Therapy at home
Licensed therapists come to your home to help you walk safely, handle daily tasks and communicate again — working with the stairs, bathroom and kitchen you actually use.
Physical therapists help you move with more strength and confidence after surgery, a fall, a stroke or a hospital stay. Therapy at home focuses on the movements you need in your own space.
Occupational therapists help you get back to the everyday tasks that matter to you, and make your home work for you while you recover.
Speech-language pathologists work with adults whose speech, language, thinking or swallowing has changed — often after a stroke or another serious illness.
Why at home
You practice on your own stairs, in your own bathroom and kitchen — the places where falls and struggles happen.
When leaving home takes a considerable and taxing effort, therapy comes to you instead.
Caregivers can watch and learn the exercises and safety techniques during visits.
Coverage
Yes. Physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are covered services under Medicare’s home health benefit, and eligible patients pay $0 for covered home health services.
To qualify, you must be homebound, a doctor or allowed practitioner must see you in person and order home health, and the care must come from a Medicare-certified agency. Medicare counts physical therapy and speech-language pathology as qualifying skilled needs; a continuing need for occupational therapy can also keep you eligible.
Sources: Medicare.gov — Home health services; CMS Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 7 — Home Health Services
FAQ
Yes. A home health physical therapist visits you at home and works on strength, balance, walking and safety in your own rooms. Rinaldi Home Health Care provides at-home physical therapy across Los Angeles County and Southern California.
Yes, through the home health benefit. Original Medicare covers physical therapy at home when you are homebound, a doctor or allowed practitioner orders it after seeing you in person, and a Medicare-certified agency provides it. You pay $0 for covered home health services.
Physical therapy focuses on how you move — strength, balance, walking and stairs. Occupational therapy focuses on everyday tasks — bathing, dressing, grooming and preparing meals — and on making your home safer for those tasks.
Original Medicare does for eligible patients, through the home health benefit. Private and commercial plans vary. Rinaldi accepts Original Medicare and private and commercial insurance — call (818) 898-1100 to check your plan.
A speech-language pathologist helps adults with speaking, understanding language, memory and thinking skills, and swallowing safely — often after a stroke or another serious illness — using exercises and strategies you can practice at home.
It depends on your goals and your doctor’s plan of care. Under Medicare, if you still need care, your plan of care is recertified at least every 60 days, and there is no fixed limit on the number of recertifications while you remain eligible.
Call (818) 898-1100 and we'll explain the next steps, including what your doctor needs to send. Physicians can fax referrals to (818) 898-1145.
