Wilmington, Massachusetts
Home care in Wilmington, Massachusetts
Wilmington is mostly single-family homes with families who have been here a long time. The calls we get are practical: someone came home from Lahey and there is no one at the house during the day.
After the hospital
Coming home from Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
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 Wilmington 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
- Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
- Winchester Hospital
Typical start
Within about 24 hours of a discharge, most weeks.
Day to day
What we help with in Wilmington
- Daytime cover while adult children are at work
- Recovery support in the weeks after a hospital stay
- Errands, groceries and pharmacy runs
- Companionship and supervision for safety
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 Wilmington families need is not something we sell: meals, a heating bill, a ride, help understanding Medicare. The aging services agency for Wilmington 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.