Serving Princeton from our Short Hills office
Home care in Princeton
If your mother in Princeton still wants her own routines around town but getting out and keeping up the house have become harder, some help at home can carry the parts that have gotten heavy. 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 Princeton?
Yes. We provide home care throughout Princeton 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 Princeton
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.
Crosstown rides, and the trips around them
Crosstown is a door-to-door ride service for Princeton residents who are 65 and up, or who have a physical disability. A ride costs $3 each way, paid with vouchers from the Center for Modern Aging, and rides between 8:00am and 5:00pm on weekdays have to be reserved by noon on the business day before. Riders need to be able to get to the car and in and out of it without help. Princeton also runs a free municipal bus that loops between 15 stops around town.
A caregiver covers what a day-ahead booking can't: an appointment that came up this morning, an errand on the weekend, or a day when your mother needs a steady arm to reach the car. She can stay with your mother through the visit and bring her home again.
Visitors, books and a key for the police
The Center for Modern Aging runs Home Friends, a visitor program where a volunteer comes for an hour or more each week to walk, read or go through the mail. The program is designed to complement family and paid caregivers, not replace them. The Princeton Public Library's Home Reader program sends a volunteer to the house to hand-pick books for someone who can't get to the library. Princeton Police offer Operation Blue Angel, a free lockbox on the front door for residents 55 and older who live alone or are alone for long stretches. The key is the resident's own, and officers use it only in an emergency, never for a lock-out.
All of that leaves hours open. A caregiver is there for the rest of the week with meals, company, the house and the daily routine, and she can be the one at the door when a volunteer visits.
Getting started
How care is arranged in Princeton
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 Princeton, 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 Princeton. Our caregivers come to you. Directions
- License
- New Jersey License HP0435100.
- Town programs
- Looking for what Princeton offers older residents too? Center for Modern Aging Princeton is at 101 Poor Farm Road, Building B, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Credentials and recognition
Corporate PartnerALCA Silver Corporate PartnerAging Life Care Association · view the source
Recognized By6 Home Care Companies to Watch in 2025Home Health Care News · view the source- Interviewed ByScotch Plains CEO Leads Endurance Home Care's Rapid Expansion Into New JerseyTAPinto Scotch Plains/Fanwood · view the source
Questions Princeton families ask
Who can ride Crosstown in Princeton, and how far ahead do we book?
Crosstown is for Princeton residents who are 65 and up or have a physical disability and can get to the car and in and out of it without assistance. Rides are $3 each way, and weekday rides between 8:00am and 5:00pm have to be reserved by noon on the business day before. If your mother needs hands-on help to leave the house, or you need a ride on short notice, a caregiver can go with her.
Can Home Friends visits go alongside a caregiver?
Yes. The Center for Modern Aging designed Home Friends to complement family and paid caregivers rather than replace them. A volunteer visits for an hour or more a week, and a caregiver can cover the other hours.
What is Operation Blue Angel in Princeton?
It's a free program from Princeton Police for residents 55 and older who live alone or are alone for extended periods, and for people with a medical condition that could leave them unable to respond. Police place a lockbox on the front door that holds a key you provide, and officers open it only in an emergency, not for lock-outs. A caregiver can help your parent get the application filled out and mailed.
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 Princeton
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: Pennington. Or see home care across Mercer County.