Home health care providers have the responsibility of monitoring any and all medication that the patient might be taking. This is why so many practitioners are nurses. There are other practitioners that do things like physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy, but the most common is the medical nursing care. In many cases, insurance provides a certain amount of coverage for home health care that is needed. You should check your policy to see if it is covered. Quite often, the elderly are the ones in need of home health care, so Medicare also covers a great portion of this service. The practitioners that provide these services are most frequently found through agencies, although independent providers are also available. Be sure that your insurance coverage provides for either choice. Sometimes there are provisions to coverage stated in your policy that you may not be aware of unless you read it over thoroughly.