Professional healthcare workers (home health aides, companions, homemakers) can be hired through a licensed home health care agency or these services can be obtained from independent providers who are usually called independent contractors.
Independent contractors work for themselves are not employed by a licensed home health agency. They do not have to meet the same standards that licensed agency employees must comply with.
The responsibility of recruiting, hiring, supervising, counseling, and training belongs to the client or client’s family.
