More care for more aging adults
Home health care lowers healthcare costs and improves health outcomes. And for many, it’s a fully covered benefit—one we can’t afford to pass up.
The support families deserve
For older adults: age at home safely under the expert care of a certified home health aide.
For family caregivers: share your care responsibilities with a pro, so you have time to care for yourself, too.
Now available in Arizona
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The partnership home health agencies need
Deliver medically necessary home health services to an expanded patient profile. RubyWell’s technology predicts patient eligibility and reduces regulatory and financial risk.
Caring for an older adult takes a toll on family caregivers
41%
Family caregivers who provide intensive care report detrimental health effects1
25% - 50%
Family caregivers meet criteria for major depression2
$7,200
Spent annually by family caregivers3
4 years
The typical length of time family members provide care4
And on our health system
$400 billion6
Annual hospitalization costs for adults 65+
$20 billion7
Annual Emergency Room costs for adults 65+
Our Mission
Empower patients, caregivers, and care teams to work together to safely manage health at home
We were inspired to start RubyWell by our own experiences while caring for people we love. While everyone’s journey through caregiving is unique, one thing that remains constant is the financial, physical, and emotional strain it can cause. That strain can make providing care even harder.
We’re building solutions to help families afford to care for their aging loved ones, help care providers serve more of our nation’s growing population of older adults, and help lower health care spending for families and our health system.
Family caregiver FAQs
Home health care includes a range of medical and therapeutic services delivered in a patient’s home. Its goal is to promote, maintain, or restore health; slow a patient’s decline; or to help manage the effects of illness, injury, or disability.
Home health services are typically provided to patients whose health conditions make it difficult, impossible, or unsafe to leave their homes. They’re designed to ensure patients receive necessary care in a comfortable, familiar environment, out of hospitals or skilled nursing facilities.
Many aging adults prefer to receive care in their own homes over moving into a nursing home. And studies show that older adults who receive home health care cost Medicare 25%-59% less than those who have similar health conditions but don’t receive home health care.
Home health care services commonly include:
- Skilled nursing care (such as wound care, medication administration, and health monitoring)
- Physical, occupational, and speech therapy
- Medical social services
- Patient and caregiver education
- Assistance with daily activities (bathing, dressing, grooming) by home health aides when combined with skilled care
- Intravenous or nutrition therapy, injections, and other medical treatments
Medicare covers home health services for beneficiaries who are homebound, at risk for future hospitalizations, and need assistance with activities of daily living (bathing, toileting, continence, dressing, eating, transferring).
Medicare considers a person homebound if both of these statements are true:
- You rarely leave home and when you do, it's just for short appointments or special events.
- Leaving home is difficult due to shortness of breath, pain, limited stamina, or other reasons.
And one of these statements is true:
- You require an assistive device (e.g., wheelchair, walker, crutches, cane), special transportation, or personal assistance to leave home due to illness/injury.
- Your doctor has recommended that you not leave home because of their condition.
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