In-Home Care After a Serious Work Injury — Recover at Home, Not in a Facility
When a worker is catastrophically injured on the job, Colorado workers' compensation can cover in-home attendant care with no copay to the injured worker. Colorado CareAssist coordinates with your nurse case manager, adjuster, and treating physician to bring skilled, reliable caregivers to your door across the Denver metro, Boulder, Colorado Springs, and the Front Range.
Workers' Compensation Home Care
Care at Home Is Part of Recovery
A spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, severe burn, amputation, or multi-trauma changes everything — but it does not have to mean leaving home for a facility. For many injured Colorado workers, the goal after inpatient rehabilitation is to go home. That transition works best when experienced attendant care is in place the day discharge happens. Colorado CareAssist provides the daily, hands-on personal and companion care that makes staying home safe and sustainable, in close coordination with the clinicians and case managers directing your recovery.
Who We Serve
Who We Serve
We support catastrophically injured Colorado workers returning home along the Front Range — the same footprint we have served since 2012. Many of the workers we care for come through the region's trauma and rehabilitation pipeline, from Level I trauma centers to inpatient neurorehabilitation and rehab hospitals, then home with an attendant-care plan.
- •Spinal cord injury (SCI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors
- •Workers recovering from severe burns, amputation, or multi-trauma
- •Long-duration and lifetime attendant-care plans, including care referenced in life care plans
- •Injured workers across construction, oil and gas, agriculture, manufacturing, warehousing, and public safety
- •Families along the I-25 corridor from Colorado Springs through Denver to Loveland, plus Boulder and Weld County
Our Care Services
What Our Caregivers Provide
Colorado CareAssist delivers non-medical, in-home attendant and companion care tailored to the authorized plan of care. Our caregivers help with the daily activities that recovery at home depends on — bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility and transfers, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and companionship — always coordinated with the clinical team guiding the case.
For Referral Partners
Coordinating a Discharge or Authorization?
If you are a nurse case manager, adjuster, discharge planner, rehabilitation case manager, physician, or attorney arranging in-home care for an injured worker, we make the handoff simple. Reach us directly and we will schedule an in-home assessment and align the plan to your authorization. Call (303) 757-1777 (Denver metro and Boulder) or (719) 428-3999 (Colorado Springs).
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Ready to Discuss Care Options?
Contact us today for a free consultation. We'll discuss the workers' compensation process, explain how we coordinate with case managers, and create a personalized care plan.
Serving injured workers throughout Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Adams, Jefferson, Douglas, Arapahoe, El Paso, Pueblo, and surrounding areas.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions About Workers' Compensation Home Care
Does workers' compensation pay for in-home care in Colorado?
Yes. When a treating physician orders in-home attendant or home health care as reasonable and necessary and the carrier authorizes it, Colorado workers' compensation covers that care. There is no copay to the injured worker for authorized, covered care. Colorado CareAssist bills the carrier directly under the state's Rule 18 medical fee schedule.
How do I get in-home care authorized after a work injury?
In-home care generally starts with your Authorized Treating Physician prescribing it as reasonable and necessary. The workers' compensation carrier or third-party administrator then authorizes a specific number of hours and level of care, usually coordinated by a nurse case manager. Colorado CareAssist can help you and your case manager set up the care and start quickly after discharge.
What does 'attendant care' cover?
Attendant care is the daily, hands-on and companion support that makes recovering at home possible — help with bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility and transfers, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and companionship. The specific tasks and hours follow the authorized plan of care.
What kinds of injuries qualify for in-home attendant care?
In-home attendant care is most often authorized after catastrophic work injuries such as spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, severe burns, amputation, or multi-trauma — cases where a worker needs daily support to live safely at home. Your treating physician and nurse case manager determine medical necessity and the scope of care.
Which areas of Colorado do you serve?
Colorado CareAssist serves the Front Range, including the Denver metro, Boulder, Colorado Springs, and roughly nine surrounding counties — the I-25 corridor from Colorado Springs through Denver to Loveland, plus Weld County.
I'm a nurse case manager or adjuster. How do we work with you?
Reach us directly and we will schedule a same-week in-home assessment and align care to your authorization. We bill to the exact authorized hours and level of care under Rule 18, keep documentation audit-ready, and stay coordinated with the treating physician and case manager as the plan evolves. Call (303) 757-1777 or (719) 428-3999.
Do you also help veterans and other payers?
Yes. Alongside workers' compensation, Colorado CareAssist is a VA Community Care provider, and eligible veterans may qualify for in-home care benefits. We also serve private-pay families and other programs across the Front Range. Ask us about your situation and we will help you understand the options.
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Questions About Workers' Compensation Care?
Our team specializes in workers' compensation home care. Call for a free consultation.