for Primary Home Care (PHC) and Family Care (FC)

The eligibility for Primary Home Care and Family Care differ as shown below.

Eligibility requirements for Primary Home Care (PHC) are met if: Eligibility requirements for Family Care (FC) are met if:
you receive Medicaid or have monthly income not more than $1,500 if single or $3,000 if married and resources not more than $2,000 (if single) or $3,000 (if married) same as PHC, except resource limit: $500 (if single) or $600 (if married)
you have doctor's orders for PHC. no requirements or doctor's orders.
you have a functional impairment score of at least 24. same as PHC.
you need at least one of these tasks - bathing, feeding, meal preparation, getting to or using the toilet, transferring in or out of bed or chair/on or off a toilet, reminders to take medications. no task requirement.
you need assistance with activities of daily living that you have difficulty with. same as PHC.
you need at least six hours of service per week,

but not if:

  • your functional impairment score is above 29; or
  • you live with someone who also receives FC or PHC; or
  • you receive one these services:
    • home-delivered meals
    • assistance with activities of daily living
    • Day Activities and Health Services
    • Special Services to Persons with Disabilities, or
    • Aid and Attendant Benefits from the Veterans Administration, In-Home and Family Support Program, or Medically Dependent Children Program.
same as PHC.