Home Care in Warren

Home care in Warren, MI is available through Michigan Medicaid’s Home Help program, which pays a caregiver of your choice, including an adult child or other relative, to help at home. Macomb County MDHHS approves the hours, and Supportive Solutions Homecare handles the application, the assessment and CHAMPS enrollment for Warren families.

On this page

1. Home care in Warren and south Macomb County
2. Where to apply for Home Help in Macomb County
3. What the Home Help process looks like in Warren
4. Get paid to care for a family member in Warren
5. Home care services in Warren
6. Frequently asked questions

Home care in Warren and south Macomb County

Warren is Michigan’s third-largest city and the biggest in Macomb County. Much of it was built for auto workers in the 1950s and 1960s, and many of those first homeowners are now in their eighties, living alone in brick ranches from Eight Mile to Fourteen Mile. Their adult children often live a few streets away and are already stopping by every day. Home Help turns that daily help into paid work.

We serve all of Warren, north and south of the GM Tech Center, along Van Dyke, Mound, Ryan and Dequindre, and into the neighboring communities of Center Line, Eastpointe, Roseville, Fraser, Madison Heights and Hazel Park. Warren’s Chaldean, Bangladeshi and Hmong families can request a caregiver who speaks their language, and our team is fluent in Arabic and Spanish.

Where to apply for Home Help in Macomb County

Home Help is an MDHHS program, so the application is handled by the county rather than the city. Warren residents are usually served by the MDHHS Warren district office at 13041 East 10 Mile Road, main line (586) 427-0600. Before you go, confirm hours and the right office for your address with the office locator at michigan.gov/mdhhs, or call us at (313) 977-6888 and we will look it up for you. Ask for adult services and say you are requesting a Home Help assessment. If Medicaid is not yet in place, the fastest route is an online application through MI Bridges. Details on how the program works are on our Michigan Home Help program page.

The MI Choice Waiver, for people who need nursing-home level care, is run separately by the Area Agency on Aging. For Macomb County that is AgeWays, the Region 1-B agency that also covers Oakland, Washtenaw, Livingston, Monroe and St. Clair counties. We can help you contact AgeWays if the assessment suggests your loved one needs more than Home Help provides; see the MI Choice Waiver for how the two programs compare.

What the Home Help process looks like in Warren

1. Screen for Medicaid. Start with our eligibility check. Many retired auto workers assume a pension puts them over the limit, but the numbers are worth running.
2. Request the assessment. We call the Macomb County adult services unit and ask for a home visit for your relative in Warren.
3. Complete the visit. An MDHHS worker reviews needs with bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, mobility and household chores, then sets a monthly hour total.
4. Return the medical needs form. Doctors at Ascension Macomb-Oakland in Warren, Henry Ford Macomb and local primary care offices sign this regularly.
5. Register the caregiver in CHAMPS. The family member enrolls as an individual provider, clears the background check and installs the EVV app.

Get paid to care for a family member in Warren

If you are the daughter, son, grandchild, sibling or trusted neighbor already caring for someone in Warren, Home Help can pay you for it. The care recipient chooses the provider, so there is no agency roster to wait on. You do not need a nursing license or CNA certificate, only a clean background check and the ability to log visits.

Through Supportive Solutions, caregivers earn a minimum of $18 per hour. The minimum is the same across Michigan, so a Warren caregiver earns at least as much as one in Detroit or Lansing. Monthly hours come from the assessment, and payments are processed through CHAMPS once EVV confirms each visit.

Caregivers who share a home with the care recipient should ask about IRS Notice 2014-7, which can make those payments non-taxable difficulty-of-care income at the federal level. To begin, go to become a paid caregiver or read how to get paid to take care of a family member in Michigan.

Home care services in Warren

• Help with bathing, grooming, dressing and safe transfers from bed or chair
• Senior home care for older adults living alone in their long-time homes
• Memory care support for Alzheimer’s and other dementias
• Respite care when the regular family caregiver needs time off
• Care for adults under 65 with a disability or chronic illness
• Meals, laundry, light cleaning, shopping and medication reminders
• Short-term help after surgery or a hospital discharge

Frequently asked questions

Which MDHHS office do Warren residents use for Home Help?

Most Warren addresses fall under the MDHHS Warren district office on East 10 Mile Road. Adult services workers there schedule the in-home assessment and approve hours. If you live near the Sterling Heights or Eastpointe borders, the office assignment can differ, so call us and we will confirm which office covers your street.

Do you serve Center Line, Eastpointe and Roseville too?

Yes. Our home care in Warren extends to Center Line, Eastpointe, Roseville, Fraser, Madison Heights and Hazel Park, along with Sterling Heights to the north. Elsewhere in Michigan we serve Detroit, Dearborn, Ann Arbor, Flint, Lansing and Grand Rapids. If you are just outside these areas, ask and we will check availability.

My dad has a UAW pension. Can he still get Home Help?

Possibly. Medicaid looks at income and countable assets, and a pension is income, but the limits and deductions are more generous than many families expect, especially when medical costs are high. Run the eligibility check or send us the numbers and we will tell you before you apply.

Can a friend or neighbor be my paid caregiver in Warren?

Yes. Home Help does not require the provider to be a relative. A neighbor who already checks in on you can enroll in CHAMPS, pass the background check and be paid for approved hours. The care recipient makes the choice, and we help with every form.

How many hours will Home Help approve?

Hours are based on the assessment, which measures how much help is needed for each daily activity and household task. More needs mean more approved time. There is a monthly cap set by MDHHS, and we can request a review if your loved one’s condition changes.