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Home Health Aide Services in Fairfax and Northern Virginia

Help with bathing, grooming and personal care while you receive skilled nursing or therapy at home.
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Covered by Medicare for patients who qualify. Care usually starts within 24 to 48 hours of a referral.

Who a home health aide helps.

Our aides support patients who are already receiving skilled nursing or therapy from Tender Touch and need help with:
  • Bathing or showering safely while recovering.
  • Dressing and grooming, including hair and skin care.
  • Using the toilet and staying clean and comfortable.
  • Getting in and out of bed or a chair, following the therapist's advice.

What happens at a visit.

A registered nurse or therapist plans and supervises aide visits, so personal care fits the rest of your treatment.

Bathing and personal care

A safe bath, shower or sponge bath, with privacy and respect.

Dressing and grooming

Help getting dressed and ready for the day.

Moving safely

Help with transfers and short walks, the way your therapist taught you.

Watching for changes

Aides tell your nurse about new skin problems, pain or changes in how you’re doing.
Medicare covers home health aide visits only when you also receive skilled nursing or therapy. It does not cover meal preparation, housekeeping or 24-hour care on their own.

Is it covered by Medicare?

With Original Medicare, covered home health visits cost you nothing. You usually qualify when all four of these are true.

  • Your doctor orders care at home and reviews your plan of care.
  • Leaving home takes a major effort, for example you need a walker, a wheelchair or another person's help.
  • You need skilled nursing or therapy part time, not around the clock.
  • You've seen a doctor about it within 90 days before care starts, or will within 30 days after.

How to start home health aide care at home.

First, we get the referral

From your doctor, the hospital, a rehab facility or you. We need the order and recent visit notes, and we can request them for you.

Next, we confirm the details

We verify insurance, call you to explain what’s covered, and agree a time that works for the family.

Then, your clinician arrives

Usually within 24 to 48 hours. The first visit sets goals with you and builds the plan your doctor signs.

Home health aide questions.

Yes, on a part-time basis, when you also receive skilled nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy or occupational therapy as part of home health care. Medicare does not cover an aide when personal care is the only help you need.
Your plan of care sets the schedule. Aide visits are part time, often a few times a week. Medicare does not cover 24-hour care at home.
A registered nurse or therapist from our team plans the aide’s work and checks on it regularly.
Medicare does not cover meal preparation or housekeeping on their own. Our aides focus on bathing and personal care. If you need more help at home, our medical social worker can connect you with other services.

Other care we bring home.

Skilled nursing

Physical therapy

Occupational therapy

Speech therapy

Medical social work

Start home health aide care at home.

Ask about aide visits when you refer a patient for nursing or therapy, or call us with questions.
  • Referral fax 703-659-0281
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703-659-0280