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.
Non-medical home care
Live-in care in Sacramento
One caregiver lives in the home and becomes part of the household rhythm. For someone who sleeps through the night but should not be alone, it is usually steadier and more affordable than shift cover.
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 live-in care
Some households do not need three caregivers rotating through the front door. They need one person who knows where the good mugs are, which stair creaks, and that Thursday is the day the daughter calls. For someone who sleeps through the night but should not wake up alone in an empty house, that is the whole solution.
Who live-in care is for
- Someone who is unsteady on their feet but sleeps through
- A person who does much better with one familiar face than with several
- A household with a spare room and a preference for continuity
- Families who want the same caregiver managing the whole day
What a caregiver does
What live-in care looks like day to day
- A private room and a normal sleep period written into the plan
- Personal care, meals, laundry and light housekeeping through the day
- Medication reminders and appointment reminders
- Company, conversation and getting out of the house
- A second familiar caregiver on standby for days off
Where this stops
A live-in caregiver is a caregiver, not a night nurse and not a lodger. They need a private room and real rest, and they provide no clinical care of any kind.
How it starts
Starting live-in 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 live-in care
The question that decides the cost of live-in care is how broken the nights really are. A caregiver in the home with a private room and a proper sleep period is one arrangement. A caregiver woken four times a night is a different one, and if that is what is happening we will tell you live-in is the wrong shape rather than sell it to you. We put both options in front of you at the visit, with numbers.
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
Live-in care questions, answered
If yours is not here, ask it on the phone: (916) 229-8120. Or read our guide to how to choose a home care agency in Sacramento.
Does the live-in caregiver need their own room?
Yes. A live-in caregiver needs a private room and normal rest, which is what makes the arrangement sustainable for both people.
What happens on the caregiver's days off?
We schedule a second caregiver your family has already met, rather than sending someone new into the house on a Saturday.
Is live-in care cheaper than 24-hour care?
It usually is, because it is one caregiver with a sleep period rather than two or three in rotation. Call Guiding Souls Home Care at (916) 229-8120 and we will put both options side by side, with numbers, at the free in-home assessment, anywhere in Sacramento, Placer, Yolo or El Dorado counties.
Related care
Care that often goes with this
24-hour home care
Caregivers in shifts so the house is never without help.
Read morePersonal care
Bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and medication reminders.
Read moreCompanion care
Company, conversation, errands and getting out of the house.
Read moreAlzheimer's and dementia care
Familiar faces, steady routine, patient redirection.
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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