Sacramento County

Home care in Folsom, California

Two hospitals, one of them a long-term acute care hospital, and a 55-plus community of 919 homes south of Highway 50. Folsom sends people home from longer stays than most places do.

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What home care in Folsom actually looks like

Folsom is unusual in our service area for having two hospitals inside the city, and the second one changes what home care looks like here. Mercy Hospital of Folsom on Creekside Drive is the general hospital, 106 beds with a 24-hour emergency room. Vibra Hospital of Sacramento on Montrose Drive is a long-term acute care hospital, which means its patients have been in a bed for weeks rather than days.

That matters because somebody coming home after a long stay is a different job from somebody home after two nights. They have lost condition, the house has been empty, and the family has usually been running on adrenaline for a month. The first week is where it either holds together or does not, and it is the week most families underestimate.

At the other end of town, Regency at Folsom Ranch is a gated 55-plus community of 919 homes on 275 acres inside the Folsom Ranch plan area, which locals know simply as south of 50. Folsom's median age is 41.4, close to six years older than Rancho Cordova next door.

After a hospital stay

Where Folsom families come home from

Dignity Health Mercy Hospital of Folsom, 1650 Creekside Drive, 106 beds, 24-hour emergency room
Vibra Hospital of Sacramento, 330 Montrose Drive, a long-term acute care hospital
Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael and UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, for higher-acuity cases

Nearest hospitals

Both of the first two are physically in Folsom. 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 Folsom

The Folsom Senior Center, 48 Natoma Street, between City Hall and the police department, run by the city's Parks and Recreation department for adults 55 and over.

the Folsom Historic District on Sutter StreetFolsom Lake and Lake Natomathe Folsom PowerhouseFolsom Ranch, south of Highway 50

What we do

Home care services we provide in Folsom

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 Folsom

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 Folsom

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 Folsom, answered

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

My father is coming home from Vibra after a long stay. Can you help?

That is one of the situations we see most in Folsom. A long stay means lost condition and a first week at home that families routinely underestimate. Call Guiding Souls Home Care at (916) 229-8120 while the discharge is being planned and we will tell you what we can staff.

Do you provide care in Folsom Ranch and Regency?

Yes. Regency at Folsom Ranch is 919 age-restricted homes and the wider Folsom Ranch plan area is the newest part of the city. Give us the address and we will talk through the schedule.

Is Folsom too far from your office?

It is about 17 miles, roughly twenty-five minutes. We match caregivers who live near the client rather than near the office, so the drive affects the match more than it affects you.

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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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