In-Home Alzheimer’s Care for Every Stage
Nona’s Home Care provides in-home Alzheimer’s care across San Diego County and Orange County, so your loved one can stay safely in the home they know. Our dementia-trained caregivers offer everything from a few hours of companionship a week to 24-hour care, adapting as the disease progresses.
In-home memory care has to be thorough. A person with Alzheimer’s can wander, fall or become confused without warning, so keeping a loved one safely at home takes a comprehensive care plan and caregivers trained in Alzheimer’s care.
That’s a lot for any family to manage alone, which is why many turn to a professional in-home memory care agency. Nona’s Home Care provides Alzheimer’s caregivers in San Diego and Orange County who help your loved one stay home where they’re most comfortable, even as Alzheimer’s progresses.
Signs Your Loved One Needs Alzheimer’s Home Care
Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease that affects millions of Americans. As brain cells degenerate, memory and decision-making decline, and eventually physical abilities do too.
In the early stages, families can often manage on their own. As symptoms worsen, it’s safer to bring in an in-home Alzheimer’s care agency with trained memory care caregivers before an exhausted family caregiver misses something serious. Here are a few signs it may be time for professional Alzheimer’s home care:
- Wandering, especially if your loved one goes out of the house or attempts to drive a vehicle
- Emotional outbursts, especially physically aggressive behavior
- Hallucinations, delusions, anxiety, paranoia
- Difficulty with everyday activities and personal hygiene
- Rigid dependence on routine, such that any deviation results in emotional disturbance
- Confused and detached, requiring assistance to remember to do things they enjoy
- Unable to recognize familiar faces, such as family or friends
Alzheimer’s and dementia care: how they differ
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, so most Alzheimer’s home care is dementia care. What’s specific to Alzheimer’s is its fairly predictable progression, which lets families plan in-home care stage by stage. For other types of dementia, such as vascular or Lewy body dementia, see our dementia care services.
What Alzheimer’s home care looks like at each stage
- Early stage: your parent is mostly independent but forgets appointments, repeats questions or struggles with bills and cooking. Care often means a few visits a week for reminders, rides, meals and companionship.
- Middle stage: the longest stage. Your parent needs help with bathing, dressing and daily structure, and may wander, sundown or become suspicious. Care often grows to 6 to 10 hours a day, with overnight help as nights get harder.
- Late stage: your parent needs full help with personal care, eating and moving, and may be mostly in bed. Care is usually 24 hours a day, often alongside hospice.
The same in-home caregivers can stay with your parent through each stage, which reduces confusion and distress. Read Alzheimer’s care at home by stage for more detail.
One-on-One In-Home Memory Care for Alzheimer’s
For many families, the safest place for a parent with Alzheimer’s is the home they already know. Familiar rooms, routines and belongings help ease confusion, and in-home memory care brings trained caregivers into that setting instead of asking your loved one to adjust to a new one.
With one-on-one Alzheimer’s care at home, a dementia-trained memory care caregiver focuses on one person at a time. That means help with bathing, dressing, meals and medication reminders at your parent’s pace, plus supervision to prevent falls, wandering and kitchen accidents. Caregivers also keep a steady daily routine, use calm redirection during confusion or sundowning, and plan activities that match what your loved one can still enjoy.
This kind of personalized memory care helps people with Alzheimer’s age in place safely and stay connected to family, neighbors and the life they’ve built. Care can start with a few hours a week and grow to overnight or 24-hour care as the disease progresses, so your parent can stay home longer with the right level of support.
How Staying Home Helps People With Alzheimer’s
People with Alzheimer’s who stay at home can keep up the hobbies and routines they enjoy, which may help slow the disease and can greatly improve quality of life. If you’re deciding between in-home Alzheimer’s care and a memory care facility, it may be worth trying home care first. In-home memory care caregivers from Nona’s Home Care fit into your loved one’s existing life instead of uprooting it, the way a move to a facility can.
How much does Alzheimer’s home care cost?
In-home Alzheimer’s care at Nona’s costs $40 to $50 an hour, depending on the level of care. 24-hour and live-in care cost $850 to $1,100 a day. There are no deposits or weekly minimums, and we help families use long-term care insurance benefits.
What you pay each month depends mostly on how many hours of care your loved one needs. In the early stage, three 4-hour visits a week cost about $2,080 to $2,600 a month. In the middle stage, 6 hours of care every day runs about $7,300 to $9,100 a month. Around-the-clock in-home Alzheimer’s care costs about $25,800 to $33,400 a month.
Where your loved one falls in the $40 to $50 range depends on the level of care, such as help with transfers, incontinence or more frequent dementia-related behaviors. We’ll walk through costs during your free consultation and adjust hours as needs change, so you only pay for the care your family actually uses.
Flexible Alzheimer’s Home Care Schedules
Try Nona’s Home Care to see how in-home Alzheimer’s care works for your family. As an in-home memory care agency in San Diego and Orange County, we let you schedule and cancel shifts without penalties or obligations, as long as you give at least 24 hours’ notice. You may find that a few hours of overnight Alzheimer’s care, so you can sleep through your loved one’s most confused hours, is all you need.
Daytime Alzheimer’s caregivers can give you time to work, or you may prefer a memory care caregiver on hand 24/7 so you can simply enjoy your loved one’s company. Whatever in-home Alzheimer’s care you need, we’ll work with you to build exactly the right schedule.
Why Families Choose Nona’s for Alzheimer’s Care
Families across San Diego County and Orange County choose Nona’s for dementia-trained Alzheimer’s caregivers, familiar faces from visit to visit, and schedules that change as their loved one’s needs do. Call (855) 687-6662 to schedule a free consultation.
Our Caregivers Love Working for Us and You
We have almost no turnover among our senior care services because we create a supportive work environment, with plenty of training to enable our senior caregiving staff to thrive in their careers.
Never be Left Without the Care You Need
You’ll love the relationship you form with a dedicated caregiver during regularly scheduled shifts. However, if ever there is an unforeseen emergency, you won’t need to worry about being left without coverage. We have unmatched staff availability.
Senior Care Services Only When You Need Them
Change or cancel shifts with at least 24 hours notice without any kind of penalties or obligations. We don’t require weekly minimums or deposits either, so you have total control over your schedule.
We accept long term care benefits from all major carriers. Including, but not limited to:
How do I start my home care?
Starting in-home Alzheimer’s care with Nona’s Home Care is simple. With our schedule flexibility, you can try a caregiver and adjust or cancel as you like. A free consultation shows how in-home memory care can fit your family’s life.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Alzheimer’s home care cost?
At Nona’s Home Care, Alzheimer’s home care costs $40 to $50 an hour, depending on the level of care. 24-hour or live-in care costs $850 to $1,100 a day. There are no deposits or weekly minimums. Long-term care insurance, VA benefits and other sources can help families pay.
When should someone with Alzheimer’s get a caregiver?
Earlier than most families think. Signs include missed medications, skipped meals, getting lost while driving, unpaid bills and a tired family caregiver. Starting with a few hours a week in the early stage lets your parent get to know an Alzheimer’s caregiver before needs become urgent, which makes later stages easier.
Can a person with Alzheimer’s stay at home?
Yes, many people with Alzheimer’s live at home through most or all of the disease. It takes a plan that grows with each stage, from part-time in-home care to 24-hour care. Safety, family support and cost decide how long home works, and we’ll be honest with you if a memory care community becomes the better choice.
Does Medicare cover Alzheimer’s home care?
Medicare doesn’t cover ongoing non-medical home care, such as daily help with bathing, meals and supervision. It may cover short-term skilled home health after a hospital stay, and hospice in the final stage. Long-term care insurance, VA benefits and Medi-Cal programs like IHSS can help pay for ongoing care.
Helpful guides
- Alzheimer’s Care at Home by Stage: what help looks like as the disease progresses
- Dementia Care at Home: Costs and When It’s Time for Memory Care: stage-by-stage costs
- Sundowning at Home: why late-day confusion happens and how to ease it
