HOMEMAKER SERVICES

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What are homemaker services?

Services that help a person with general cleaning and household activities. HMK services are available to eligible individuals enrolled in a Minnesota Health Care Program. There are three types of homemaker services: 

• Homemaker/cleaning 

• Homemaker/home management 

• Homemaker/assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)

 

Who may receive homemaker services? 

An individual can receive homemaker services when either: 

• The individual is unable to manage the general cleaning and household activities

• The primary caregiver who is regularly responsible for these activities is unable to manage them or is temporarily absent 

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What services are covered?

An individual can receive any of the three types of homemaker services. All homemaker providers may monitor an individual's well-being while in the home, including safety. 

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Homemaker/Cleaning services include light housekeeping tasks. Homemaker/cleaning providers deliver home cleaning and laundry services. 

 

Homemaker/home management providers deliver home cleaning services and, while onsite, provide assistance with home management activities as needed. Home management activities may include assistance with:

• Arranging for transportation 

• Laundry 

• Meal preparation

• Shopping for food, clothing, and household supplies 

• Simple household repairs 

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Homemaker/assistance with ADLs providers deliver cleaning services and, while onsite, provide assistance with ADLs as needed. Assistance with ADLs includes assistance with the following: 

• Ambulation

• Bathing 

• Dressing 

• Eating 

• Grooming 

• Toileting

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What services are not covered? 

An individual is ineligible to receive homemaker services if any of the following are true: 

• He or she lives in a licensed setting (e.g., foster care or supervised living facility) 

• He or she receives adult or child foster care, customized living, or 24-hour customized living

• Homemaker services duplicate other Minnesota state plan or waiver services he or she already receives (e.g., chore, traditional services - BI, CAC, CADI and DD, or transitional services - EW)

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Who is considered a primary caregiver?

Under the BI, CAC, CADI and DD waivers, the primary caregiver must both: 

• Maintain his or her primary residence at the same address as the individual who receives services 

• Be the owner or lessee of the primary residence 

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Under Alternative Care and EW, the primary caregiver does not need to reside at the same address as the individual receiving services. 

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Information retrieved from https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION& RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=id_001906#caregiver on March 28, 2019.