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Non-medical home care
Light housekeeping for seniors in Sacramento
Housekeeping in a home care plan is mostly about keeping the floor clear. Clean laundry, a clear walkway and food that has not gone off are what keep an ordinary week ordinary.
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 light housekeeping
A house tells you how someone is doing before they will. Laundry stacked on a chair, a countertop that has stopped being wiped, a hallway you now have to turn sideways to get through. None of it is dangerous on its own. Together it is a reliable early sign that daily life has become too much, and clutter on the floor is one of the things families are told to deal with first.
Who light housekeeping is for
- Someone whose housework has slipped since a fall or an illness
- A person with a walker who needs clear paths through the house
- Families noticing laundry piling up or spoiled food in the refrigerator
What a caregiver does
What light housekeeping looks like day to day
- Laundry, changing beds and putting things away where they belong
- Dishes, kitchen surfaces and clearing out food past its date
- Vacuuming, floors and keeping walkways clear of trip hazards
- Bathroom cleaning, including the floor and the bath mat
- Taking out the trash and bringing in the mail
Where this stops
Light housekeeping means the rooms your loved one actually uses: laundry, dishes, surfaces, floors, changing the bed. It does not mean deep cleaning, moving furniture, yard work or repairs.
How it starts
Starting light housekeeping 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 light housekeeping
Housekeeping is almost never bought on its own, and buying it separately usually costs a family more. A caregiver already in the house for two hours can run a load of laundry and clear the walkways inside those two hours, so what changes your cost is the visit it is folded into rather than the housekeeping itself.
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
Light housekeeping questions, answered
If yours is not here, ask it on the phone: (916) 229-8120. Or read our guide to the signs a parent needs help at home.
Is this a cleaning service?
No. It is light housekeeping folded into a care visit. Guiding Souls Home Care does not do deep cleaning, windows or heavy lifting.
Can housekeeping be the only thing we book?
It can, though most families combine it with personal care or companionship. Call (916) 229-8120 and we will tell you what a short weekly visit would cover at your address in Sacramento, Placer, Yolo or El Dorado counties.
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Meal preparation
Home-cooked meals your loved one will actually eat.
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Company, conversation, errands and getting out of the house.
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Bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and medication reminders.
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Caregivers in shifts so the house is never without help.
Read moreTell 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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