COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Home Care Assistance
Many people would prefer to stay in their own homes and hire in-home helpers rather than move to an assisted living facility or nursing home.
Medicaid and Long-Term Care Insurance may pay for some of these services. Medicare only pays for medical care.
CMAP does not match private care providers with families.
There are various levels of home care:
Companions are paid to help and sometimes live in your home. They can provide meal preparation, housekeeping, shopping, transportation, and laundry. They do no hands-on care and are not regulated. Companions can be found through home care agencies or privately.
Home health aides are trained, and certified and work under the supervision of a registered nurse. They help with personal care, including dressing, personal hygiene, and ambulation. Certified Home Health Aides (CHHA) are found primarily through home care agencies.
Visiting Nurses are licensed nurses (RN or LPN) who can dispense medication and do follow-up medical care such as wound dressing and removal of stitches. Other skilled providers who may visit at home are physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists.
Medicare-certified agencies are both licensed and certified at the highest level. They provide Medicare- reimbursed skilled medical nursing and rehabilitation in the home for people who are unable to leave home to receive these services. Services are short-term and intermittent. You can learn more about providers by following this link:
HOME CARE ASSISTANCE
Medicare Certified Agencies
Local providers include:
Robert Wood Johnson Visiting Nurses
972 Shoppes Blvd., North Brunswick, NJ 08902
888.997.9584
HOME CARE ASSISTANCE
Licensed Healthcare Services
Licensed Health Care Service firms are licensed by the State of New Jersey. They can provide personal care services; have nursing supervision; must use employees to provide services; must pay employee taxes; and employees providing health care services must be licensed/certified. Medicaid will cover services to income-eligible people as an alternative to in-patient care if the person is home-bound and needs assistance with at least 2–3 activities of daily living. Most health care organizations are private pay.
Always Best Care
50 Princeton Hightstown Rd., Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
609.455.2886
Life Force Live-In Caregivers
1060 North Kings Highway, Suite 310, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
856.667.2922
Bayada Home Health Care
3705 Quakerbridge Rd., Suite 110, Hamilton, NJ 08619
609.896.4927
Personal Home Care of New Jersey
11 Deer Park Dr., Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852
732.230.3540
Grace & Heart Home Care
3525 Quakerbridge Rd., Suite 4450, Hamilton, NJ 08619
609.388.8030
Greenwood House Senior Healthcare, Home Care
53 Walter Street, Ewing, NJ 08628
609.718.0562
Homecare Services in Pennsylvania
Seniors Helping Seniors
Seniors Helping Seniors provides companionship and transportation, no medical assistance in Bucks County, PA
65 W Street Rd., Suite B101 Warminster, PA 18974
215.675.6402
The Center for Modern Aging Princeton does not endorse any of the resources listed on these pages. We collect and provide information from many sources as a service to those seeking services in the Princeton area. No listed provider pays to be in our directory.
