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Non-medical home care

Hospice Support

During hospice, families deserve every bit of support. We provide non-medical comfort care that complements your hospice team, so no one has to be alone.

  • Family-owned
  • Licensed CA non-medical agency
  • CalPERS, Genworth & Mutual Life accepted
  • Phone & text answered 24/7
  • Free in-home assessment
How care starts
  1. Step 1
    Call us
    Any time, day or night.
  2. Step 2
    Free in-home assessment
    We come to you — no cost, no commitment.
  3. Step 3
    Matched caregiver starts
    Often within 24–48 hours.

About this service

Hospice support from Guiding Souls Home Care is non-medical comfort and companionship care that works alongside your hospice team. Our caregivers don't replace the nurses, social workers, or chaplains your hospice provides — they add the steady, human presence that helps a family walk through this season at home.

Across Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, and El Dorado counties, our caregivers provide gentle personal care, quiet company, meal and hydration support, coordination with hospice staff, and simple presence during long days and long nights. The focus is comfort, dignity, and never having to be alone.

Why it matters

Risks without hospice support

Long stretches of solitude

Family caregivers can't be present every hour. Without extra support, loved ones spend more time alone during a season when presence matters most.

Physical exhaustion at home

Hospice at home asks a lot of family caregivers — lifting, repositioning, meals, meds, sleeplessness. Non-medical support carries some of the weight.

Gaps between hospice visits

Hospice teams visit on a schedule. Our caregivers fill the hours in between with quiet, attentive, non-medical care.

Emotional weight on the family

Grief and daily caregiving at once is heavy. Extra hands make room for family to simply be family.

Who this is for

  • Families already working with a hospice provider
  • Loved ones in late-stage illness at home
  • Caregivers who need presence and comfort help

What's included

Companionship and comfort presence
Gentle personal care and repositioning
Meal, hydration, and cueing support
Coordination with your hospice nurses and social workers
Family respite and emotional presence
Overnight coverage when needed
The difference we make

Benefits of hospice support

For your loved one
  • Comfort and dignity in familiar surroundings
  • A calm, kind presence throughout the day
  • Consistent help with gentle personal care
  • Never left alone through the hardest hours
For families
  • Relief from the physical and emotional weight of care
  • Steady coordination with your hospice team
  • Respite so family can rest and be present
  • Round-the-clock coverage when needed

FAQ

Hospice focuses on comfort rather than cure for a terminal illness. Palliative care can start earlier and run alongside curative treatment. Our non-medical support complements either.

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Every family we serve starts with a free in-home assessment — no pressure, no commitment.