24 Hour Home Care in Hoboken, Jersey City & Hudson County
When an aging parent starts needing help at unpredictable times, families often find themselves covering the gaps in shifts of their own. A daughter drives over at bedtime. A son takes the early morning. Someone sleeps on the couch. It works for a while, and then it stops working. Around the clock care is what families arrange when the day no longer has a quiet stretch in it. Amada Senior Care Hoboken provides full-time 24 hour care staffed as two 12 hour caregiver shifts a day, seven days a week.
When a senior needs someone available at any hour, there are two ways to arrange it. Full-time 24 hour care uses two caregivers a day on 12 hour shifts, so someone is awake and on duty overnight. Live-in care places one caregiver in the home who also sleeps there. This page covers the first. If nighttime needs are light and predictable, live-in care is usually the better fit.
What is 24 hour home care?
It is continuous caregiver support in a senior’s own home, so that help is available at any hour without anyone having to move to a senior living community. The distinction that matters is not the number of hours, it is whether someone is awake overnight. In a full-time 24 hour arrangement, they are.
This is in-home senior care, which means assistance with daily living rather than medical care. Caregivers help with bathing, dressing, mobility, meals and companionship. Anything clinical, wound care, injections, assessments, is the work of licensed healthcare professionals, and we will tell you plainly when something falls outside what we do.
How do two 12 hour caregiver shifts work?
One caregiver works roughly twelve hours and hands off to a second caregiver for the next twelve. The pattern repeats daily, which means the home is covered at 3am the same way it is covered at 3pm. Because each caregiver has come to work rested and goes home to sleep, the overnight hours get the same attention as the middle of the afternoon.
That is the practical reason to choose shifts over a live-in arrangement. A caregiver who sleeps in the home is on duty across a long day, and that works well when the nights are quiet. When they are not, a rested caregiver is the arrangement that holds up.
What can caregivers help with?
- Bathing, dressing and grooming
- Toileting and incontinence support
- Walking, transfers and getting in and out of bed
- Fall prevention and safety around the home
- Meals, hydration and medication reminders
- Light housekeeping, laundry and errands
- Transportation to appointments
- Morning and bedtime routines
- Companionship and conversation
- Memory support for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia
Who tends to need full-time 24 hour care?
The clearest signal is the overnight one. If a senior needs help two or three times between midnight and morning, whether that is toileting, repositioning, or reassurance during a stretch of confusion, that need is what shift coverage exists for.
It also suits someone who needs a two-person assist or substantial help with transfers, someone recovering from a significant hospital stay, and someone whose dementia has reached the point where the evening and overnight hours have become unsettled.
Signs families often notice
Most families do not arrive at this decision from a single event. They notice a series of smaller things:
- Getting up at night has become difficult, and it happens more than once
- Moving from bed to chair now takes a steadying hand
- Mornings and evenings have become the hardest parts of the day
- Confusion is more noticeable after dark
- A recent hospital stay changed what your parent can manage on their own
- The family members covering the gaps are running out of room to do it
That last one is worth saying out loud. Families often wait longer than they need to because asking for help feels like conceding something. It usually is not.
Can 24 hour care help after a hospital or rehabilitation stay?
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons families call us. The first weeks home after a hospital or rehabilitation stay are when someone is least steady and most likely to be managing new instructions. Caregivers help with walking and transfers, meals, medication reminders, getting to follow-up appointments, and the routines that have to be rebuilt.
This kind of care is often temporary. As your parent regains strength, hours can come down, and many families step back to daytime help or to live-in care. You can read more about how we support that first stretch at home on our post-hospital discharge care page.
How does 24 hour care support someone with dementia?
Dementia does not keep office hours. Sleep often becomes fragmented, evenings can bring restlessness, and a person may get up and go looking for something with no clear sense of the time. An awake caregiver can meet that calmly, redirect gently, and keep the night from becoming an event.
Familiar surroundings help too. Staying in a home your mother knows, with her own furniture in the places she expects it, removes a layer of confusion that a move would add. More on our approach is on the Alzheimer’s and dementia care page.
Should you choose live-in care or 24 hour care?
This is the question nearly every family asks, and the honest answer is that it comes down to the nights.
Live-in care places one caregiver in the home who assists throughout the day and sleeps there, with proper rest periods built in. It suits a senior who needs steady daytime support and whose nights are broadly settled, and it means one consistent person your parent gets to know well.
Full-time 24 hour care uses two caregivers a day on rotating shifts, so someone is awake and available at every hour. It suits a senior whose needs do not stop at bedtime.
If you are unsure which describes your parent, the useful thing to track for a week is simple: how many times does someone get up at night, and does anyone need to help? We can talk it through with you either way. There is more detail on the live-in care page.
Is 24 hour care an alternative to assisted living?
For some families, yes. Care at home means familiar surroundings, existing routines, and one caregiver’s attention rather than shared staffing. A senior living community offers something different, including built-in social contact and on-site support.
Which one fits depends on your parent’s health and memory, how the home is laid out, what family support exists nearby, and what the finances allow. We are happy to talk this through even if you decide a community is the better answer. If a long-term care policy might help fund care, our long-term care insurance support is included at no cost, and veterans and surviving spouses may have benefits worth reviewing.
Where we provide 24 hour care
We serve Hoboken, Jersey City, North Bergen, Weehawken, Union City, West New York, Secaucus, Bayonne, Kearny and Harrison, along with neighboring communities in southern Bergen County. Our office is at 1 Meadowlands Plaza in East Rutherford.
What families say
I have interacted with Hank on long term care matters and I know firsthand that he is a wealth of knowledge. He provides a high level of care and expertise to his clients and their families. I highly recommend Amada as I have utilized their services with my own family member.
I have known Hank Hsu of Amada Senior Care over 2 years and am consistently impressed by his knowledge of the senior care industry. Hank possesses a rare combination of professional expertise along with a caring and empathetic nature. It is clear from how he speaks about his work that he is deeply committed to improving the quality of life for seniors. Anyone looking for a knowledgeable, compassionate, and trustworthy leader in home care would be in excellent hands with Hank and his team.
I’ve known Hank for over 25 years and I can’t think of anyone who is better equipped to own and lead a senior home care service. Hank is not only an exceptional business person, but he is also a very caring and compassionate individual who keeps the needs of patients and their families at the forefront in all that he does. I’m grateful that Hank is helping patients and family in the home care business. We need more owners like Hank.
I highly recommend reaching out to Amada’s owner, Hank Hsu, to understand options for keeping your loved ones living independently in their own homes, while receiving the right level of needed care and support. Hank is compassionate, incredibly knowledgeable about all aspects of implementing home care, and can help you to put together the puzzle pieces to ensure you develop a plan that will be the right one for you and your loved ones.
Hank is an exceptional businessman and leader, and shows great care for his clients and employees. He is incredibly trustworthy and I have full faith in his ability to serve seniors through Amada Senior Care.
The owner, Hank Hsu, impressed me with his willingness to carefully explain my Long Term Care insurance options and the pros and cons of each. He has worked with, and protected the interests of, many of his clients and their families – and his resulting expertise shines through. He exudes care and goodwill in all his interactions, as well as pride in the nurturing culture he has fostered at Amada.
Hank is a great resource and is very knowledgable about care options for seniors whether at a facility or bringing care into the home.
Highly recommend. Ive known Hank for 25 years. He is a trusted resource, for both the human and fiscal sides of caring for elders.
I’ve known Hank for most of my adult life and it is great to finally see him build out his mission-driven home care services firm focused on enriching the lives of seniors and their families. We have no doubt that Amada Senior Care Hoboken will bring great comfort, support and purpose to many in the greater Hoboken area; moreover, Hank and his team offer valuable insights for anyone considering home care for elders and their family members. Thank you for making a real impact in the lives of so many.
Hank and Catrice were WONDERFUL. They facilitated with my wedding and it went perfectly. I’d give more than 5/5 stars if I could.
It is not an easy decision to seek in-home care to assist an aging loved one. Knowing Hank as I do and seeing his commitment to enriching the lives of seniors and their families, I am convinced that his newly launched Amada Senior Care will help seniors live their best lives. Over many years, I have seen Hank excel in every endeavor in which he has committed and there is no doubt that this will be the case in his high-quality in-home care offering to the local senior population as the owner of Amada Senior Care Hoboken.
I have known Hank for over twenty five years and I can speak to his tremendous character. He is very humble, grounded and caring. Although his career has been primarily in finance, he brings an outstanding understanding of how to run a business. Hank is a great listener and I would entrust he and his team to care for my family, if necessary. The senior care world is in a better place with Hank.
Amada Senior Care is by far the best care giving service we have ever experienced over the past 15 years. Amada provides excellent service – dependable, reliable. Communication and updates are great. They regularly check if all is well. We deeply appreciate Hank Hsu’s advice on broader aspects of senior living that goes above and beyond care giving. Overall, Amada offers A+ care.
I have known Hank for 40 years. He is a deeply empathetic and compassionate person. He’s also extremely driven and hard-working. Through Amada Senior Care, Hank’s kindness and solutions-driven work ethic will shine brightly to provide seniors with excellent, trustworthy, and individualized care.
My family and I were grateful for the care provided by the Amada team for our father. He was not prepared for his return home, after 4 months of hospital and rehab stays. He required near round the clock care. I spoke with 3 different care agencies but ultimately chose Amada because of their additional service of helping to find assisted living facilities (if required). Hank was helpful throughout the whole process, preparing for my father’s return home and flexible, whenever we had to make sudden changes to add extra shifts. All of the aides were great but Kenesha was our favorite. My father, who was confined to the bed, was not the easiest but she was patient and kind. She even planned to make my father some healthy meals. Unfortunately, he was not well and passed away after a few weeks. We felt at ease knowing that he was in good hands for the brief time he was home. Having caregivers for my father who were empathetic, compassionate and patient was comforting in his final weeks. Thanks to the Amada team for your help and support!
I have known Hank for almost 30 years. Hank has a calm demeanor, makes great decisions and holds himself to the highest ethical standards. I only wish Hank had started this business before my father (who has since passed) had need for this — I would gladly trust Hank with caring for any of my loved ones in need.
In my experience working with Hank from Amada Senior Care, he has strong values and is committed to serving his customers with the highest quality of care.
I have known Hank both personally and professionally for almost 20 years and I can honestly say that he is a thoroughly organized leader, visionary, and entrepreneur with the highest integrity and discipline. Because of Hank’s strong work ethic, and him being a genuinely caring & compassionate person, Amada Senior Care and the services they provide will be a blessing for our senior loved ones.
As someone with aging parents, I would not hesitate to entrust their care to Amada Senior Care. I have known Hank for over 25 years. He has always conducted himself with the utmost integrity, trustworthiness, and compassion for others. I know he is bringing those same qualities to Amada and its clients.
Amada Senior Care provided excellent care for our mother at the end of her life. The care team offered support, empathy and genuine caring and caretaking. Our need was urgent as our mother’s decline was extremely rapid. Amada put together a plan and a team in one day. We are forever grateful for everything they did for our mother and our family.
Hank is a person of integrity and he is committed to high standards in both his personal and professional lives. Having watched him build Amada from the ground up and knowing how important it is to him that Amada provide high quality care to some of the most important people in our lives, I believe Amada deserves your serious consideration. Hank and Amada will aim to do right by you.
I have had the pleasure of knowing Hank for over 25 years – personally and professionally. I am so excited and pleased to learn that Hank is committing to building a senior care provider group. This is such a natural fit as he is a proven operator, but most importantly he is a caring person and always takes a people first approach – I have witnessed this many times. I can only hope that as my parents age, my family and I have a support network that will live up to Hank’s standards.
I’ve known Hank all my adult life and I’m excited to see him opening a senior care business because it is for all the right reasons. His commitment to family, friends and his community are second to none. You can trust him with caring for your cherished elders.
I trusted Amada with my Grandmother who needed extra care on top of hospice care. Amada’s Aides are top of the line, very knowledgeable and you can easily tell that they care. Hank was very understanding and helpful with making this stressful situation a lot more manageable. Go with Amada for your loved ones, you won’t regret it.
I have known Hank for over 20 years. He is a high integrity person dedicated to serving others. His is living his passion by helping seniors and their families with Amada Senior Care.
Hank is one of the most genuine and compassionate people I know. No doubt Amada Care will be a success and your clients will have a truly memorable experience.
Amanda Senior Care is awesome. Can’t recommend highly enough. Hank is super ethical, compassionate with great attention to detail. You can’t go wrong here.
I am thrilled to share my anticipation for the launching of Amada Senior Care, led by the owner, Hank. Having had the pleasure of knowing Hank personally, I can confidently vouch for his unwavering commitment to excellence and compassion in Senior Care. I have no doubt that under Hank’s leadership, Amada Senior Care will quickly become a trusted resource for families seeking compassionate, professional care for their loved ones. If you or someone you know is looking for Senior Care services that prioritize dignity, respect, and quality of life, I highly recommend considering Amada Senior Care.
Very happy to see that Hank Hsu has begun operating Amada Senior Care. I have known Hank over 20 years and have always been impressed with his integrity and compassion. I would be very comfortable relying on Hank to manage my or my family’s care.
Amada Senior Care is an agency that truly serves the community. This agency has been a blessing for me. I would like to applaud all of the workers involved in this agency but a special acknowledgment of Hanks efforts who is the head official over there. The caring, the footwork he puts in to make sure your care has been met can’t be matched. Hank is an ambassador for the field and I urge anyone needing home care must seek his services. I recommend his agency to all of the tri state.
I simply cannot Overstate the tremendous kindness, professionalism, Compassion and care provided by Hank and his team. I was absolutely blown away. Do not hesitate for a second to work with them. They’re truly amazing.
I have known Hank for three decades and am genuinely excited about his new venture into senior care. His decision is driven by all the right reasons. Hank possesses a deep compassion for the elderly and is dedicated to enhancing their quality of life. Furthermore, he is committed to the betterment of our local communities, making him a trustworthy figure in the care of your beloved elders.
Working with Hank has been an absolute pleasure. He brings not only his expertise but also a thoughtful and caring approach to every project. Hank consistently over delivers and his ability to empathize makes him someone you can quickly trust.
Having known Hank for nearly 25 years, I am thrilled to see him build a senior care business that takes advantage not only of his business acumen, but also his exceptional integrity, warmth and generosity. Hank is such a thoughtful, high quality person – a rare gem. I could not envision a better person to entrust the care of my loved ones with. As my parents age, it is comforting to know I can find care for them with Hank.
I have known Hank for over 25 years and I have found him to be unfailingly honest, smart, and hard working. I know Hank cares deeply about making sure that Amada Senior Care prioritizes the needs of its clients and fellow team members. I realize that finding care for loved ones is not easy, but I would trust Hank implicitly.
I’ve known Hank well for approximately 17 years. It’s exciting that he has launched Amada Senior Care to provide non-medical, in-home care by trained caregivers. His intelligence, empathy, and honest nature will serve Hank well in providing a much-needed service to the eldery community in New Jersey.
It is easy for me to endorse Hank. I’ve known Hank all my adult life and I’m excited to see him opening a senior care business because it is for all the right reasons. He has a heart of gold and he puts his full focus on everything he does. In speaking with him, I know he wants to see seniors age with dignity and care. Hank can be trusted with the important job of caring for our elders. With Hank at the helm, Amada Senior Care, which provides non-medical, in-home care by trained caregivers, families should know there is a trusted resource for caregiving now available to serve them and their needs. It is not an easy decision to seek in-home care to assist an aging loved one. Knowing Hank as I do and knowing his commitment, I am convinced that his newly launched Amada Senior Care office will help seniors live their best lives.
I have known Hank for nearly three decades and can say with confidence that there are not many people on this earth with the level of honesty and integrity that Hank embodies. Caring for others is in his DNA and I know that his meticulous attention to detail will be on display in the service he provides to your family and loved ones. I would recommend him without hesitation.
I’ve known Hank for more than 30 years. He takes care in everything he does. I’m happy to see his opening a senior care business because I know how much elder care means to him — he has a heart for helping people age with grace. His experience, knowledge and dedication will be invaluable to the community. You can trust him with caring for your family.
efficient, terrific follow thru by company, warm kind staff, in the crazy world of medical aftercare they were a great partner.
I have known Hank for over 30 years and can’t say enough about his character and how caring and thoughtful he is as a person. Having seen my own parents age and receive elder care, I wish that I had a resource like Amada Senior Care managed by someone I trust. There are so many care giving options available, but knowing the person who manages and leads a business like this is what makes the difference. I know that Hank will hire and staff the right team to care for and help seniors in their time of need.
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