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Want to Age at Home? Start With a Plan
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Every family’s needs are different. That’s why Home Instead offers a full range of home care services—from a few hours of help each week to around-the-clock support.
Whether you’re planning ahead or need care right away, we’ll help you find the right solution for your situation.
When someone you love is living with cognitive changes, Alzheimer's, or dementia, our Care Pros can offer compassionate, trusted memory support in the familiarity of your loved one’s own home.
When family caregivers need a break, our Care Pros are ready to step in, providing seamless, quality care for older adults, while giving family members a chance to rest and recharge.
When you need care day and night, we’re there. Our Care Pros provide constant, compassionate support to help older adults stay safe, comfortable, and cared for at home around the clock.
After surgery or a hospitalization, our Care Pros can help you home safely, get you settled comfortably, and provide the ongoing support and medication reminders needed for a smooth recovery.
Health challenges shouldn't mean giving up the comfort of home. Whether it's adapting to changes from Parkinson's, a new diabetes-friendly diet, or finding balance with heart disease, our local Care Professionals can help.
Working alongside palliative care teams or independently, we offer compassionate care to help families make the most of their time together during life’s final stages.
Sometimes the best care is conversation and quality time. Our Care Pros provide companionship and social engagement, whether it’s playing cards, going for a walk, or sharing lunch.
Need a higher level of support? Our Care Pros can also support more medically focused tasks including medication management, glucose monitoring, and more.
Learn more about the full range of care we offer—from care for Alzheimers, Dementia, and companionship to hospital-to-home support, enhanced care, or chronic condition support.
We know it’s the little things that often make life easier. That’s why our approach to senior care includes help with daily tasks and routines, like cooking meals, shopping, and even folding laundry.
We help with household tasks like laundry, vacuuming, and meal preparation to ensure a clean, safe, and nurturing environment.
Have an appointment, or need groceries from the local store? We offer safe accompaniment to just about anywhere around town.
Our Care Pros are ready to help with those all-important activities of daily living, whether it's giving a hand with bathing or getting out for some fresh air.
We provide gentle, timely reminders to help clients stick to their routines and avoid missed doses. It's a simple way to support health, comfort, and safety at home.
At Home Instead, care is built on relationships. We take the time to understand what matters to you and your family—then provide support that feels consistent, thoughtful, and personal.
What sets us apart? We don’t just show up. We build trust. We get to know your family, listen to what matters, and create a plan that fits your life. And because we’re locally owned, you can count on care that’s rooted in the community.

A Care Pro can provide appropriate non-medical mobility assistance and support everyday routines in ways that account for fall concerns.
Fall prevention is a recurring reason families across the shared organization seek care, especially when an older adult is living with Parkinson’s or ALS.
Home Instead doesn’t replace physical or occupational therapy. Families also commonly ask the team for help connecting with PT or OT when those clinical services may be useful.
Families frequently ask the shared team for help identifying additional resources such as PT or OT.
Home Instead doesn’t provide those therapies itself. Its role is non-medical home care. However, the organization works with a range of healthcare providers across its service areas and can coordinate around other services when appropriate.
Families commonly ask what happens if the Care Pro match isn’t working.
Home care is personal, and compatibility matters alongside the Care Pro’s ability to meet the needs in the customized care plan. Families should contact the local care team if they have concerns so the situation can be reviewed.
Yes. A person may begin with mobility assistance, meals, or companionship and later need more personal care or additional hours.
The customized care plan can be reviewed as needs change.
Across the shared territories, the organization reports working with hospitals, rehabilitation providers, primary care providers, hospice organizations, care facilities, in-home skilled care providers, Departments of Aging, and Alzheimer’s organizations.
Those are broad organization-wide relationships and should not be presented as though every named category represents a formal Towson-specific partnership.
The Client Services and On-Call teams operate seven days a week and can conduct short-notice consultations over weekends.
Actual Care Pro availability depends on the care plan and schedule.
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