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Somebody looks in on her every day. You do not have to be the one wondering.

A real Caring Companions caregiver checks in by video, on the television she already watches, every weekday. They watch her medications, see whether she has eaten, notice how she sounds, and stay long enough to actually visit.

From $75 a week. That is less than a single in-home visit, for someone looking in every single weekday.

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Tuesday, 9:00 AM · morning check-in
DM
Denise M.
Caring Companions caregiver
Good morning, Dorothy. Did you get your blue pill with breakfast? … Good. Now show me what you had, I want to see the plate.

It comes up on her TV on its own. She does not press a thing, find a password, or work a tablet.

The gap nobody is paying for

Most families do not need somebody in the house all day. They need somebody there at 8am when the pills matter, and again at 6pm when the day gets long. But in-home care comes in four-hour blocks, so a family that only needs twenty minutes twice a day ends up paying for eight hours or going without. Almost everyone goes without, and then worries all day. This is built for exactly that gap.

Between the visits you already have

Your caregiver comes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. Tuesday and Thursday, and every evening, nobody sees her. A check-in covers those days without adding another four-hour visit to the bill.

Before anyone needs hands-on help

She is managing, mostly. She forgets the afternoon dose sometimes and she is not eating much since your father died. That is not a case for personal care yet. It is a case for somebody looking in.

When you live four hours away

You call and she says she is fine. She always says she is fine. Somebody local, who knows what her normal looks like, sees her face every weekday and tells you when it changes.

What actually happens in a visit

It is not a wellness call from a call center. It is one of our caregivers, the same face most days, with a list of the things you told us to watch.

  1. 1

    Her television comes on by itself

    At the time you picked. She does not answer, dial, unlock, or find anything. If she is in the other room, it waits and we try again.

  2. 2

    Medications, in front of them

    Not "did you take your pills," which everyone says yes to. We ask her to hold up the box and take it while we watch, at the time it is supposed to happen.

  3. 3

    Eyes on the day

    Has she eaten. Is she dressed. Is the house the way it usually looks. Is she steady on her feet crossing the room. Small things that mean nothing alone and mean a great deal when they change.

  4. 4

    Readings, if there are any

    Blood pressure, blood sugar, weight. We prompt her to take them and watch her do it, and the numbers land where your family can see them.

  5. 5

    And then a visit

    The part that is not on any checklist. What she watched last night, how the grandchildren are, whether the neighbor's dog is still barking. For a lot of our families this turns out to be the part that matters most.

  6. 6

    You hear about it

    Notes go to the family. If something looked wrong, you get a call, not a note, and we tell you what we would do next.

Honest about what this is not

A caregiver on a screen cannot steady somebody on the stairs. We would rather turn this down than sell it to a family who needs hands in the room, so here is the line.

Virtual visits work well for

  • Medication timing and adherence
  • Meals, appetite, and hydration
  • Loneliness and the long evenings
  • Noticing a change early, before it becomes a fall or a hospital stay
  • Filling the days and evenings between in-home visits
  • Family who live too far to drop in

You need in-home care instead for

  • Bathing, dressing, and toileting
  • Transfers, or anyone at real risk of falling alone
  • Anybody who cannot be left alone safely
  • Cooking, housekeeping, laundry, errands
  • Driving to appointments
  • Advanced or bed-bound care

Most of our families end up with both: in-home hours for the parts that need hands, and virtual check-ins to cover the days in between. See our in-home services or work out what a combination would cost.

Build the visit, see the price

Tick what you want her caregiver to do. We work out how long that takes, and what a week of it costs. Visits run Monday through Friday so the same caregiver comes at the same time every day, which is how somebody actually becomes a familiar face rather than a stranger checking a box.

Health tracking

Medication

Reminders and coordination

Company and engagement

Her visit

15 minutes

A quick, focused check-in.

Visits per day, Monday to Friday

Your weekly price

$75/week

$15 per visit

That is a lot for one visit. We can still do it, but at this point it may be worth pricing in-home hours alongside it. Say so when you call and we will lay both out.
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Every visit also includes a warm hello, a wellness check, and eyes on how she is doing, whatever else you pick. Delivered on her television through HomeTogether TV, which is included free at 20 or more hours a week of in-home care, or $99 a month on its own.

Why this is worth doing: our in-home care starts at $30 an hour with a four-hour minimum, so a single visit runs about $120. A virtual check-in works out to as little as $12. For the families who need eyes on their mother rather than hands on her, that is the whole argument.

The gap nobody is paying for

Most families do not need somebody in the house all day. They need somebody there at 8am when the pills matter, and again at 6pm when the day gets long. But in-home care comes in four-hour blocks, so a family that only needs twenty minutes twice a day ends up paying for eight hours or going without. Almost everyone goes without, and then worries all day. This is built for exactly that gap.

Between the visits you already have

Your caregiver comes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. Tuesday and Thursday, and every evening, nobody sees her. A check-in covers those days without adding another four-hour visit to the bill.

Before anyone needs hands-on help

She is managing, mostly. She forgets the afternoon dose sometimes and she is not eating much since your father died. That is not a case for personal care yet. It is a case for somebody looking in.

When you live four hours away

You call and she says she is fine. She always says she is fine. Somebody local, who knows what her normal looks like, sees her face every weekday and tells you when it changes.

What actually happens in a visit

It is not a wellness call from a call center. It is one of our caregivers, the same face most days, with a list of the things you told us to watch.

  1. 1

    Her television comes on by itself

    At the time you picked. She does not answer, dial, unlock, or find anything. If she is in the other room, it waits and we try again.

  2. 2

    Medications, in front of them

    Not "did you take your pills," which everyone says yes to. We ask her to hold up the box and take it while we watch, at the time it is supposed to happen.

  3. 3

    Eyes on the day

    Has she eaten. Is she dressed. Is the house the way it usually looks. Is she steady on her feet crossing the room. Small things that mean nothing alone and mean a great deal when they change.

  4. 4

    Readings, if there are any

    Blood pressure, blood sugar, weight. We prompt her to take them and watch her do it, and the numbers land where your family can see them.

  5. 5

    And then a visit

    The part that is not on any checklist. What she watched last night, how the grandchildren are, whether the neighbor's dog is still barking. For a lot of our families this turns out to be the part that matters most.

  6. 6

    You hear about it

    Notes go to the family. If something looked wrong, you get a call, not a note, and we tell you what we would do next.

Honest about what this is not

A caregiver on a screen cannot steady somebody on the stairs. We would rather turn this down than sell it to a family who needs hands in the room, so here is the line.

Virtual visits work well for

  • Medication timing and adherence
  • Meals, appetite, and hydration
  • Loneliness and the long evenings
  • Noticing a change early, before it becomes a fall or a hospital stay
  • Filling the days and evenings between in-home visits
  • Family who live too far to drop in

You need in-home care instead for

  • Bathing, dressing, and toileting
  • Transfers, or anyone at real risk of falling alone
  • Anybody who cannot be left alone safely
  • Cooking, housekeeping, laundry, errands
  • Driving to appointments
  • Advanced or bed-bound care

Most of our families end up with both: in-home hours for the parts that need hands, and virtual check-ins to cover the days in between. See our in-home services or work out what a combination would cost.

What it costs

Priced by the week, not the hour, because that is how the worry works. Every weekday, Monday through Friday, once, twice, or three times a day.

Most families start here
$75 a week

Daily 15-minute check-ins

  • Every weekday, Monday through Friday
  • Medications watched, not just asked about
  • Meals, mood, and how she is moving
  • Notes to the family, and a call if something is off
  • Set at the time of day that actually matters
When more is needed
$125 a week

Daily 30-minute visits

  • Everything in the shorter visit, with room to breathe
  • Long enough for real conversation and company
  • Better for dementia, where being rushed does not work
  • Time for readings, walking through a task, or a puzzle

Want more than one a day? We do one, two, or three visits daily, and the price per visit drops as you add them. Morning medications, an afternoon look-in, and a bedtime call is a common pattern for families who are genuinely worried.

The comparison that decides it

Our in-home care starts at $30 an hour with a four-hour minimum, so one visit is about $120. A whole week of daily virtual check-ins starts at $75. For a family who needs eyes on their mother rather than hands on her, five days of looking in costs less than one afternoon of sitting.

How it gets on her television

The visits arrive through HomeTogether TV, a small device that plugs into the HDMI port on any television made in the last fifteen years. Somebody from our office brings it out and sets it up. There is no app for her to learn, no tablet, no password, and nothing for her to answer.

Already at 20+ hours a week?

The device is included at no charge for our private-pay families at twenty or more hours of care a week. How that works →

Under 20 hours

The device is $99 a month on its own, and the virtual visits are the weekly price above. Plenty of families do the visits without any in-home hours at all.

It leaves with the care

The equipment is loaned to you while we are providing care and comes back to us when services end. We come and collect it. Nothing to cancel or ship.

Questions families ask

Is it the same caregiver each time?
That is what we aim for, and it matters more here than anywhere else, because the whole value is somebody who knows what her normal looks like. You will have a regular caregiver with a backup who also knows her, so a vacation or a sick day does not mean a stranger on the screen.
What if she does not answer?
We wait and try again. If we still cannot reach her, we call her, and then we call you. If nobody can reach her and we have reason to worry, we will send somebody or ask for a welfare check. That protocol is set up with you before the first visit, so you decide in advance what happens rather than in a panic.
She hates technology. Is she really going to do this?
There is nothing for her to do. The TV comes on by itself at the time you set, our caregiver is already on the screen, and she talks. That is the whole interaction. The families who worried most about this beforehand are usually the ones who tell us it was a non-event.
Can we do weekends?
The weekly prices cover Monday through Friday. We can add weekend visits, and for a lot of families that is exactly when it is quietest and loneliest. Tell the coordinator what days worry you and we will price it.
Does insurance or Medicare pay for this?
No. Virtual check-ins are private pay. Some long-term care policies reimburse for care coordination and some do not, and we are happy to read your policy for free and tell you honestly what it covers. More on that here.
Is anyone watching her when there is no visit?
No, and we would not want you to think otherwise. There is no live camera anybody sits and watches. The camera is for the visit and it sits behind a physical shutter she can close with her thumb. The device does have quiet motion and temperature sensing that runs in the background, and that does not use the camera at all.
Can we start with a trial?
Start with a month. That is long enough to see whether she takes to it and whether it is telling you things you did not know, and short enough that it is not a commitment you regret. Most families know within two weeks.
Do you serve our town?
Springfield and the surrounding communities. Because the visits are by video, our reach for this is wider than for in-home care, so ask even if you are further out than you think. See our service area.

Fifteen minutes a day, and you stop guessing.

Tell a coordinator what worries you about her day, and we will tell you honestly whether this covers it or whether you need somebody in the room. There is no cost to ask and nothing to sign.

Talk to a coordinator Or call (417) 234-8494