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Home Care in Sterling Heights

Macomb County, Michigan · (313) 977-6888

Home care in Sterling Heights, MI is funded for many families by Medicaid’s Home Help program, which lets the person receiving care choose the caregiver and have MDHHS pay them for approved hours. Supportive Solutions Homecare works with Sterling Heights and north Macomb County households from the first Medicaid question through CHAMPS enrollment.

On this page
  1. Home care in Sterling Heights and north Macomb County
  2. How Home Help and MI Choice work in Sterling Heights
  3. Applying for Home Help in Sterling Heights
  4. Get paid to care for a family member in Sterling Heights
  5. Home care services in Sterling Heights
  6. Frequently asked questions

Home care in Sterling Heights and north Macomb County

Sterling Heights grew up in the 1970s and 1980s as families moved north from Detroit and Warren, and it is now Michigan’s fourth-largest city. Its subdivisions between Fifteen Mile and Hall Road are full of two-story colonials that were perfect for raising kids and are now hard to manage alone at eighty. Stairs, yard work and driving on M-59 become the reasons families call us.

The city also has one of the largest Chaldean communities outside Iraq, along with Albanian, Polish, Macedonian and Bosnian neighborhoods. We regularly match Arabic-speaking caregivers with Chaldean elders on the east side of the city, and we speak Spanish as well. Beyond Sterling Heights we serve Utica, Shelby Township, Macomb Township, Clinton Township, Fraser and, across the Oakland County line, Troy and Rochester Hills.

How Home Help and MI Choice work in Sterling Heights

Home Help through Macomb County MDHHS

Home Help pays for personal care and household help at home. Applications are handled by MDHHS adult services, and Sterling Heights has its own district office at 41227 Mound Road, phone (586) 254-1500, so you do not have to travel to Mount Clemens or Warren. The worker assigned to your case visits the home, scores the need for help with daily activities, and approves monthly hours. Medicaid must be active first; if it is not, the application is filed on MI Bridges. Our complete Home Help guide covers every stage.

MI Choice through AgeWays

For someone who meets nursing-facility level of care, the MI Choice Waiver funds a broader package, including respite, adult day services, home modifications and personal emergency response. In Macomb County the waiver agent is AgeWays, the Area Agency on Aging for Region 1-B. AgeWays also serves Oakland County, so families with a parent in Troy or Rochester Hills deal with the same agency. Compare the two programs on our MI Choice Waiver page.

Applying for Home Help in Sterling Heights

  1. Run the Medicaid check. Use our eligibility tool to see whether income and assets fit. Many households that assume they are over the limit are not.
  2. Contact the Sterling Heights MDHHS office. We request the adult services assessment for you and confirm it is routed to the right worker.
  3. Prepare for the home visit. Have a list of what your loved one needs help with each day, from bathing to managing pills to getting up the stairs.
  4. Get the medical needs form completed. Henry Ford Macomb, Corewell Health Troy and the clinics along Van Dyke and Schoenherr are familiar with it.
  5. Enroll the caregiver in CHAMPS and set up EVV. We complete the individual provider registration, background check and visit-logging app with the family member.

Get paid to care for a family member in Sterling Heights

A daughter driving over from Shelby Township every morning, a grandson living in the basement, a sister who moved in after a stroke: these are the people Home Help is designed to pay. The care recipient names the provider, MDHHS approves the hours, and the provider is paid through CHAMPS for the work they are already doing.

Through Supportive Solutions, caregivers earn a minimum of $18 per hour. Hours vary by need, not by city, so a Sterling Heights caregiver with a parent who needs help with five daily activities is approved for more time than one whose parent needs help with two. Each visit is confirmed by EVV before payment is released.

When the caregiver and care recipient share a household, IRS Notice 2014-7 may let the earnings be excluded from federal income tax as difficulty-of-care payments. Our team explains how that applies to you. Start at become a paid caregiver, and read about spouses, adult children and friends as providers on our get paid to care page.

Home care services in Sterling Heights

  • Personal care: bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and help moving between bed, chair and stairs
  • Alzheimer’s and dementia care for parents who can no longer be left alone safely
  • Companionship and supervision in Arabic, English or Spanish
  • Disability home care for adults under 65, including after a stroke or spinal injury
  • Respite care to give the primary caregiver a scheduled break
  • Meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry, shopping and medication reminders
  • Help getting to appointments at Henry Ford Macomb and nearby clinics

About these figures: Pay rates, income and asset limits, costs, office details and timelines on this page are averages or estimates based on publicly available program information. They change over time and depend on your situation, and they are not a guarantee of pay, eligibility or approval. Call us at (313) 977-6888 for current rates and to check your specific case.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an MDHHS office in Sterling Heights, or do I have to go to Mount Clemens?

Sterling Heights has its own MDHHS district office on Mound Road near Eighteen Mile, and most city addresses are assigned there. You do not need to visit in person to request Home Help; a phone call or our office contacting them on your behalf is enough to schedule the in-home assessment.

Do you have caregivers who speak Chaldean or Arabic?

Yes. Sterling Heights has a large Chaldean population, and several of our caregivers speak Arabic and are familiar with Chaldean customs and food. Tell us your preference when you call and we will match accordingly. We also offer Spanish-speaking caregivers.

Which parts of Sterling Heights and nearby cities do you cover?

Our home care in Sterling Heights covers the whole city from Fifteen Mile to Hall Road, including the Lakeside and Dodge Park areas, plus Utica, Shelby Township, Macomb Township, Clinton Township, Fraser, Troy and Rochester Hills. Statewide we also serve Warren, Detroit, Dearborn, Ann Arbor, Flint, Lansing and Grand Rapids. Ask if your address is just outside these areas.

Can my husband be my paid Home Help caregiver?

In most cases Home Help does not pay a spouse, because Michigan treats spousal care as a legal duty. There are limited exceptions, and the MI Choice Waiver has different rules. If the only available caregiver is a spouse, call us and we will look at which program, if any, can pay.

What is the difference between Home Help and the MI Choice Waiver?

Home Help pays for personal care and household tasks and is approved by MDHHS adult services. MI Choice is for people who qualify for nursing-home level care and adds services such as adult day care and home modifications, arranged through AgeWays in Macomb County. Some people use both.

Ready to begin in Sterling Heights?

We will check Medicaid, contact the Mound Road MDHHS office, and get your chosen caregiver enrolled and paid.

Check your eligibility or call (313) 977-6888.

What Supportive Solutions handles for you

We help families of people with disabilities covered by Michigan Medicaid get paid for the care they already give, or we find and place a trained caregiver in the home. We are an enrolled MI Choice Waiver provider and we serve all of Michigan.

  1. Eligibility and Medicaid

    We check eligibility and, if your loved one is not on Medicaid yet, help you apply.

  2. Assessment

    We prepare you for the Home Help or MI Choice assessment so the real level of need is recorded.

  3. Caregiver enrollment

    We enroll the caregiver in CHAMPS and set up EVV (electronic visit verification).

  4. Paying the caregiver

    We pay the caregiver. The first paycheck typically arrives about 30 days after approval.

  5. Or we place a caregiver

    No one in the family available? We place a background-verified, CHAMPS-enrolled caregiver with training that matches your loved one's needs.

  6. Ongoing support

    Reassessments, changes in hours and appeals, with one team you can call every day from 8 AM to 8 PM.

  • We reply to new inquiries within 24 hours
  • Our team is available every day from 8 AM to 8 PM
  • We speak English, Arabic and Spanish

What Michigan families say

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From the first consultation to the ongoing care, their team has been incredibly compassionate, professional, and responsive. They made the application process smooth and stress-free, and their caregivers are genuinely dedicated to providing high-quality support with dignity and respect.
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They really take the time to understand what you're going through and make the whole process so much easier. The staff is super kind and supportive they treat you like a real person, not just a client.
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I had the pleasure working with this home care agency that was able to find a caregiver for my uncle. I highly recommend this company!!
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