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At any hour. Tell us what is happening at home and we will tell you honestly whether this is the right kind of help.
Non-medical home care
24-hour home care in Sacramento
Caregivers work in shifts so that someone is awake, dressed and paying attention at three in the morning, not asleep on the sofa. It is the option families reach for when the nights have become the hardest part.
Talk it through first
A person answers at any hour, and the first visit to the house costs nothing.
Call (916) 229-8120- Free in-home assessment
- A person answers, 24 hours a day
- Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado counties
Why families call about 24-hour home care
The nights are usually what breaks a family. Days can be covered by a daughter dropping in, a neighbor, a meal left in the refrigerator. Nights cannot. Somebody has to be awake when a father gets up at two in the morning and heads for a bathroom he can no longer reach safely, and for most families that somebody has been a spouse in their eighties who has not slept properly in months.
Who 24-hour home care is for
- A parent who wanders, calls out, or gets up unsafely at night
- A spouse who has not slept properly in months
- Someone home from the hospital who cannot be left alone yet
- A family holding things together with a rotation of relatives
What a caregiver does
What 24-hour home care looks like day to day
- Two or three caregivers rotating across the day so nobody works past safe hours
- An awake caregiver overnight, not a sleeping one
- Help to and from the bathroom at night, which is the trip most people are making alone in the dark
- Medication reminders on the schedule your family already uses
- Meals, laundry and a home that stays tidy across every shift
- One plan every caregiver on the schedule works from, so the routine survives the handoff
Where this stops
An overnight caregiver watches, helps, and tells you what happened. They do not assess or record anything clinical, change a dressing or give an injection. If the nights are hard because of a medical problem rather than a mobility or memory one, say so on the call and we will tell you who to speak to.
How it starts
Starting 24-hour home care with Guiding Souls
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.
What changes the cost of 24-hour home care
There is no single number for around the clock care, because the shape of the week decides it. What changes yours is how many hours actually need staffing, whether the nights are active or mostly quiet, and whether the weekend looks like a weekday. We look at all three at the visit and give you a plan and a clear cost in writing, before anything begins.
Our guide to what home care costs in Sacramento walks through hourly, live-in and around the clock pricing, and how families pay for home care in California covers long-term care insurance, IHSS and VA benefits.
Questions families ask
24-hour home care questions, answered
If yours is not here, ask it on the phone: (916) 229-8120. Or read our guide to the difference between home care and home health care.
What is the difference between 24-hour care and live-in care?
In 24-hour care two or three caregivers rotate in shifts and the overnight caregiver stays awake. In live-in care one caregiver stays in the home with a scheduled sleep period. 24-hour care suits someone who needs help during the night; live-in care suits someone who mostly sleeps through.
Can you cover only the nights?
Yes. Plenty of families across Sacramento and Placer counties start with overnight cover so the spouse or adult child can sleep, then add daytime hours later if they are needed.
How quickly can 24-hour care start?
It depends on the caregivers available and on the match. Call Guiding Souls Home Care at (916) 229-8120, at any hour, and we will tell you honestly what we can staff and when.
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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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