Dementia Home Care Services, Built Around the Person They Still Are

Dementia care at home is everyday help, given in a way that makes sense to someone whose memory is changing. Our caregivers build the day around what your loved one already knows: the same routine, the same faces, the same small comforts.

• •A care plan written around lifelong habits, likes and dislikes
• •A steady daily routine that cuts down on confusion and agitation
• •Gentle redirection instead of correcting or arguing
• •Assistance with bathing, dressing, toileting and eating, at whatever level is needed
• •Meal preparation, including diets for things like diabetes
• •Medication reminders, and keeping an eye on how much they're drinking
• •A home safety check: wandering, the stove, stairs, medications
• •Extra support in the late afternoon and evening, when sundowning hits
• •Meaningful activity: music, photographs, folding laundry, a walk around the block
• •Notes on changes over time, so you and the doctor see the full picture

Our care is non-medical, so we don't provide skilled care or medical care. If your loved one has a nurse or therapist coming in, we work alongside them.

For many families, in-home care is the better choice, at least for a good while. Memory care communities can be the right answer for some people, especially later on. A familiar house reduces confusion, and one-on-one attention is very different from a facility where staff are shared across many residents. Your mom keeps her own bed, her own kitchen, her own neighbors and friends.

Home isn't right for everyone forever, and we'll be honest with you about that. As the disease progresses, care needs change. If your loved one's needs grow past what's safe at home, we'll tell you, and help you weigh the other care options. Until then, adding hours or moving to 24 hour home care is often what keeps home dementia care workable.

Memory care assignments go only to caregivers with specialized training and real experience in dementia and Alzheimer's care. Every one of our caregivers is a state-registered home care aide with at least two years of verified experience, fingerprinted and background-checked through the DOJ and FBI. We're a licensed California Home Care Organization (HCO #194700757), bonded and insured.

Caregiver training is only half of it. We match on temperament, too. A patient, unhurried caregiver who loves old music can do more for a hard afternoon than any technique. Not all home care providers work this way, so it's a fair question to ask anyone you're considering. If the fit isn't right, tell us and we'll change it.

Alzheimer's disease and most other dementias change slowly, and the help your loved one needs changes with them. We adjust the care plan as you go, so you're never paying for more than you need or getting less than is safe.

• •Early stage. A few hours a week. Reminders, meals, a tidy house, and someone who notices when something's off. Many people living with early dementia mostly want company and a little backup.
• •Middle stage. More hands-on help with daily activities like bathing and dressing, plus closer supervision. This is often when sundowning and wandering start, and when families add evening or overnight hours.
• •Later stage. Help with nearly all activities of daily living, and often round-the-clock care. Many families choose live-in care or awake shifts here, sometimes alongside hospice.

It's hard to know what to expect, and every person is different. We'll talk honestly about what we're seeing at each visit, so you can plan instead of react.

These are the moments that usually lead family members to call:

1. 01Repeated questions and lost items. In the early stage of Alzheimer's or another dementia, memory loss is easier to support before a crisis forces the decision.
2. 02Leaving the house alone. Wandering is the most urgent reason families call us.
3. 03Missed meals or medications. The fridge is full, or empty, and the pill box hasn't moved. It's getting hard to manage the day alone.
4. 04Evenings are getting harder. Restlessness, fear or anger as the light goes.
5. 05They won't accept help from family. A trained caregiver is often welcomed where a son or daughter isn't.
6. 06You're running on empty. You've started to miss work, you're not sleeping, and the stress is showing.

If one of these has been true for a while, you don't need to wait for something worse to happen.