Long-term care
How often is it covered? Long-term care (LTC) is a range of services and support for your personal care needs. Most long-term care isn’t medical care. Instead, it offers help paying for assistance with basic personal tasks of everyday life, sometimes called activities of daily living.
These activities include bathing, dressing, grooming, using the toilet, eating, and simply getting around.
Medicare doesn’t cover LTC (also called custodial care), if that’s the only care you need. Most nursing home care is custodial care. Get more information about nursing home care.