Home care includes health and social services given at home to recovering, disabled or chronically ill people in need of medical, social or therapeutic treatment, and assistance and companionship in the essential activities of daily living.
- A person who prefers to stay at home but needs ongoing care that cannot easily or effectively be provided solely by family and friends.
- More and more older people, who are choosing to live independent, non-institutionalized lives, and so are receiving home care services as their physical capabilities diminish.