California Seniors Care provides non-medical home care in Los Gatos and Monte Sereno for older adults and disabled adults who want to keep living in the homes they love. Our office is in neighboring Campbell, at 42 W Campbell Ave, and we've been caring for families all across Santa Clara County for more than 40 years. Our in-home care in Los Gatos covers the full range of help a family might need: personal care, companionship, dementia care, and 24-hour and live-in care when more support is called for. Getting started is simple, and you can take it one step at a time.
Close to 6,800 people in Los Gatos are 65 or older, which comes to about one in five residents. Many of them want to stay right where they are, in the house they know, with a little help to make each day easier.
Our caregivers help with bathing, grooming and dressing, steady your loved one during walks and transfers, handle incontinence care with dignity, and give medication reminders through the day. Some families mostly want good company and an extra hand around the house, and that means conversation, light housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation and errands.
Our caregivers also give specialized care for health conditions such as Parkinson's, stroke recovery, cancer and memory loss. And our rides to appointments and errands come with a trained caregiver who can stay right by your loved one's side.
Senior care in Los Gatos looks a little different in every home, so we shape it around the person. Everyday tasks on our senior home care services list include:
Care can be as light as one 6-hour shift a week or as full as round-the-clock and live-in care. There are no deposits and no long-term contracts, and the schedule can change as your loved one's needs change.
Overnight care is an awake shift of 8, 10 or 12 hours, where the caregiver stays up and keeps watch the whole time. That's the kind of help a family looks for when Dad has started wandering at night and everyone else in the house needs to sleep.
24-hour home care in Los Gatos is usually set up one of two ways: two 12-hour shifts or three 8-hour shifts. Eight-hour shifts tend to cost less and suit someone whose needs are lighter. Twelve-hour shifts mean fewer handoffs, which works well for someone who needs the most help.
Live-in care puts one caregiver in the home for several days in a row, with their own room to stay in. We most often split the week into 4-day and 3-day stays, which keeps the number of different faces in the house small and is easier on everyone.
Our caregivers are trained to care for someone with Alzheimer's or another dementia from the early stages through the late ones. We build dementia care in Los Gatos around the person's own routines, likes and history, and then we keep those routines steady. Familiar days help ease confusion and anxiety.
Safety matters at every stage. A caregiver keeps a close eye on things at home, helps with bathing, dressing and meals, and uses gentle redirection when late afternoons bring restlessness or agitation, the pattern many families know as sundowning.
Evenings and nights are often the hardest part for a spouse who has been carrying the load. An awake overnight caregiver lets a husband or wife finally get a full night's sleep, knowing someone is up and watching.
Every caregiver is trained when they start and every year after, with specialized training in dementia, stroke and Parkinson's. You'll find more about how we care for people living with dementia at home, including the breathing room it gives family caregivers.
El Camino Hospital Los Gatos, on Pollard Road, is a general acute care hospital with 143 licensed beds and an emergency room. Plenty of families here make that short drive home with a loved one who still needs a good deal of help.
Our post-surgery home care in Los Gatos puts a caregiver at home during those first weeks. They help with getting around safely, meals, bathing and dressing, and medication reminders, and they can pick up prescriptions and groceries along the way. You can read more about home care after surgery, including how caregivers help with the exercises from physical and occupational therapy.
About one in six Los Gatos residents 75 and older has trouble running errands alone, such as getting to a doctor's office. Our transportation with a caregiver along takes that off your plate. A caregiver drives to follow-up and rehab appointments, walks your loved one to the right department, stays through the visit, takes notes and speaks up as an advocate, then sees them safely back inside the house.
Any fall, hospital stay or change in condition prompts our Care Team to reassess the care plan, so the help at home keeps pace with how your loved one is doing.
The Town of Los Gatos and LGS Recreation run a Senior Services program for residents 55 and over, based at the Los Gatos Adult Recreation Center at 208 East Main Street. The 55 Plus membership is $45 a year and includes free groups, low-cost fitness classes like yoga, Zumba Gold and functional fitness, a Wednesday bridge game day, and day trips that leave right from the center.
Sourcewise is Santa Clara County's Area Agency on Aging, and it has been the central starting point for aging programs since 1973. It's a good place to ask about benefits. Its Meals on Wheels program also delivers meals to homebound seniors 60 and older who can't cook or get food because of illness, frailty or disability.
Someone 65 or older lives alone in 1,451 Los Gatos households. The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department looks out for those neighbors through Operation C.A.R.E., a free daily check-in, 365 days a year, for seniors who live alone and have a health condition that may someday need emergency care. An officer goes to the house when neither the senior nor their emergency contacts answer.
Los Gatos has belonged to the World Health Organization's network of age-friendly communities since 2017, and the Town named more senior transportation options among the needs to work on. A caregiver can help your loved one keep enjoying all of this. That might be a ride over to a fitness class at the Adult Recreation Center, a friendly companion on a 55 Plus day trip, or a hand getting settled in for bridge on a Wednesday.
California Seniors Care is locally owned, with owners who stay hands-on, and we've been caring for families across Santa Clara County for more than 40 years.
Our team has grown to more than 300 trained and vetted caregivers. They're licensed and background-checked, trained when they start and again every year, and they stay with us an average of more than five years. For your loved one, that means a familiar face they can count on.
An RN Case Manager is part of our office and care team. A backup caregiver steps in whenever a regular caregiver can't work, and our office is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We also help families submit long-term care insurance claims for reimbursement, and we accept private pay, long-term care insurance, Veterans Direct In-home Services and the Veterans Aid and Attendance Benefit.
Families looking for caregivers in Los Gatos can read what other families say about us. Here's one of our favorites:
"All of my interactions with CSC have yielded prompt and caring responses. I highly recommend them!" Jan C.
We also care for families close by, with home care in Saratoga and home care in Campbell, along with communities throughout Santa Clara County.
Your first step toward elderly care in Los Gatos is a free consultation. We sit down with you and your loved one, learn what a normal day looks like and where a little help would make it easier, and then put together a personalized care plan.
Our Care Team picks a caregiver whose personality and skills are the best fit for your family member, someone who comes to feel like family and brings real skill to the job. Members of the Care Team visit the home from time to time, too, to keep the plan current as needs change.
Take all the time you need. Our Let's Get Started form is the easy next step whenever you feel ready, and a caring member of our office staff will follow up with information and pricing for your loved one's situation.
Yes. We care for older adults and disabled adults in Los Gatos and Monte Sereno, along with communities across Santa Clara County. Our office is close by in Campbell, at 42 W Campbell Ave, so help is never far away.
Cost depends on the level of care, the number of hours and any extra services, such as transportation. We share pricing once we've learned about your loved one's needs and set up a personalized plan. There are no deposits and no long-term contracts.
Care can start with a single 6-hour shift each week. From there it can grow to more days, overnight shifts, 24-hour care or live-in care, and the schedule can change again whenever your loved one's needs do.
Yes. Overnight care is an awake shift of 8, 10 or 12 hours, so someone is always up and watching. Live-in care is most often split into 4-day and 3-day stays, which keeps the number of different caregivers in the home small.
Yes. Every caregiver is trained when they start and again each year, and our caregivers have specialized training in dementia, stroke and Parkinson's. They're trained to help from the early stages of Alzheimer's and dementia through the late ones.
Many families use it. We help you submit long-term care insurance claims for reimbursement, and we also accept private pay, Veterans Direct In-home Services and the Veterans Aid and Attendance Benefit.
