Non-medical home care

Alzheimer's and dementia care at home in Sacramento

With memory loss, consistency is not a nicety. It is the thing that makes the difference. A caregiver your mother recognizes can redirect a difficult afternoon in a way a stranger simply cannot, and every new face costs weeks of settling.

A caregiver sitting beside an older woman on a sofa, her hand resting over the older woman's hands — 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 Alzheimer's and dementia care

The hardest part of dementia is rarely the diagnosis. It is the afternoon your mother asks the same question for the fifth time and you hear yourself answer it badly, then feel terrible about it for a week. Families do not call us because they have run out of love. They call because they have run out of patience they can sustain alone, seven days a week, indefinitely.

Who Alzheimer's and dementia care is for

A parent in the early stages who is still at home and should stay there
Someone who is anxious in the late afternoon and evening
A spouse who has become the full-time caregiver and is exhausted
A family who has been told to start thinking about memory care

What a caregiver does

What Alzheimer's and dementia care looks like day to day

The same caregivers, held on the schedule as far as we can
A routine kept in the same order every day, because the order is the memory
Patient redirection instead of correction when the story does not match
Meals, bathing and dressing handled without a confrontation
Company and activity that matches what the person can still do well
Telling the family what has changed, so nobody is surprised by it later

Where this stops

This is non-medical dementia care at home. Caregivers we match to memory loss are trained for it, and what they do is remind, redirect and reassure. They do not assess cognition, adjust a prescription or provide nursing. The neurologist and the primary care doctor keep those jobs.

How it starts

Starting Alzheimer's and dementia care with Guiding Souls

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.

What changes the cost of Alzheimer's and dementia care

Dementia care is costed on hours like any other care, but the hours behave differently. Many families choose to cover the part of the day that is hardest, which is very often late afternoon and evening, then add hours as the condition changes rather than committing to a full schedule at the start. Continuity is the other thing worth paying for here. Holding the same two caregivers on your schedule matters in a way it does not for a housekeeping visit.

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

Alzheimer's and dementia care questions, answered

If yours is not here, ask it on the phone: (916) 229-8120. Or read our guide to caring for someone with dementia at home.

Do your caregivers have dementia training?

We weigh temperament as heavily as skill on this match, because patience is what matters most here, and we hold that same caregiver on your schedule.

My father gets agitated in the evening. Can you help with that?

Sundowning is one of the most common reasons families across Sacramento call Guiding Souls Home Care at (916) 229-8120. A familiar caregiver, a predictable evening routine, and redirection rather than argument are what usually settle it.

Can you help if he refuses to be washed?

Often, yes, and usually by changing the approach rather than insisting. Refusal is normally about dignity, timing or fear of the water, not about the bath.

Related care

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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