You can access Home Care Services by going through Home Care Agencies’ websites or by contacting them directly. Patients are guaranteed the right to choose the Home Care Provider of their own choice. Hospitals and other long-term facilities are required to provide a list of all the Home Care agencies to patients who need Home Care at the time discharge from their facilities, including any hospital sponsored or owned Home Care Agencies.

Patients, family members, physicians, case managers, hospital/nursing home discharge planners, social workers, friends, and neighbors may help or make recommendations regarding Home Health Services.

Home Care is a wide range of Health Related Services provided in the privacy of people’s own homes for the purpose of maintaining and restoring health and well-being.

Home Care is provided by persons seventeen years or older. The caregiver can be family members, friends, neighbors, people hired by the agency, licensed professionals; such as nurses and therapists, paraprofessionals, and others who are non-medical personnel; such as aides, homemakers, companions and those who address the functional needs of patient’s everyday living; such as meals and grooming.

In most cases Home Care cost is significantly lower than hospital or nursing home cost.

Safety Care Inc., is licensed and certified, Medicare Certified, licensed by State of Minnesota, and CLLA Laboratory Certified.

Safety Care, Inc., serves the Twin Cities Seven-County Metro area, which includes: Anoka, Hennepin, Carver, Dakota, Ramsey, Scott and Washington Counties.

All persons who need continuing care in their homes for the purpose of minimizing the effects of illness, injury/accident or disability. Services are provided to to all clients regardless of race, age, creed, color, national origin, religion, handicap and martial status.

Our staff are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. During the day please call our office at 651-645-4537. After hours, if there is an urgent need SCI can address please call SCI’s urgent hotline at either 651-246-0620 or 651-329-3090. For a medical emergency please call 911. The office hours are Monday – Friday 9AM – 5 PM.

 Safety Care Inc., Home Care Services are reimbursed by private or group health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Veteran and military benefits (VA/Tricare), individual private payment, and/or state funded alternative care grants. Due to the fact that Safety Care Inc., is Medicare certified, it is important to explain Medicare criteria for reimbursement for Home Health Care Services: A Home Care Recipient must be an eligible member for Medicare benefits:

– Beneficiary must meet Medicare home bound status.

– Home Care Services must be provided in the patient’s place of residence.

– Patient’s primary physician must certify the need for Home Care Services and establish the plan of care.

– A continued need for services like occupational could be offered if skilled nursing or physical/speech therapy need is on an intermittent basis.

– Home Care Services reimbursed by Medicare must be provided by Medicare Certified Home Health Agency.

– Home Health Aide Services or Medical Social Worker Services can be ordered by the patient’ physician.

Critical Care • Maternal / Child care • Home Laboratory Tests • Caregiver Training and Education

Founded in 1994, Safety Care Inc. has been a beacon of light leading the way in Home Health Care in the State of Minnesota for 16 years.

 Safety Care Inc. has a long standing history of providing staff substitutes even at short notice. We train our caregivers so they can take on more patients if need arises. We do not run out of staff at any given time.

 At Safety Care Inc., we run a criminal background check on all our employees including the office staff. We remove employees who fail the state ran criminal background check. And this is peace of mind to all our patients.