Trusted Michigan Home Help Care Agency

You can start by completing the required application documents. You can review and download the forms, then send the completed paperwork to us for review and submission to MDHHS.

Yes, you can absolutely work directly with the state. However, if you want to get paid by the state for caring for a family member in Michigan, here’s why you should choose our services:

• We can bill Medicaid up to $27/hr for services, allowing us to invest more of that funding back into our caregivers and community.
• We pay more than the state does (the state pays $17.13/hr, and we pay $20.00/hr).
• We help with every step of the application process.
• We process all your invoices every month.
• We handle correspondence with the caseworkers when possible.
• Real people are always available to answer any questions.

A Michigan caseworker assesses your loved one’s needs and determines the amount of care that can be approved through the program.

The approved amount of care depends on your loved one’s needs and the assessment completed by the assigned state caseworker.

Approved tasks can include eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, transferring, mobility, grooming, meal preparation, laundry, shopping, medication reminders, and housework. In some situations, complex care tasks may also be approved, including:

• Bowel programs
• Catheters for leg bags
• Colostomy care
• Eating or feeding assistance
• Peritoneal dialysis
• Range-of-motion exercises
• Specialized skin care
• Suctioning
• Wound care

Medicaid payments use a joint funding model where the federal government and states share costs. Depending on the number of care hours your client is approved for, as well as the number of hours you’ve clocked in over the previous month, we submit an invoice to Medicaid and issue your caregiver paycheck on a reliable monthly schedule.

Your loved one must have active, full Medicaid coverage and need help with activities of daily living. Both the person receiving care and the caregiver must be at least 18. A spouse cannot be paid to provide care for their husband or wife unless both spouses need services.

Yes. A family member can often provide the approved care. The program has specific rules for spouses, so a spouse cannot be the paid caregiver for their spouse.

Marriage does not automatically prevent someone from receiving home help services. However, a spouse cannot be the paid caregiver for their spouse under this program.

We accept all forms of Medicaid. We also work with additional Medicaid and managed care plans (HIDE D-SNP) mentioned below:

• Straight Michigan Medicaid
• Molina Health Care of Michigan
• Aetna Better Health
• United Health Care
• Humana Health Care
• Priority Health Care
• AmeriHealth of Michigan
• Detroit Area Agency on Aging
• HAP CareSource

For Molina, Aetna, United Health Care, Humana, Priority Health Care, AmeriHealth of Michigan, and HAP CareSource, coverage includes the applicable Medicaid-Medicare dual-enrolled ICO and HIDE D-SNP plans. Please confirm your specific plan with us before getting started.

More than one caregiver may be able to help with your loved one’s approved care. Contact us so we can explain how caregiver arrangements work for your situation.

If you are searching for a home help service agency near me, Stay Home Home Care serves families throughout the entire state of Michigan. We help families across the state navigate Medicaid-funded home help services.

Under Michigan’s Medicaid Home Help Program, individual caregivers are paid an hourly rate of $17.13. If you work through an approved home care agency like us, the rate may be up to $20 per hour.