Home care in Lakewood Ranch, FL, our home base

Private-pay companion or personal care in Lakewood Ranch runs about $33 to $40 an hour. Multi-hour and 24-hour packages bring the effective rate down. We also bill LTC insurance, the VA, and select Medicaid waivers. Call (941) 799-7559 for a quote built around your hours and level of care.

Usually fast. Most assessments happen within 24 hours and a caregiver starts the next day. Discharges from Lakewood Ranch Medical Center are often same-day. A complex 24-hour schedule can take 2 to 3 days, since we’d rather staff it with the right team than just any team.

Employees. Every caregiver is a W-2 employee of A Perfect Choice, never an independent contractor and never a registry hire. We carry the payroll taxes, the workers’ comp, and the liability insurance so you don’t have to think about any of it.

Just call us. We’ll re-match, no questions and no fee. Personality fit matters every bit as much as the clinical side, and sometimes it takes a second try to land it.

For the care we specialize in, no. Original Medicare doesn’t pay for ongoing companion care, personal care, or 24-hour coverage at home. Lakewood Ranch families typically fund it through private pay, a long-term care insurance policy, VA Community Care benefits, or Florida’s Medicaid long-term care program when they qualify. Medicare does cover short-term skilled nursing or therapy that a physician orders after a hospital stay, but that comes from a Medicare-certified home health provider, a different kind of agency than ours. We can run the day-to-day care right alongside those visits. Call (941) 799-7559 and we’ll map out the options.

Yes, both. True 24-hour care means two awake caregivers on rotating shifts. Live-in care is one caregiver with a protected 8-hour sleep window. We run both in Lakewood Ranch, and we’ll help you figure out which one actually fits the situation.

Yes, and our office is based here. We operate under Florida AHCA home health agency license HHA #299995533, serving Lakewood Ranch along with the surrounding Manatee and Sarasota County communities.

It can, for the right person. Florida’s SMMC-LTC waiver covers in-home help for eligible seniors, but eligibility hinges on both income and a functional assessment, so the honest answer is it depends. We work with several of the managed care plans behind the waiver. Call (941) 799-7559 and we’ll walk through whether it’s a realistic option for your family.

Often, yes. We’re a VA Community Care Network provider, and eligible veterans pay nothing out of pocket for approved in-home care. If you receive Aid and Attendance, that benefit can help cover care too. We handle the authorizations and bill the VA directly, so there’s no reimbursement chase on your end. Call (941) 799-7559 to get the process started.

Yes, usually they can. A steady routine, a few home safety tweaks, and caregivers trained in redirection keep most people with dementia safe and comfortable in their own home. As things progress, we can scale the hours up, all the way to 24-hour care if wandering or sundowning start to need it. Call (941) 799-7559 and we’ll talk through where your loved one is right now.

Yes, and our office sits right here in Lakewood Ranch. A Perfect Choice is a Florida-licensed home health agency, AHCA license HHA #299995533, built around non-skilled, one-on-one care at home: companionship, personal care, dementia care, respite, and 24-hour help from CNAs and Home Health Aides. Skilled nursing and therapy aren’t part of what we do; when a physician orders that, it comes from a Medicare-certified provider, and families often keep us on for everything those short visits don’t cover. Call (941) 799-7559 and we’ll figure out the right mix for your loved one.