Non-medical home care

Senior transportation in Sacramento

Giving up the car keys is the loss people mourn most. A caregiver who drives gives some of that back, and unlike a ride share, they walk in with you and remember what the doctor said.

A caregiver holding the car door open as an older woman settles into the passenger seat — 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 transportation

Handing over the car keys is the loss most people grieve hardest, and the reason is not the driving. It is that everything else went with them: the cardiologist appointment, the Thursday hair appointment, church, the grocery store where they know your name. Rides solve a logistics problem and a much larger one at the same time.

Who transportation is for

Someone who has stopped driving and started missing appointments
A person who cannot manage a bus or a curb any more
Families out of town who need someone at the appointment

What a caregiver does

What transportation looks like day to day

Door to door, including help down the steps and into the building
Staying through the appointment when you want a second set of ears
Grocery shopping, the pharmacy, the bank and the barber
Church, family visits and getting out for the sake of getting out
Notes back to the family on what the doctor actually said

Where this stops

Caregivers drive to appointments, errands and social visits, and they go in with your loved one rather than waiting at the curb. This is not medical transport, so anyone who needs a gurney, oxygen management or a paramedic on board needs a different service.

How it starts

Starting transportation 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 transportation

A ride is the caregiver's time, from the moment they arrive to the moment they leave, and that includes the waiting. It is usually the surprise for families comparing us to a ride service. It is also the difference: the caregiver walks your mother into the office, sits through the appointment, and tells you afterward what the doctor said.

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

Transportation questions, answered

If yours is not here, ask it on the phone: (916) 229-8120. Or read our guide to companionship and isolation in older adults.

Whose car is used?

That depends on the caregiver and the plan. Guiding Souls Home Care settles it at the free in-home assessment and writes it down.

Can the caregiver come into the appointment?

Yes, if the client wants them there. Many families ask exactly for this. Call (916) 229-8120 to arrange rides across Sacramento, Placer, Yolo and El Dorado counties.

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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