Most of those receiving professional home are were older. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), about 70% of persons receiving home health care services are age 65 or older, and a fifth are over 85. About 64% are female. Although with age, the proportion of women becomes considerably larger than the proportion of men due to women’s longer life expectancies, this somewhat high utilization of home health services by males makes sense in the context of women’s traditional role as caregivers. Elderly men living on their own are generally less able to perform household tasks than elderly women, due both to their advanced age and their historic lack of expertise in these areas. However, utilization of home care and visits per patient varies greatly

