Serving Pennington from our Short Hills office
Home care in Pennington
If your father in Pennington is still running his own days but the meals, the errands and the house take more out of him than they used to, some help at home can carry the heavy parts. Tell us what's changed, and we'll plan the hours with you.
The first conversation is free, and nothing starts until you say so.
Does Endurance Home Care provide home care in Pennington?
Yes. We provide home care throughout Pennington from our Short Hills office. Your family can choose hourly visits, awake overnight care, live-in care or care around the clock, as companion care or personal care with hands-on help. A registered nurse comes to the house first to write the care plan with you, and you meet the caregiver before the first visit.
Care options in Pennington
Help for the days, the nights, or both
Some families need a few hours a week. Others want someone there overnight, or living in. Here's what each option looks like at home.
- Hourly careHelp for the hours that are hardest, from a few mornings a week to full days. Easy to add to as needs change.
- Overnight careA caregiver who stays awake through the night hours, there when someone wakes and ready to help them settle again, so everyone in the house gets some rest.
- Live-in careA caregiver lives in the home and helps through the day with meals, routines, company and the house. Agreed rest time, including a night's sleep, is part of the arrangement.
- 24-hour careCaregivers work awake shifts, usually two 12-hour or three 8-hour shifts, so someone is up and ready to help at any hour of the day or night.
Any of these can be companion care, which covers company, meals, light housekeeping, errands and rides, or personal care, which adds hands-on help with bathing, dressing and moving around safely. See how live-in care and 24-hour care differ.
Hopewell Valley Rides, and the days it doesn't run
Hopewell Valley Rides is for Pennington Borough residents who are 60 and over and no longer able to drive. A one-way ride is $8, booked through RideProvide with 48 hours' notice requested, on Monday through Friday only, with no weekend rides. It is limited to 10 one-way rides a month, and anyone who travels with a rider, a caregiver included, has to be registered too. Mercer County's T.R.A.D.E. service goes anywhere in the county, also on weekdays only.
A caregiver covers the rest: a Saturday errand, an appointment that came up yesterday, or a day when your father would simply like someone with him at the visit. She can drive him there and bring him home.
The senior center, meals and books at the door
The Hopewell Valley Senior Center is at 395 Reading Street, with Social Bridge on Mondays from 1:30 to 4:00pm and a free Mahjongg game on Thursdays from 1:30 to 3:30pm. Pennington Borough's website points to Hopewell Township Senior Services for senior programs. Pennington Public Library at 30 North Main Street will drop requested books, audiobooks and movies at the door for anyone who can't get there. Meals on Wheels of Mercer County brings meals once each weekday between 10:30am and 1:00pm to residents 60 and older who need help to leave home or to prepare meals.
Those meals can't be left at the door or in a cooler, so someone needs to be home to take them. A caregiver can be there when the volunteer arrives, put the meal out with the rest of the day's food and help your father get to bridge or mahjongg.
Getting started
How care is arranged in Pennington
It starts with a conversation, and nothing begins until you say so.
A conversation
Call or send a request. Tell us who needs help, where they live and what's been getting harder. You don't need the right words.
A nurse visits at home
A registered nurse comes to the house in Pennington, gets to know everyone and writes the care plan with you.
You meet the caregiver
We choose a caregiver for the routines and preferences that matter and introduce them before the first visit. If it isn't working, we find someone else.
Updates as you go
Your Care Manager keeps you posted and changes the plan with you when needs change.
- Our office
- Our Short Hills office at 788 Morris Turnpike, Suite 201, Short Hills, NJ looks after families in Pennington. Our caregivers come to you. Directions
- License
- New Jersey License HP0435100.
- Town programs
- Looking for what Pennington offers older residents too? Hopewell Valley Senior Center is at 395 Reading Street, Pennington, NJ 08534.
Credentials and recognition
Corporate PartnerALCA Silver Corporate PartnerAging Life Care Association · view the source
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Questions Pennington families ask
Who can use Hopewell Valley Rides from Pennington, and how soon do we book?
It's for residents of Pennington Borough, Hopewell Borough and Hopewell Township who are 60 or over and no longer able to drive. Rides are $8 one way and booked through RideProvide, with 48 hours' notice requested, Monday through Friday only. For a weekend trip or a same-day appointment, a caregiver can drive your parent and stay through the visit.
Can a caregiver be home when Meals on Wheels arrives?
Yes. Meals on Wheels of Mercer County delivers once each weekday between 10:30am and 1:00pm, and meals can't be left unattended at a door or in a cooler. A caregiver can answer the door, set the meal out and have it with your parent if they like.
What goes on at the Hopewell Valley Senior Center?
It's at 395 Reading Street in Pennington. The township lists Social Bridge on Mondays from 1:30 to 4:00pm and a free Mahjongg game on Thursdays from 1:30 to 3:30pm. A caregiver can help your parent get there and back on those afternoons.
How do families pay for home care?
Care with Endurance is private pay. If your parent has a long-term care insurance policy, we can help with the policy paperwork. Medicare does not pay for ongoing daily help at home.
Talk with our care team
Let's talk about care in Pennington
Tell us a little about what's happening, and we'll call to talk it through. The first conversation is free, and nothing starts until you say so.
A person answers at (973) 315-5323. In an emergency, call 911.
Nearby: Princeton. Or see home care across Mercer County.