Arlington, Massachusetts
Home care in Arlington, Massachusetts
Arlington has a lot of long-time residents in houses they bought young, and adult children living a town or two away. Most of what we do here is the daily help that lets someone stay where they already are.
After the hospital
Coming home from Mount Auburn Hospital
The discharge paperwork tells you what happened in the hospital. It does not tell you who is going to be at the house at seven in the morning when getting out of bed is the hardest thing of the day.
For a Arlington household we can usually be there within a day of the discharge: same caregiver, same hours, a short written note after every visit, and a call to you the same day if anything looks different.
Nearest hospitals
- Mount Auburn Hospital
- Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Typical start
Within about 24 hours of a discharge, most weeks.
Day to day
What we help with in Arlington
- Bathing, dressing and morning routines
- Meals and light housekeeping a few days a week
- Rides to Mount Auburn, Lahey and the Arlington Council on Aging
- Hours that step up after a hospital stay and back down afterwards
This is non-medical care. We do not provide skilled clinical services, and we will say so on the first call if that is what the situation needs.
Local help beyond what we do
Plenty of what Arlington families need is not something we sell: meals, a heating bill, a ride, help understanding Medicare. The aging services agency for Arlington is the right first call for those, and they cost nothing.
Aging services
Minuteman Senior Services
(888) 222-6171Free. They do not sell care, and routing people to the right program is the whole job.
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