/ About Private Caregivers

The relationship is the care.

We built this practice around one conviction: a senior who is genuinely known by the person caring for them receives better care. Everything else follows from that.

Close and intimate frame of two pairs of hands — an older woman's and a caregiver's — folding a linen cloth together on a worn wooden table, natural north-facing window light, no eye contact with camera, warm and unhurried
Close and intimate frame of two pairs of hands — an older woman's and a caregiver's — folding a linen cloth together on a worn wooden table, natural north-facing window light, no eye contact with camera, warm and unhurried
— How we began

Built around one family at a time

Private Caregivers started when the people who founded it couldn't find what they needed for their own family — a caregiver who would stay, who would learn, who would still be there next year.

So we built a small practice where that kind of continuity isn't the exception. Every decision since has been made to protect the same-person relationship — not to scale it away.

• Slow on purpose

We'd rather say no than send the wrong person

Before a caregiver ever visits, we listen — to the family, to the senior, to what matters in daily life. The match comes after we understand, not before.

If the fit isn't right, we say so. A careful no protects everyone. The caregivers who do match stay for years — not months.

What guides us

Three things we will not trade away

Continuity

Dignity

Honest fit

Every decision defers to the senior's own preferences and rhythm. Care that overrides who a person is isn't care — it is management.

We vet carefully and match slowly. When a pairing isn't right, we say so plainly. A good fit matters more than filling the schedule.

The caregiver who starts with a client stays. We don't rotate. We don't reassign. Consistency is not a perk — it is the service.