California licenses Home Care Organizations and keeps a public registry of background-checked Home Care Aides. Learn what those rules mean for families, how to check an agency and aide, and what to ask before care starts.
Work through the checks before you hire in-home care in California. The California Department of Social Services licenses Home Care Organizations and keeps a public registry of background-checked Home Care Aides.
Yes. According to CDSS, the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act requires Home Care Organizations to be licensed, as of January 2016.
A public online registry, kept by CDSS, of Home Care Aides who have completed the application and background check.
Use the Community Care Licensing complaint hotline listed on the CDSS website. Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger.
No. Home care is non-medical help with daily living. Home health is skilled care ordered by a doctor and is regulated separately.
Area Agencies on Aging, hospital discharge planners and care managers.
Licensed organizations, the aide registry and state oversight.
Define needs, check licenses and the registry, agree a plan.
Filing complaints, local help and paying for care.
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