Personal care, companionship, dementia support, respite and 24-hour care — in the house your parent already knows.
Most families call us knowing something has to change and not knowing what to ask for. That is normal. The list below is not a menu you are supposed to order from — it is a description of what the hours can look like, so you can recognise your own situation in one of them.
Almost nobody needs one service. A household usually needs two or three that overlap: someone to help with the shower in the morning, someone to cook and keep the kitchen running, and company in the long afternoon. What matters is the mix, and the mix changes.
24 hour home care on Cape Cod for older adults who can no longer safely be by themselves at any hour.
Companion care on Cape Cod for older adults who are managing physically but spending far too much time alone.
Dementia care on Cape Cod in the person's own house — the rooms they know, the chair they always sit in, the window that faces the street they recognize.
End of life care on Cape Cod — the non-medical presence and daily support that lets a person stay at home in their final months, surrounded by what they know.
Homemaker services on Cape Cod — light housekeeping, laundry, shopping and meals — for older adults who are managing their own bodies but losing the battle with the house.
Hospital to home care on Cape Cod for the period right after a discharge — the fortnight when people either recover or end up back in the hospital.
Meal preparation for seniors on Cape Cod — real food, cooked in your parent's own kitchen, to their own taste.
Medication reminders for seniors on Cape Cod — the daily prompting and observation that keeps a prescription routine actually happening.
Personal care on Cape Cod — help with bathing, dressing, grooming and moving safely around the house.
Respite care on Cape Cod for families where one person is doing all of it.
Senior home care on Cape Cod for older adults who want to keep living in their own house.
Veterans home care on Cape Cod for former service members and their surviving spouses.
Then start with the situation instead of the service. If your mother is unsteady on her feet, that is personal care. If she is safe but alone from Monday to Friday, that is companionship. If the difficulty started the day she came home from the hospital, that is the first fortnight after a discharge, and it is its own thing.
If the person who needs help is you — the daughter or son who has not had an uninterrupted weekend since spring — that is respite, and it is a real service, not a luxury.
We come to the house at no cost, look at the practical things, and tell you honestly what we would start with. Most families begin smaller than they expect. There is no long-term contract required to begin.
Last updated
