Sacramento County

Home care in Citrus Heights, California

A third of the city went up in a single decade, the 1970s, which turns out to matter enormously for anyone trying to stay in their own house.

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Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado counties

What home care in Citrus Heights actually looks like

Citrus Heights has the best-documented housing stock of any city we serve, and the numbers come from the city's own General Plan. Thirty-six percent of the housing was built in a single decade, 1970 to 1979. Another 22.7 percent went up in the 1980s. Roughly two thirds of the city's homes predate 1980, and under 3 percent has been built in the last ten years.

For an older adult that stock is a mixed blessing, and it is worth naming plainly. The good part is that most of it is single-story, so there are no stairs to manage. The hard part is everything inside: step-in tubs, narrow doorways, bathrooms laid out before anybody designed for a walker, and light switches in the wrong places. Every one of those is a fall waiting for a bad night, and every one of them is something we look at on the free visit before we write a plan.

The city has no hospital of its own, so a serious admission means Mercy San Juan in Carmichael or one of the two Roseville hospitals, and the drive home afterwards crosses a city boundary.

After a hospital stay

Where Citrus Heights families come home from

Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center, 6501 Coyle Ave in Carmichael, a Level II trauma center
Sutter Roseville Medical Center, 1 Medical Plaza Drive in Roseville
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, 1600 Eureka Road in Roseville

Nearest hospitals

There is no acute-care hospital in Citrus Heights itself. 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 Citrus Heights

The city runs a Senior Center at 6300 Fountain Square Drive, and most older-adult programming happens at Rusch Park Community Center, 7801 Auburn Boulevard, run by Sunrise Recreation and Park District.

Sunrise Mall and the Sunrise Tomorrow plan areaRusch Park and the historic Rusch HomeSylvan Cornersthe Auburn Boulevard corridor

What we do

Home care services we provide in Citrus Heights

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 Citrus Heights

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 Citrus Heights

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 Citrus Heights, answered

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

My mother's house is from the 1970s. Does that make home care harder?

It makes the first visit more useful. Most Citrus Heights homes are single-story, which helps, but the bathrooms are usually original: a step-in tub, a narrow door, nowhere to put a hand. We look at all of it before we write a plan, because the bathroom is where a 1970s layout costs the most.

Which hospital would my parent be discharged from?

Citrus Heights has no hospital of its own. Most families here come home from Mercy San Juan in Carmichael, or from Sutter Roseville or Kaiser Roseville. Call Guiding Souls Home Care at (916) 229-8120 while the discharge is being planned.

Do you cover the whole city?

Yes, from our office about eleven miles away on Fair Oaks Boulevard. Give us the address on the call and we will tell you what we can staff and when.

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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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