A home-care agency was set up to provide services to the sick, handicapped and elderly.

The discharges were hard because the pediatric nurses needed weren't working for home-care agencies.

Mrs. Cavalieri, who now works for a home-care agency, said it took her time to find the right job.

The organization is also training the staff of a home-care agency to recognize the symptoms of alcoholism in the elderly.

Several claims seemed puzzling, particularly cafeteria and housekeeping costs reported for the hospital's home-care agency.

Without the bond, home-care agencies would be barred from the Medicare program.

But Ms. Smith said most home-care agencies knew or should have known about the new methods.

Today, the service is still the largest home-care agency in New York City.

The council represents 60 nonprofit home-care agencies under contract to the city.

Health care employment, which has been stagnating for a while, jumped, too, as home-care agencies added more nurses and aides.