Watertown, Massachusetts
Home care in Watertown, Massachusetts
Watertown is dense and walkable, and most of our visits here are short and frequent rather than long. Mount Auburn is minutes away, which makes follow-up appointments easier to keep.
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 Watertown 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
- Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Typical start
Within about 24 hours of a discharge, most weeks.
Day to day
What we help with in Watertown
- Short daily visits for washing, dressing and meals
- Help in apartments and two-families with narrow stairs
- Walking to the pharmacy or the market with company
- Rides to Mount Auburn and Newton-Wellesley
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 Watertown families need is not something we sell: meals, a heating bill, a ride, help understanding Medicare. The aging services agency for Watertown is the right first call for those, and they cost nothing.
Aging services
Springwell
617-926-4100Free. They do not sell care, and routing people to the right program is the whole job.
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