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Sacramento County
Home care in Fair Oaks, California
One resident in four here is already 65 or over, and the median age is nearly ten years above the City of Sacramento's. Our office is on the same road, at the other end.
- Free in-home assessment
- A person answers, 24 hours a day
- Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado counties
What home care in Fair Oaks actually looks like
Fair Oaks is the oldest community in our Sacramento County service area by a clear margin. 25.1 percent of residents are 65 or over, against 15.3 percent for the county and 14.2 percent for the City of Sacramento, and the median age is 45.9. One in four people you pass in the Village is at or past the age where this conversation starts.
That density changes what families here need. Care is less often a crisis response and more often a gradual arrangement: a few hours a week that grows over two years, neighbors comparing notes about which agency actually shows up, and adult children who have been quietly worrying for a while before they call anybody. We get more calls from Fair Oaks that begin with nothing being obviously wrong yet, which is the best time to start.
There is no hospital in Fair Oaks. Mercy San Juan in Carmichael is the closest, with Mercy Folsom, the two Roseville hospitals and UC Davis behind it. Our office is on Fair Oaks Boulevard, though at the Arden-Arcade end rather than the Village end, so it is the same road and about a sixteen minute drive.
After a hospital stay
Where Fair Oaks families come home from
- Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center, 6501 Coyle Ave in Carmichael, the closest
- Dignity Health Mercy Hospital of Folsom, 1650 Creekside Drive in Folsom
- Sutter Roseville Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, both in Roseville
- UC Davis Medical Center, 2315 Stockton Blvd in Sacramento
Nearest hospitals
No hospital of any kind is located in Fair Oaks 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 Fair Oaks
The Fair Oaks Community Clubhouse, 7997 California Ave, run by the Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District, which also runs a dedicated Active Adult program including Medicare 101 and Senior Tech 101.
Fair Oaks Village and its free-roaming chickensthe 1909 Fair Oaks BridgePhoenix Parkthe American River Parkway at Sacramento Bar
What we do
Home care services we provide in Fair Oaks
All ten, across Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado counties.
24-hour home care
Caregivers in shifts so the house is never without help.
Read moreLive-in care
One caregiver in the home, with a scheduled rest period.
Read moreAlzheimer's and dementia care
Familiar faces, steady routine, patient redirection.
Read morePersonal care
Bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and medication reminders.
Read moreCompanion care
Company, conversation, errands and getting out of the house.
Read moreRespite care
Time off for the family caregiver, an afternoon or two weeks.
Read moreHospice support
Comfort care at home, alongside the hospice team.
Read moreLight housekeeping
Laundry, dishes, and floors clear enough to walk safely.
Read moreMeal preparation
Home-cooked meals your loved one will actually eat.
Read moreTransportation
Rides to appointments and errands, door to door.
Read moreWhat home care costs around Fair Oaks
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 Fair Oaks
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 Fair Oaks, answered
If yours is not here, ask it on the phone: (916) 229-8120.
Nothing is really wrong yet. Is it too early to call?
It is usually the best time. A few hours a week accepted while it is still optional is far easier than personal care introduced in a crisis, and it means the caregiver is already familiar when more help is needed.
Where would my parent be discharged from?
Fair Oaks has no hospital, so most families here come home from Mercy San Juan in Carmichael, Mercy Folsom, or one of the two Roseville hospitals. Call Guiding Souls Home Care at (916) 229-8120 while it is being planned.
Are you actually local to Fair Oaks?
Our office is at 3626 Fair Oaks Blvd, Suite 100, on the same road at the Arden-Arcade end, about eleven miles from the Village. Guiding Souls is a family owned California corporation, not a franchise office.
Nearby
Where else we work in Sacramento
Sacramento
The city we are named for and the one we know best.
Home care in SacramentoCitrus Heights
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.
Home care in Citrus HeightsFolsom
Two hospitals, one of them a long-term acute care hospital, and a 55-plus community of 919 homes south of Highway 50.
Home care in FolsomSacramento County
Everywhere else we reach in Sacramento.
Home care in Sacramento CountyTell 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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