Services
Care built around how your loved one already lives.
Care is rarely one thing, and it rarely stays the same for long. Everything below is arranged with the same care, matched to what a household actually needs, and can be adjusted as things change.
Care at home
The everyday help that lets someone stay where they are.
Personal care
Hands-on help with the daily tasks that go better with a steady hand.
What it looks like
- Bathing or showering, and help with hair, shaving, and getting dressed
- Getting in and out of bed, a chair, or the car without a struggle
- A steady arm on the stairs, in the bathroom, and around the house
- Toileting and continence care, handled quietly and without fuss
When families call about this
- A fall, or a near miss that only came up in passing
- Showers being skipped because the bathroom has started to feel risky
- The same clothes several days running
Companion care
Everyday company and household help for someone who is mostly independent but should not be alone all day.
What it looks like
- Meals cooked properly and eaten with company, not alone at the counter
- Laundry, tidying, changing the bed, and the weekly shop
- Conversation, cards, a walk, the garden, the crossword
- Someone in the house who notices a change and mentions it to you
When families call about this
- Long stretches alone between family visits
- A full fridge and food going out untouched
- Driving has stopped, and so has getting out of the house
Memory and dementia care
Care from caregivers experienced with dementia and Alzheimer’s, built around routine, orientation, and safety.
What it looks like
- The same routine, in the same order, at the same times each day
- Redirecting rather than correcting when a question comes round again
- Stoves, doors, and keys kept safe without making the house feel locked
- Familiar music, old photographs, and lifelong habits used as anchors
When families call about this
- The same question two or three times within an hour
- Arriving somewhere with no memory of the journey there
- Day and night starting to swap around
- Getting anxious at the same time every afternoon
Live-in and overnight care
Continuous overnight presence, or a live-in arrangement for someone who cannot safely be alone.
What it looks like
- Awake overnight, or sleeping in the house, depending on what is needed
- Help to the bathroom and back without a fall in the dark
- A calm familiar voice if they wake at three in the morning unsure where they are
- Breakfast and the morning start before the day handover
When families call about this
- Wandering at night, or getting dressed to go out at two in the morning
- Falls that keep happening after dark
- A husband or wife who has not slept properly in months
When something changes
Help after a hospital stay, when a family caregiver needs a break, or when driving stops.
Post-hospital recovery
Short-term support after a hospital or rehab stay, for the weeks when going home alone is not safe yet.
What it looks like
- Cover from the day of discharge, for as many weeks as it takes
- Meals, fluids, rest, and getting to the follow-up appointments
- Help with the exercises the therapist left instructions for
- An extra pair of eyes on how recovery is actually going, day to day
When families call about this
- Discharge is tomorrow and nobody can be at the house
- Stairs to climb, or the only bathroom is upstairs
- Going home alone after surgery, with a walker and a list of instructions
Respite care
Planned or short-notice cover so a family caregiver can rest, travel, or handle their own health.
What it looks like
- The same hours on the same days, so a break can be counted on
- Cover at short notice when something comes up
- Overnight, a weekend, or a fortnight, so you can travel
- A proper handover, so the routine carries on while you are gone
When families call about this
- You are the one doing the caring, and you deserve time for yourself
- Your own appointments keep being postponed
- There has not been a day off in months
Transportation and appointments
Transport and accompaniment for medical appointments, errands, and getting out of the house.
What it looks like
- Door to door, and back again, not dropped at the entrance
- Walks in, sits in, listens, and writes down what the doctor said
- Prescription collections, the bank, the grocery run
- The standing appointments: dialysis, infusions, physical therapy
When families call about this
- Driving has stopped, or should have
- Appointments are being missed or quietly cancelled
- Coming home from the doctor unsure what was said
Beyond care at home
Two things families are often left to work out alone. We help with both.
Facility placement assistance
Guidance on assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, and small board-and-care homes in Palm Beach and Martin counties.
What it looks like
- What the difference actually is between assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, and a small board-and-care home
- Which communities have openings now and which have a waiting list
- What each level of care can and cannot handle, so a move is not repeated in six months
- Tours arranged, and the questions worth asking while you are standing there
When families call about this
- Care at home is no longer enough, or no longer safe
- A hospital or rehab is asking where they are going next
- You are comparing places online with no way to tell them apart
Placement help is free to your family. Guardian Care charges families nothing for it.
Medicaid and Medicare help
Assistance with Florida Medicaid long-term care applications and a clear explanation of what Medicare does and does not cover.
What it looks like
- A straight answer about what Medicare covers, and what it does not
- Help with the Florida Medicaid long-term care application and the paperwork it asks for
- What to gather before you start, and the deadlines that matter
- Where VA benefits apply, for a veteran or a surviving spouse
When families call about this
- You were told Medicare would cover this, and then found out it does not
- The application has been started twice and abandoned twice
- Nobody has given you a straight answer about what is actually available
Not sure which of these you need?
Most people are not, and that is a normal place to start from. Tell us what the day looks like and we will tell you what usually fits.