Sacramento County

Home care in Carmichael, California

Six miles from our office and the closest of the ten by distance. One in five Carmichael residents is already 65 or over, well above the county figure.

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Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado counties

What home care in Carmichael actually looks like

Carmichael is the town our service area is really built around. It is unincorporated, governed by the county rather than a city council, and 20.7 percent of its residents are 65 or older against 15.3 percent countywide. Median age is 40.1. In plain terms: one in five people here is already in the years this conversation is about, and countywide it is one in seven.

It is also where Mercy San Juan Medical Center sits, on Coyle Avenue, the only hospital physically in Carmichael and the Level II trauma center that takes north Sacramento County and south Placer. A great many of the calls we take from across the region begin with a discharge from that building.

Eskaton Village Carmichael on Walnut Avenue is the other landmark that matters here: a 37-acre campus that Eskaton describes as Sacramento's only Life Plan Community, where residents move between levels of care without leaving the site. Families comparing home care against a move often mean that campus specifically, and it is a fair comparison to make out loud rather than avoid.

After a hospital stay

Where Carmichael families come home from

Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center, 6501 Coyle Avenue, 384 beds, a Level II trauma center open since 1967
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center and Mercy General Hospital, both in Sacramento
UC Davis Medical Center, 2315 Stockton Blvd in Sacramento

Nearest hospitals

Mercy San Juan is the only hospital physically in Carmichael. Most first calls come the day after a discharge, so call while it is still being planned rather than after everyone is home.

Around town

Getting our bearings in Carmichael

Gibbons Community Center, 4701 Gibbons Drive, run by Mission Oaks Recreation and Park District, hosts most of Carmichael's older-adult programming. La Sierra Community Center, 5325 Engle Road, is the Carmichael Recreation and Park District equivalent.

Ancil Hoffman Park and the Effie Yeaw Nature CenterCarmichael ParkJensen Botanical Gardenthe Fair Oaks Boulevard corridor

What we do

Home care services we provide in Carmichael

All ten, across Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado counties.

24-hour home care

Caregivers in shifts so the house is never without help.

Live-in care

One caregiver in the home, with a scheduled rest period.

Alzheimer's and dementia care

Familiar faces, steady routine, patient redirection.

Personal care

Bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and medication reminders.

Companion care

Company, conversation, errands and getting out of the house.

Respite care

Time off for the family caregiver, an afternoon or two weeks.

Hospice support

Comfort care at home, alongside the hospice team.

Light housekeeping

Laundry, dishes, and floors clear enough to walk safely.

Meal preparation

Home-cooked meals your loved one will actually eat.

Transportation

Rides to appointments and errands, door to door.

What home care costs around Carmichael

There is a published median rate for this whole metro area, and it is the honest starting point for a conversation about money. Our guide to what home care costs across the Sacramento region gives that figure, explains the assumption buried in the monthly version of it, and runs the arithmetic at the amounts of care families actually buy.

If the question is who pays rather than how much, how families pay for home care in Sacramento County covers what Medicare will and will not cover, how Medi-Cal's IHSS program works, and what VA Aid and Attendance is worth.

How it starts

Starting home care in Carmichael

You call

At any hour. Tell us what is happening at home and we will tell you honestly whether this is the right kind of help.

We visit the house

Free, and no obligation. We look at the routine and the layout, then put a plan and a clear cost in writing before anything begins.

You meet your caregiver

Matched on skills and on temperament, and introduced before care starts. A second familiar face is kept ready for vacation and sick days.

Questions families ask

Home care in Carmichael, answered

If yours is not here, ask it on the phone: (916) 229-8120.

How quickly can you reach Carmichael?

It is about six miles from our office at 3626 Fair Oaks Blvd, the shortest drive of the cities we serve. Scheduling is easier here than almost anywhere else in our area, though what we can staff still depends on the hours you need and the match.

We are deciding between home care and Eskaton Village. Can you help us think about it?

Yes, and we will be straight with you. Some situations are better served by a campus with nursing on site, and if yours is one of them we will say so rather than sell you hours you do not need.

My mother is being discharged from Mercy San Juan. What happens next?

Call Guiding Souls Home Care at (916) 229-8120 while the discharge is being planned. We come to the house, look at the routine and the layout, and put a plan and a clear cost in writing before anything begins.

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Tell us what is happening at home

One call, at any hour, and a free visit before anything is decided. No contract, and a caregiver only once the match is right.

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