The Homecare Department provides three services:

Homemakers do light housecleaning and laundry, grocery shopping and meal preparation. They visit clients to do the needed tasks as assigned. Last year 201 clients received 19,318 hours of homemaker services.

Home Health Aides do personal care, such as bathing and grooming clients. Home Health Aides must have pre-service training and pass a certification exam. They are required to have eight hours of inservice training a year.

Chore service provides heavy housecleaning, such as window and wall washing, carpet shampooing,

and extensive kitchen and bathroom cleaning. Clients are usually served only once per year.

Free Homecare Services are Available!

Families meeting the following guidelines may qualify for free homemaker and/or chore services:

- Live in Summit County
- An adult in the home is disabled and needs household help.
- A minor child lives in the home
- The household income meets program income eligibility guidelines.

  (For a family of four that is income up to $3442 a month.)

For information call:

Penny K. Holvey 330-253-4597 ext. 123
pholvey@matureservices.org