24-Hour Home Care in Alexandria, VA
Cardinal Home Care provides 24-hour home care in Alexandria, VA for older adults who need someone close by at every hour. Our caregivers give non-medical help at home, so your mom, dad or spouse has a familiar face there for meals, baths, bedtime and the quiet hours after dark. Care comes in shifts or from a live-in caregiver, whichever suits your family and your home, and the plan can grow or ease back as needs change.
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Round-the-Clock Care at Home for Alexandria Seniors
24-hour home care means a caregiver is in the house at all times. There are no long stretches in the afternoon or the middle of the night when your loved one is alone, and there's always someone right there if they need a hand getting up at 3 a.m.
This kind of 24/7 home care in Alexandria helps people who are at risk of falls, who wander or get confused, or who need help during the night. It also helps someone recovering from an illness, an injury or a recent surgery, when the first few weeks back home can be the hardest part.
Plenty of Alexandria families are weighing this right now. About 7,958 older adults in Alexandria live alone, which is more than one in three residents aged 65 and over. Many of them have managed just fine for years, and their grown children are starting to think about the evenings and nights when nobody stops by.
Care can also follow your loved one wherever they're staying. Our caregivers provide services at personal residences, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities or wherever your loved one lives, so the same kind, steady help can carry on through a hospital stay or a move.
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Shift Care or Live-In Care: Two Ways to Cover 24 Hours
Cardinal Home Care provides 24-hour care in two ways, in shifts or with a live-in caregiver. The right choice depends on your loved one's needs and, just as much, on the home itself.
Caregivers take turns with shift care, so someone is awake and on duty around the clock. An awake caregiver is there all night long, so shifts are usually the better fit when a loved one is often up at night, tends to wander or is living with dementia.
Live-in care in Alexandria means one caregiver stays in the home. A live-in caregiver has designated sleeping hours, and they need their own living space, such as a private bedroom, so they can rest and be ready for the day ahead.
The kind of home your loved one has makes a real difference here. About 61% of homes in Alexandria are in buildings with five or more units, and more than a third are in large buildings of 50 units or more. A one-bedroom apartment or a small condo often has no spare room for a live-in caregiver, so shifts tend to work better there. A townhouse or a detached house with a guest room, which together make up about a third of the city's homes, can be a comfortable setup for live-in care.
You can read more about how our 24-hour home care works, and our team will help you weigh the two options for your loved one's place during the free consultation.
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How Our Caregivers Help, Day and Night
Around-the-clock senior care in Alexandria covers the whole day, from the first cup of coffee in the morning to a last quiet check on a sleeping parent. Over those 24 hours, a caregiver can help with:
- Bathing, dressing and toileting, at any hour
- Moving around the house and safe transfers from the bed, chair or toilet
- Meals and snacks
- Light housekeeping and laundry
- Errands and grocery shopping
- Rides to doctor's appointments
- Medication reminders
- Companionship, conversation and favorite activities
- Keeping watch through the night for safety
The hands-on side of the day draws on our personal care at home for bathing, dressing and grooming, and the friendly side, from card games to a chat over lunch, comes from our companion care that keeps seniors engaged and connected.
Our care is non-medical. Caregivers remind your loved one to take their medications on time, and in most cases they don't give the medications themselves.
Getting Started With 24-Hour Care in Alexandria
Getting started is simple, and you can take it one step at a time. It begins with a free consultation, where we meet with you to learn about your loved one's needs, routines and interests. After that, we match them with one of our professional caregivers and build a schedule around your family.
One of our client care managers comes along on the first day of care to introduce your loved one's 24-hour caregiver in Alexandria and make sure it's a good fit. Your loved one meets their caregiver with someone from our team right there in the room, which helps everyone settle in.
Our office staff are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We keep in touch with you about scheduling and about how your loved one is doing, and the plan can increase or decrease as needs change. We accept private pay and long-term care insurance.
Why Alexandria Families Choose Cardinal Home Care
Cardinal Home Care launched in 2019 to provide quality non-medical home care for seniors who want to stay in the comfort of their own homes. Our owner, Dale, has worked in healthcare for nearly 30 years, in medical practices, facility care and home care, and over those years he came to believe that keeping your loved one at home is the best possible option. You can read more about Dale's background and our mission and values anytime.
Dale stays personally involved with families and caregivers, and the people in our office are familiar with every client and caregiver we have.
Our caregivers are fully vetted, professional and licensed. Their training meets state and federal regulations, and they're trained to support memory loss and behavior changes with patience and skill.
Families tell it better than we can. One family wrote that our scheduling team made sure their mom had someone with her "24/7/365, including bringing in extra help on very short notice when needed." Another family, whose dad needed more care after a fall, wrote that we were "able to adjust quickly providing near round-the-clock care when we needed it most." You'll find more kind words from the families we serve.
Read the kind words from previous clients. Our testimonials help families discover how dedicated we are to customer satisfaction.
Local Support for Older Adults in Alexandria
About 21,462 Alexandria residents are 65 or older, roughly one in seven people in the city, and 2,202 of them are 85 or older. Among neighbors 75 and up, about one in five has trouble running errands alone and about one in eight has trouble bathing or dressing. For a lot of families, that's the pharmacy run that's gotten harder to manage alone, or the morning shower that now goes better with someone nearby.
The City's Division of Aging and Adult Services serves as Alexandria's Area Agency on Aging, for older adults and adults with disabilities. It runs an Adult Day Services Center, a weekday program for adults 55 and older who would rather not, or can't, stay home alone during the day, and it holds a monthly caregiver support group, too.
The City also has a Home-based Care Program for in-home help. It's at capacity right now with a waiting list, and it's open to people with an income under $3,015 a month, or under $3,943 a month for a household of two.
Private 24-hour home care fits right beside these programs. Our caregivers cover the evenings, nights and weekends a weekday program leaves open, and they're there when a loved one comes home from the hospital. Inova Alexandria Hospital has been on Seminary Road since 1962, and in 2028 it moves to a new campus at WestEnd Alexandria, on the old Landmark Mall site. The first nights back home go more smoothly with someone there, and our home care after a hospital stay helps with mobility, meals and getting to follow-up appointments.
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Talk With Us About 24-Hour Care in Alexandria
Round-the-clock care is one part of the home care we provide across Alexandria. Our in-home support for loved ones living with memory loss helps with routines, gentle redirection and meaningful activities. Family members doing most of the caregiving can lean on respite care at home, which gives you a real break, whether that's a few hours or a whole week away.
Every family's situation is a little different. Whenever you're ready to talk through yours, let's get started.
Cardinal Home Care provides 24-hour home care, with compassionate caregivers that promote safety and happiness. This gives you peace of mind knowing your loved ones are covered.
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Frequently Asked Questions About 24-Hour Home Care in Alexandria
Caregivers help with personal care, safety monitoring, meals, mobility and companionship at any hour of the day or night. That also covers bathing, dressing, light housekeeping, laundry, errands, rides to appointments and medication reminders, all planned around your loved one's usual routine.
It helps older adults who are at risk of falls, wandering or confusion, and those who need help during the night. It also helps someone recovering at home from an illness, an injury or surgery, when having a caregiver close by every hour makes the days and nights easier on everyone.
We provide care in shifts or with a live-in caregiver, depending on the situation. Shift caregivers stay awake and on duty around the clock. A live-in caregiver has designated sleeping hours and needs their own living space, so the layout of the home is part of the choice.
Non-medical home care staff can't give medications in most cases, but our caregivers can remind your parent to take them on time, day or night, so the routine stays on track.
We accept private pay and long-term care insurance. Your family gets information and pricing from our office, and the plan can increase or decrease as your loved one's needs change.
Yes. Our caregivers provide services at personal residences, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities or wherever your loved one lives. In a nursing home or assisted living community, our care adds to the help the staff there already give.
