Home Care Questions

In Michigan, non-medical home care costs about $33 to $35 an hour (CareScout 2025 cost of care survey: about $79,500 a year for full-time care). Prices in Traverse City are close to that. Full-time care of 40 hours a week often runs about $5,700 to $6,100 a month. The agency will give you their exact price at the free visit.

Medicare does not pay for ongoing non-medical home care like help with bathing, meals or company. It only covers short-term medical home health after a hospital stay, ordered by a doctor. Most families pay for non-medical care from savings, income, or long-term care insurance.

Yes. The visit is free for your family and you don't have to sign anything. A local agency comes to your parent's home, asks about their needs and gives you a care plan and a price.

Many agencies can start within a few days of the visit. If your parent is coming home from the hospital, say so on the form so we can look for an agency that can move fast.

We only work with licensed or registered agencies that check their caregivers. Ask the agency about background checks, training and insurance at the visit.

Ledgerline Systems (Home Care Planning USA) is a marketing company, not a home care agency. Local licensed agencies pay us when we set up an in-home visit with them. We don't list every home care option in your area. We do not provide care ourselves. Using our form is free for families.

Traverse City and Grand Traverse County, all of Leelanau County (Suttons Bay, Leland, Northport, Glen Arbor, Empire, Lake Leelanau), Old Mission Peninsula, Elk Rapids, Williamsburg, Acme, Interlochen, Kingsley, Fife Lake and Benzie County.

Yes. Most of the families we help have a parent up north and live somewhere else. You fill in the form, and the agency can meet your parent at home, with you on the phone or video.