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Top Home Care Agencies in Alfred, ME
Browse the 141 home care agencies in Alfred, read 108 reviews of families’ experiences, and learn about available services to find the best home care options near you. Families in Alfred choose home care for many reasons, including to reduce caregiver stress, curb senior loneliness, and make daily life easier for older adults. Most home care agencies in Alfred personalize their services to your needs and provide them as frequently or infrequently as needed.
Home Care Agencies near Alfred, ME
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2 reviews
Provides: Home Care
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
We know firsthand the challenges facing many families today — caring for loved ones, sometimes hundreds or thousands of miles away, or even across town. Now there’s help.When you or your loved one needs help at home, turn to FirstLight HomeCare. We offer complete companion and personal care...
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The nurse came along with the home health aide on several occasions, to make sure everything is okay, and helped out to make sure the aide could handle him. We mostly had the same person all the time, and...
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Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Founded by a Registered Nurse in 2004, Extended Family is an organization that provides support and services that can serve as a solution for life. We give older adults the tools to age gracefully, stay healthy and live their lives fully.Our approach to aging is simple; we think older adults and...
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
To us it's personal. If you're looking for extraordinary in-home senior care and companionship, you've come to the right place. Home Instead Senior Care in Gorham, Maine has been Cumberland County's trusted source for elder care since 2000. We carefully match experienced caregivers with your...
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This company is the best around if you are looking for care at home for a loved one. They care deeply, they are proactive, they are good communicators, and they have a full nursing team to help as time goes...
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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This is a smaller community than most, so you receive a higher level of personalized care. The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and caring. Mostly the residents are nice, others are so-so. But that would...
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Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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Savens Healthcare Services was referred to me by the VA. My father had kind and caring staff and was able to live at home. At the very end of his life he had two staff members who went out of their way to...
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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They come in and do respite and a few other things. For us they just sit with my loved one . I don’t think that taking people out is an option, but it’s tailored care. The care giver is able to go for...
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Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Senior Helpers is a national leader in professional in-home assistance services. We provide dependable, consistent, and affordable services to our client and their families.Independence for Your Loved One As Senior Helpers, we specialize in providing quality in-home care for seniors. Whether they...
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I was in a real pinch to find the right care giver and "home manager" for my parents. Mom suffers from dementia and suddenly Dad, her main caregiver, had a stroke. Almost overnight, we needed immediate...
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
About our Consulting and Recruiting ServicesGrandma Joan is an award-winning consulting and recruiter service that has been helping discerning families recruit, screen, and hire premium live-in caregivers since 2010.We act as the family’s private 3rd party recruiters, finding and screening the...
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Caregiver was patient and exacting. As a live in she took the time to give mom all the things she needed. We saw a huge change in her after she was home. As a child seeing parents age is not easy. The help...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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Great job, my mom is very happy with their services, very caring, helpful and clean I would recommend them to anyone out there looking for senior care. Thanks
Provides: Home Care
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Guardian Angel Senior Services, Inc - North Billerica
1 Surrey Circle, Ste 203, North Billerica, MA 01862Starting at $XX+ hourly
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The experience and care has been excellent from this agency. My mom really likes the 2 caregivers she chose. They are very friendly and very responsive. The caregiver and mom do exercises that the physical...
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Guardian Angel Senior Services was founded in September of 2003 based on a dream that we could make a difference in the lives of seniors and go above and beyond the call of duty. We embrace being a family based company that provides an attentive yet subtle style of care. Our Vision is to be the...
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Provides: Home Care
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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When my father fell and went in to the hospital - I found myself in urgent need of 24 hour care for my mother and the team at Assisting Hands came through big time! I was really in tough situation and it...
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Starting at $XX+ hourly
3 reviews
When my father fell and went in to the hospital - I found myself in urgent need of 24 hour care for my mother and the team at Assisting Hands came through big time! I was really in tough situation and it...
Provides: Home Care
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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4 reviews
What we like the most about Amada Senior Care is their staff, they are very caring. Our loved one has had the same in home person for the last [date removed]. We would recommend them to other families.
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Starting at $XX+ hourly
2 reviews
My parents needed a little assistance after Dad had surgery. Home Instead Kennebunk was great. The Care Pro was wonderful! Always on time and super helpful. The folks in the office were great also! Look...
Provides: Home Care
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Starting at $XX+ hourly
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My parents needed a little assistance after Dad had surgery. Home Instead Kennebunk was great. The Care Pro was wonderful! Always on time and super helpful. The folks in the office were great also! Look...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Starting at $XX+ hourly
3 reviews
They are very friendly. They respond quickly to requests. They have always been able to be available and have never left us hanging. They can help with a wide range of activities. They’re more like...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Abundant Blessings Homecare offers the Home and Family alternative for the aging and disabled. Providing Living Assistance Services in the Comfort of Home. Helping maintain and improve your quality of life is our goal. Through compassionate caregivers we can help you or your loved one continue...
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My mom's care givers from Home Instead were wonderful and dedicated caregivers. I wasn't aware that they were from the Wolfeboro district but both caregivers were professional, friendly and willing to do...
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Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Starting at $XX+ hourly
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The experience my father has had with [name removed] has been nothing but positive! She's quick efficient, friendly and very thorough! Everyone I've talked to has been nice! So far I would absolutely...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Starting at $XX+ hourly
1 review
I would say they were great and gave me peace of mind. They were the only ones who could come help immediately. They were prompt professional and kind
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
1 review
They were great. They were fantastic, with a very high quality helper for him. Bonnie, the manager, is very thorough. She came out to the house and went over everything with us. They were flexible in the way...
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
My name is Bonnie Roberts, and I own the local office of Home Helpers/Direct Link. I have seen first-hand the issues seniors face through personal experience with family and friends; I’ve also witnessed the effects of stress placed on their caregivers. I opened Home Helpers with the goal of...
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1 review
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Starting at $XX+ hourly
1 review
My mom really loves her caretaker. They have quality training and go above and beyond for my mom.
Provides: Home Care
Care types provided by this community
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
Costs of home care in Alfred, ME
Average cost of home care in Alfred, ME
Home care in Alfred is typically charged at an hourly rate. Hourly rates may vary based on factors like time of day (overnight hours, for example), special weekend or holiday rates, and whether care is around the clock.
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Home care costs vs. senior living costs in Alfred
Home care costs in Alfred increase based on the hours of care needed. Costs are typically higher for seniors who need home care at night or for most of the day — for example, while a family member is at work. For seniors who need full-time or 24/7 care, assisted living or memory care may be a more cost-effective option in the long run.
To learn more about other local senior living options, view Alfred assisted living facilities or Alfred memory care facilities.
Compare the costs of aging in place against senior living
Use our cost calculator to compare your loved one’s current living and home care expenses against the cost of senior living in Alfred.QA
How to pay for home care in Alfred, ME
Many families combine various payment methods to cover home care costs. Most often, families use some mixture of the following private and public income sources to pay for home care in Alfred.Paying for home careGet an overview of all payment options for home care.
VA home care benefitsSee how VA benefits can help veterans and their spouses pay for home care.
Home care and LTC insuranceLearn how to use long-term care insurance to cover home care costs.
What families are saying about home care in Alfred
Recent reviews for home care in Alfred
Extended Family Home Care HW LLC in Dover, NH
4.0
Honestly in my state they were the only place besides visiting angels and I couldn't afford them. But I am happy with the caretaker we currently have .
Amada Senior Care of Southern Maine - Portland, ME
4.3
[name removed] comes three days a week, and we would of loved to have her more but my dad is on a fixed income. Based on the experience we have had with Amada Senior Care, we would recommend them to others.
Grandma Joan's Live-In Care Consulting and Recruiting in Oakland, NJ
5.0
Grandma Joan's provided me with a very easy to use platform to find and employ a live-in caregiver for my 104-year-old dad. All the administrative details which would have been very hard for me to find out and deal with were included in the step-by-step guidance provided. On one hand the service ...
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Frequently asked questions about home care in Alfred
Assisting Hands Home Care - Seacoast NH, Amada Senior Care of Southern Maine - Portland, ME and Southern Maine First Light Home Care are the top-rated home care facilities near Alfred, Maine. See full list of agencies.
There are 141 home care facilities near Alfred, Maine. See the full list.
Home care is provided by an aide who comes to a senior’s home to help with daily chores and activities of daily living. It can be offered anywhere a senior calls home — including a house, senior apartment, independent living, or assisted living. Learn more about home care.
Home care services are customizable to a senior’s unique needs. Services can include companionship, help with chores like cooking and housekeeping, or assistance with activities of daily living, like toileting and bathing. Explore home care services in more detail.
Home care provides nonmedical services for seniors who require assistance with daily tasks like housework, bathing, dressing, and transportation. In contrast, home health care is prescribed by a doctor and includes services like skilled nursing care and therapies, health monitoring, and medication administration that are provided by licensed medical professionals. Read more about home care vs. home health care.
The national median cost of home care is $30 per hour, according to A Place for Mom’s internal data. This cost may vary depending on the location and provided services.
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