Companion care at home is a home care service where caregivers come to the home to provide companionship services like meal preparation, transportation, help running errands, light housekeeping, and laundry. Caregivers are there to provide friendship and conversation too.

When you arrange companion care at home, who benefits the most? It’s actually a helpful service for an entire family. Here are the people who benefit from companion care visits.

Your Mom

Your mom enjoys the bulk of the benefits of companion care at home. She has the help she needs to maintain her independence and doesn’t have to rely on you. Sometimes, it’s easier to rely on a stranger than it is your adult child, especially for tasks like laundry and housekeeping.

What can companion care aides help her with? There are many things her caregiver can do, and it all depends on what help she needs to maintain her independence. If she has a hard time carrying her vacuum to her bedroom to clean the carpets, she can have a caregiver do it.

Does your mom like to get out of the house? Her caregiver can drive her to an area shopping center and help her purchase groceries, medication refills, and household items. If your mom needs to purchase more clothing, her caregiver can help her carry bags and read price labels.

Her Pets

Surprisingly, your mom’s pets also benefit from companion care. Your mom’s dog doesn’t often get to go for walks. Your mom is scared to go out on a walk by herself, so her dog only gets a walk on the days you’re able to visit.

Her dog won’t have to wait for you when a caregiver is there to join your mom for a walk. The caregiver can help your mom get the dog leashed and then talk a walk together.

Your mom’s caregiver can remind your mom when it’s time to feed her pets, clean litter boxes, or change their water. Plus, the caregiver can help your mom get out the necessary toys to play with her pets. When they’re done, her caregiver can put them away.

Family Caregivers

Family caregivers benefit from companion care visits. While your mom has a caregiver helping her with her daily routines, you have a day off. Caring for a parent is stressful, and you need to take time for self-care.

The service you should look into is called respite care. Take a break and take care of yourself. You don’t have to worry about your mom being alone while you’re away. Go on vacation, visit friends, or stay home and have a lazy day watching movies. Caregivers have your mom’s care needs covered.

Companion care at home benefits your whole family. Call a home care agency to learn more about the prices and how to get started with companion care at home visits.

If you or an aging loved one are considering companion care at home in San Diego, CA please contact the caring staff at A Passion for Care today. Call (858) 798-5005

A Passion for Care is a Trusted Home Care Agency serving San Diego, La Jolla, Del Mar, Rancho Bernardo, Encinitas, Oceanside, Rancho Santa Fe, Point Loma, and surrounding areas.

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Pat Melzer

Owner at A Passion for Care

Like many people in the senior care business, founder Pat Melzer was motivated by personal experience to start an in-home senior service business in 2010. After watching chronic conditions, dementia, and surgeries take over the life of her once very intelligent and lively mother-in-law, Pat saw the enormity of the need for better in-home care. Drawing on her 23 years of experience in the computer industry as a software product manager, engineering manager and computer programmer, she decided to develop best practices to build an organization that provides truly excellent, personalized care. Throughout the company’s history, Pat has been personally and professionally committed to ensuring your loved one receives the quality care they deserve. With often heroic efforts by the staff and dedicated caregivers, the vision has become a reality to be very proud of.

Making the transition to a completely new industry brought the opportunity to learn and grow, which continues still today. Pat studied Gerontology in San Diego State University’s certificate program and became licensed as a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), a Home Health Aide (HHA), and completed the California Certification Program for Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCCFE) as a Certified Administrator. She presented workshops at Aging in America Conference four years in a row and served as Chair of the San Diego Regional Home Care Council 2019-2020 and was the education board member for several years. More recently, Pat became a Certified Senior Advisor and was a San Diego Business Journal “50 over 50 2022 Women of Influence Honoree”.

Pat and her husband Roland have lived outside San Diego in the San Pasqual Valley for over three decades. She has two children who are grown professionals and three grandchildren. Pat enjoys traveling to, and visits from, family and friends throughout the year. While at home in San Pasqual Valley, she and Roland enjoy peaceful views and exploring the surrounding valleys.

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