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Serving Scotch Plains from our Short Hills office

Home care in Scotch Plains

When your husband or wife in Scotch Plains needs more help getting through the day, a caregiver for the right hours can take some of the weight off you both. Let's start with what the days look like now.

Request a callCall our care team (973) 315-5323

The first conversation is free, and nothing starts until you say so.

Does Endurance Home Care provide home care in Scotch Plains?

Yes. We help families throughout Scotch Plains from our Short Hills office, with care by the hour, awake overnight, live-in or around the clock. It can be companion care or personal care with hands-on help. A registered nurse visits first to write the care plan with you, and we introduce the caregiver before the first visit. Help can include memory support at home and medication reminders.

Care options in Scotch Plains

In-home senior care 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.

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.

Care in Scotch Plains

Elderly care for every kind of need in Scotch Plains

Most families start with one kind of help and add another as things change.

Towns near Scotch Plains

The township bus and county paratransit

The township's senior bus goes to the Blue Star Shopping Center in Watchung on Wednesday mornings, and to the Golden Ages Club on Thursdays. For other trips, Union County Paratransit goes anywhere in the county and needs at least six days' notice.

A caregiver can cover what falls in between: appointments that come up at short notice, errands on the other days, and help at home before and after.

Almost every family we talk to in this township has read that the town runs a senior bus and stopped there. Learning it goes to one shopping center on one morning is usually when the conversation about what care is for gets real. We also tend to ask about the driveway before we ask about the diagnosis, because the walk from the front door to the curb is often the part of a trip that stops being possible first.

Coming home after a hospital stay

If your mother or father is coming home after a hospital stay, we can plan help around the day they come home, so the first days are covered. As things settle, your Care Manager adjusts the hours with you.

The first four or five days at home, when getting to the bathroom matters more than getting to an appointment, call for a short, dense arrangement rather than an open-ended one, and it's the thing we're asked for most often in this township. Where a clinical plan already exists, we work within it.

Getting started

How care is arranged in Scotch Plains

It starts with a conversation, and nothing begins until you say so.

  1. 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.

  2. A nurse visits at home

    A registered nurse comes to the house in Scotch Plains, gets to know everyone and writes the care plan with you.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 Scotch Plains. Our caregivers come to you. Directions
License
New Jersey License HP0435100.
Town programs
Looking for what Scotch Plains offers older residents too? Scotch Plains Senior Services is at 430 Park Avenue, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076.

Credentials and recognition

Questions Scotch Plains families ask

Where does the Scotch Plains senior bus go?

To the Blue Star Shopping Center in Watchung on Wednesday mornings, and on Thursdays for Golden Ages Club members. It's for residents 55 and over.

How far ahead do I need to book county paratransit?

At least six days. Union County takes reservations up to three weeks ahead. A caregiver can drive your parent to appointments that come up sooner.

Can you help when my mother comes home from the hospital?

Yes. We can plan help around the day she comes home, from a few hours a day to someone there overnight, and change the plan with you as her needs change.

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 doesn't pay for ongoing daily help at home. Cost depends on the hours, the kind of care and the support needed. Ask on the first call and you'll get a real range.

More answers in our FAQ. How families pay for care.

Talk with our care team

Let's talk about care in Scotch Plains

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.

Tell us a little about the help you need.

Share your contact details and where care is needed. You can tell us more when we speak.

Town or ZIP code, for example Greenwich or 06830

Or call our care team at (973) 315-5323

A person answers at (973) 315-5323. In an emergency, call 911.

Nearby: Westfield, Cranford, New Providence. Or see home care across Union County.