Most home care companies won't give you a number until you're on the phone with a salesperson. Here is ours: care starts at $28 an hour and goes up from there depending on the case. Same starting rate in Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, Druid Hills, and Alpharetta.
That's where companion care and everyday personal care begin. It goes up from there depending on the case. Private pay, no long-term contract.
You're billed for the hours worked, not for a package, so a shorter visit costs less than a long one.
Where it goes up is the amount of hands-on help. Full personal care costs more than company and errands, and complex care, the kind needing full-assist transfers or two hands for every move, costs more again. Overnight and 24-hour coverage is quoted per day rather than per hour. We give you one all-in number after we meet him, rather than publishing a figure that turns out to be wrong for his case. See the personal care service levels for what sits in each tier.
The rate does not change by neighborhood. A family in Alpharetta pays the same hourly rate as a family in Buckhead, and we don't add travel fees or mileage charges for the distance between them.
When a quote comes back higher than the starting rate, it's almost always one of these.
Keeping a man company and driving him to appointments costs less than bathing, dressing, and transferring him. The more of his weight a caregiver carries, the higher the tier.
If he can't bear weight and every move needs two sets of hands or a mechanical lift, that's complex care. It's the single biggest jump in price, and the one families are least likely to see coming.
Overnight and around-the-clock coverage is quoted by the day. A caregiver who sleeps in the home is priced differently from a rotating shift where someone stays awake.
A few hours three days a week and a full weekday schedule are very different monthly numbers. Most families start smaller than they expect to end up.
For a first-time client we ask for about 48 hours' notice. That's the same in all five neighborhoods. The time goes into meeting him, understanding what he needs, and picking the right caregiver rather than the next available one.
Same-day placement for 24-hour care is possible, and hospital discharges are the usual reason. Expedited starts can carry an additional fee, and we'll tell you the number on the call rather than after.
The main one is matching. We keep one consistent caregiver on a client instead of rotating strangers through the house, so a hard match takes longer than a simple one.
Short version: we are private pay, and we'd rather say so up front.
We don't bill Medicaid, Medicare, or VA benefits. We are not a Georgia Medicaid waiver provider, which means we don't take CCSP or SOURCE, and we don't bill Medicare. Medicare generally doesn't pay for non-medical home care of the kind we provide, so that's less unusual than it sounds, but you should hear it before you spend a week assuming otherwise.
If his care needs to be covered by a waiver program or by Medicare-certified home health, tell us on the first call. We'll say so plainly and point you toward providers set up for it, rather than running you through an assessment first.
Families who use us typically pay privately, out of retirement income, family contributions, or a long-term care insurance policy they manage themselves. There are no contracts, so you can start, change the schedule, or stop as things change.
The rate doesn't change. The logistics of showing up do, and that's worth sorting out before the first shift rather than during it.
High-rises and gated properties mean visitor parking, elevator access, and getting a caregiver on the building's approved list. Worth arranging before day one.
Close to Perimeter medical offices, so appointment-heavy weeks are common and driving time becomes part of the schedule.
Older homes near Emory with narrow stairs and small bathrooms. Both matter when transfers are part of the day.
Historic houses with steep front steps and tight doorways. It shapes how a caregiver gets him out to the car.
Single-family homes with stairs and a garage entry, and longer drives to appointments in town.
No travel fee between them, no mileage charge, and no premium for the far end of the map.
Yes, for companion care and everyday personal care. It goes up from there depending on the case: heavier hands-on care and overnight coverage cost more. You get one all-in number after a free consultation.
Most families book blocks of several hours rather than short drop-ins, because bathing, a meal, and an outing don't fit into one hour. Tell us the schedule you have in mind and we'll tell you honestly whether it works.
No. Same hourly rate in all five areas, and no travel or mileage fees between them.
No. We're private pay only, and we'll tell you on the first call if a different kind of provider is a better fit for his situation.
The caregiver's time and the work in his care plan: personal care, transfers, meals, light housekeeping, driving, medication reminders, and updates to the family. Caregivers are background-checked and insured. We are not a medical provider, so clinical tasks stay with his nurses and doctors. See what we do and what we don't.
Our caregivers work in English. If your family needs another language spoken in the home, tell us on the first call so we don't waste your time.
Tell us the hours you're thinking and what he needs help with. We'll give you one all-in rate, no pressure.
A friendly, no-pressure conversation.
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