Medicare Excludes Custodial Care

Medicare pays for skilled nursing but not custodial care Medicare covers skilled nursing visits at home but excludes custodial aide care. This means help with bathing, dressing, and meals is left to families, who pay $30 an hour. Four daily aide hours at $30 tota

Medicare pays for skilled nursing but not custodial care

Medicare covers skilled nursing visits at home but excludes custodial aide care.

This means help with bathing, dressing, and meals is left to families, who pay $30 an hour.

Four daily aide hours at $30 totals $3,600 a month, and none of that amount counts toward any Medicare out-of-pocket maximum.

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