If you are planning to have a home health care professional care for an elderly or ailing relative, it is good to prepare the home carefully in order to make life easier for the person who comes to provide care. There is a difference between our attitudes toward work apace and home space, but when we invite a person into our homes to provide an essential service, we turn our home into their workspace. It is important to be attentive to this fact and to prepare by doing a thorough job of cleaning and organizing the home in advance of the start of services. The more organized the space is, the more able the health care provider will be to perform his or her duties in a timely, efficient, and thorough manner. Since these services can mean the difference between life and death, and certainly do mean the difference between a measure of comfort and increased discomfort, taking the extra time and investing the extra energy in a thorough organization will pay dividends. It will also help to start the relationship with the home health care worker off on the right foot.