Senior Home Care in Greater Boston
Everyday help with errands, transportation, meals, companionship, bathing and dressing, shaped around your loved one's routines and preferences.
Talk with Jason, the owner, to find the best care path for your family.
GREATER BOSTON · Dorchester · Jamaica Plain · Roxbury · Newton · Brighton
Given the choice, many of us would prefer to grow older in our own homes.
What is Rhythm Home Care?
We bring a rhythm
back into your life.
For older adults, the need for support at home can grow gradually or follow a sudden health change. You may be concerned about a parent spending more time alone, noticing that memory changes make daily routines harder, or preparing for their return home from the hospital.
Rhythm Home Care helps meet these changing needs by providing non-medical support built around your loved one's preferences and routines. We work with your family to create a care plan, match experienced caregivers and keep you informed about day-to-day care and changes.
This is the Rhythm you can remember. A familiar pace and a steadier sense of support, with room for independence and more time to simply be family.
What does Rhythm Home Care do?
Our Care Services
Help with the practical parts of your loved one's day, with respect for their privacy, preferences, and the things they want to keep doing themselves.
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Companion Care
Conversation, walks, games, and company at appointments, shaped around your loved ones’ interests and everyday routines.
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Personal Care
Respectful help with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, and mobility, within caregiver training and the care plan.
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Meal Preparation and Planning
Help planning meals, shopping for groceries, and preparing food around your loved ones’ tastes and preferences.
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Housekeeping
Light housekeeping and personal laundry to help keep everyday spaces comfortable and in order.
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Transportation
Rides to appointments and errands in Boston and Greater Boston, when authorized in the care plan and transportation requirements are met.
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Respite Care
Scheduled support for your loved ones, giving you time to rest, work, or take care of other responsibilities.
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Medication reminders can be part of your care. Included with other services when authorized in your care plan, not offered on their own. Reminders only; caregivers do not administer or manage medications.
Tasks depend on your individual care plan. We’ll confirm your address, schedule, and caregiver availability before care begins. Rhythm provides non-medical support, not skilled nursing or medical treatment.
What your care looks like
The Rhythm Care Method
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Listen First
We begin by listening to you and your loved one: what matters most, what feels difficult, and what you want to keep doing independently. We learn about familiar routines, memory and mobility needs, safety, and family concerns—so those priorities can shape the care plan.
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Plan Together
Together, we turn what we’ve learned into a non-medical care plan built around the support needed and the hours that fit. Before care begins, we discuss responsibilities, how we’ll communicate, and any questions you have.
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Match the Right Caregivers
We look for caregivers whose experience and communication style fit your loved one’s needs and preferences. The aim is a comfortable relationship and a consistent schedule, so care feels familiar.
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Clear, Consistent Communication
The owner and your care team keep you informed about changes to schedules or care arrangements. Caregivers record the support provided and share changes with the office. Updated care plans help the team work from the same information.
Questions worth asking before care starts.
Use these questions with any home-care agency, including Rhythm, to understand what you would be agreeing to.
- How will my routines and preferences shape the plan?
- Who will provide care, and how are caregiver changes handled?
- How will updates and concerns be communicated?
- What happens if a caregiver cannot attend?
- Who can I contact about questions or changes?
- What are the rate, minimum visit, additional charges and cancellation terms?
Questions before you call.
Can I call about help for myself?
Yes. Start with your own questions, routines and preferences. You can decide whom you would like to include in the conversation.
Do I need to know which services I need?
No. Tell Jason what you would like help with and what you want to understand. You do not need to choose a service or commit to an assessment before calling.
What does care cost?
The standard hourly rate is $52/hour. There is a four-hour minimum shift and no weekly minimum. Ask about any other terms that would apply to your schedule.
Is this medical care?
Rhythm provides non-medical home care. Our caregivers do not provide skilled nursing, wound care, injections, diagnosis or clinical judgment. Talk with Jason about the specific help you are looking for so you can explore fit.
What’s the difference between home care and home health?
Home health is usually short-term, medically focused care delivered at home for an illness, injury or recovery. It can include skilled nursing, physical therapy or wound care, and is ordered by a health care provider through a Medicare-certified home health agency when eligibility requirements are met. Medicare may cover eligible services; other plan rules vary.
Home care is non-medical support with everyday life—such as bathing, meals, companionship, mobility and medication reminders. Caregivers do not administer medications. It can be ongoing and is typically paid for privately; some long-term-care insurance policies may reimburse eligible services under their own terms.
Many families use both: home health for a clinical recovery plan, and home care for practical support between visits and over the longer term. Rhythm provides non-medical home care. Talk with Jason about the help you have in mind and whether it’s a fit.
How soon could care begin?
Tell Jason the timing you have in mind. A start date depends on the help needed, location, availability and the steps required before care can begin. Calling does not book care or confirm a start date.
What if I’m still comparing options?
That is a valid reason to call. Ask about the tasks you have in mind, the schedule, costs, caregiver arrangements and how changes would be handled. You do not need to have made a decision before the conversation.
Let’s talk about what would help.
Whether you’re looking for yourself or helping someone else, you can start with a question. Talk with Jason about your situation and whether Rhythm Home Care is a fit.
You don’t need to choose a service before calling.