Companion
Conversation, errands, gin rummy, presence.
FROM $26/HR
- Errands & rides
- Meals cooked together
- Games, walks, company
NON-MEDICAL HOME CARE — LICENSED · 24/7
Someone I love needs care.
Companion to memory care, at home, matched by personality.
Start with a free assessment
Four kinds of showing up.
Personal
Bathing, dressing, mobility — with dignity intact.
FROM $30/HR
- Bathing & grooming
- Dressing & mobility
- Medication reminders
Memory
Trained patience for Alzheimer's and dementia days.
FROM $32/HR
- Dementia-trained caregivers
- Routine anchoring
- Wander-safe supervision
Respite
You rest. We hold the fort. Even overnight.
FROM $28/HR
- 4-hour blocks to full weeks
- Overnight stays
- Same caregiver each time
From worried to handled in 48 hours.
No pressure script. Sometimes the answer is 'not yet.'
Your person leads the tour. We follow.
Prices in writing, valid 60 days.
We hire 4 of every 100 who apply.
Open roles, real wages — the funnel starts wide on purpose.
County, state, and national — every 12 months, not just at hire.
40 paid hours with June, including a full shift shadowing.
Offered a route only when a family match exists.
Then we match — never assign.
The right person, not the next person.
We match on personality, language, schedule, and the small stuff — early risers with early risers, chatty with chatty, quiet with quiet.
CAREGIVER
Rosa
Caregiver — 6 years
CLIENT
Frank
6am coffee, non-negotiable
We built the care our dad deserved.
When Walt's Parkinson's advanced, sisters June and Marta hired three agencies and fired three agencies. Hearthside is the fourth — the one they couldn't find.
- 2018
- FOUNDED
- 240
- FAMILIES
- 68
- CAREGIVERS
Still both on call.
June Calder
RN · TRAINING LEAD
RN for 15 years before Hearthside; wrote the training program, still teaches module one.
Marta Calder-Ruiz
OPERATIONS · MATCHING LEAD
Ran operations for a 200-bed facility; left to build something a tenth the size and ten times the standard.
Notes families actually sent.
Rosa noticed Dad's shuffle changed before we did. That's the whole review.
Mom calls Wednesday 'her day.' She means Denise.
Respite week saved my marriage and my back.
They re-matched us in four days when the first fit wasn't right. No forms, no guilt.
Dad taught his caregiver euchre. She lets him think he's winning. He is not winning.
What care actually looks like.
One Tuesday shift, hour by hour.
WORK HERE
The agency caregivers don't quit.
- $22—28/HR
- PAID TRAINING
- FLEXIBLE BLOCKS
- MILEAGE PAID
- REAL RAISES
COMPANION CAREGIVER12 open
Presence, errands, and the occasional card-game defeat.
PERSONAL CARE AIDE5 open
Hands-on care with the training to do it with dignity.
OVERNIGHT & RESPITE3 open
Steady nights, real differential, same families.
No résumé needed to start the conversation.
FREE PDF WORKBOOK — 22 PAGES
How to talk to a parent about help.
Scripts that don't condescend, timing that works, and what to do when they say no — from 240 families who've had the talk.
One email. The hard conversation still counts as yours.
Boring paperwork, taken seriously.
- BACKGROUND CHECKS — 1,204 RUN, RE-RUN ANNUALLY
- STATE LICENSED #HC-2018-0441 · BONDED & INSURED
- 24/7 ON-CALL — A CALDER ANSWERS, NOT A SERVICE
Five townships, every hour.
24/7, holidays included. The porch light metaphor is literal — someone is always on.
Not on the map? Call anyway — we know everyone worth knowing.
HONEST QUESTIONS
Asked at every kitchen table.
$26–32/hr depending on care level, 4-hour minimum. The care plan prices everything in writing before you commit.
Long-term-care insurance usually does, and we bill it directly. Medicaid covers care through our waiver partnership — we'll check your eligibility on the first call.
Assessment within 48 hours; care typically starts within a week.
Yes — re-match within a week, no awkwardness, we handle it.
Overnight, yes — awake or asleep shifts. For live-in needs we build a rotating two-caregiver schedule so nobody burns out, including us.