Home Care in Delaware County, PA
Right Aid Home Care Agency provides home care in Delaware County, PA, helping older adults stay safe and comfortable in the homes they know and love. We're a fully licensed, certified, bonded and insured Pennsylvania non-medical home care agency, and our caregivers help with personal care, companionship, dementia care, recovery after a hospital stay and care around the clock. Families choosing a home care agency in Delaware County, PA, can pay privately or use Pennsylvania Medicaid waiver programs for qualifying clients, the same as our families in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks and Chester counties.
Get in touch with Right Aid Home Care Agency to discuss your home care needs in Philadelphia and Feasterville-Trevose.
Home Care Services for Delaware County Families
Our caregivers come to your loved one's home and help with whatever part of the day has gotten harder. Some families need hands-on help with bathing, grooming, dressing and moving safely around the house, given with privacy and dignity in mind. Others mostly want good company, conversation, simple meals, light housekeeping and a hand with errands for a parent who spends a lot of the day on their own.
Our caregivers also provide Alzheimer's and dementia care built on steady routines, gentle reminders and calm redirection, which helps the day feel familiar for someone living with memory loss. They offer support with recovery at home after surgery or a hospital stay, and for families who need someone there day and night, we provide 24-hour home care, with caregivers working in shifts so your loved one is never alone. Respite care is part of our everyday senior home care for older adults too, giving a family caregiver time to rest, work or get away while their loved one is looked after.
Schedules for in-home care in Delaware County run from a few hours a week up to care around the clock, and they can grow or shrink as needs change. Many families start small and add hours later, and that's perfectly fine.
Home care tends to suit an older adult who lives alone and would do well with regular check-ins, someone who has become less steady on their feet, or someone getting back to normal after an illness or a hospital stay. It's also a good fit for families where the family caregiver simply can't be there every day, no matter how much they'd like to be.
Screened Caregivers Matched to Your Loved One
Letting someone into your home takes trust, and we take that seriously. Right Aid Home Care Agency is licensed, certified, bonded and insured in Pennsylvania. Every caregiver is carefully screened and background-checked, including child abuse clearance checks, and trained before they start with a family. We choose caregivers for their compassion and integrity as well as their experience.
You also get a say in who comes through the door. We give families the chance to choose the caregiver who's right for their loved one, and we do our best to keep that same caregiver in place so trust has time to build. With 24-hour care, a small team rotates so every shift is covered.
More than one in eight Delaware County residents speaks a language other than English at home. Our office staff and caregivers speak Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian as well as English, and families can ask for a caregiver who speaks Spanish with their loved one. We've been serving Delaware County and the rest of the Philadelphia area for more than 10 years, and you're welcome to read what families say about our care before you decide.
Medicaid Waiver and Private Pay Home Care in Delaware County
Right Aid Home Care Agency accepts Private Pay, Keystone First, PA Health & Wellness, UPMC, ACT 150, OBRA and other Pennsylvania Medicaid waiver programs for qualifying clients. Families looking into Medicaid home care in Delaware County usually want to know two things first: whether their loved one qualifies, and where to begin.
Community HealthChoices is Pennsylvania's program for helping older adults and people with physical disabilities stay in their own homes. Pennsylvanians 21 and older can be enrolled when they have both Medicare and Medicaid, or when they already get long-term services through a Medicaid waiver, and Act 150 and OBRA participants who qualify are among them. Your loved one's service coordinator at Keystone First, UPMC or PA Health & Wellness can name Right Aid Home Care Agency as the provider, and we work directly with that coordinator on the approved hours.
The county's Office of Services for the Aging, known as COSA, is the local starting point for families who aren't enrolled yet. An assessment by a certified assessor is the first step in applying for its programs, including In-Home Services.
Private-pay home care with us starts at $26.18 per hour, and the actual rate depends on your location, travel distance, care needs and the services provided. Medicare typically doesn't cover non-medical home care. Our page on what home care costs and the ways families pay for it walks through monthly examples.
Local Support for Older Adults Across Delaware County
Close to one in five Delaware County residents is 65 or older, and the county has built a real network of help around them. The hub for senior care in Delaware County, PA, is COSA, the county's aging office at 1510 Chester Pike in Eddystone. Its Caregiver Support Program reimburses families for caregiving costs, including personal care assistance, help with household tasks and companion services.
COSA also funds senior centers in towns all over the county: Chester Senior Center in Chester, Surrey Media in Media, Friendship Circle in Darby, Schoolhouse Senior Center in Folsom, Good Neighbor Senior Center in Sharon Hill, Upper Darby Senior Center and the Surrey Center for Healthy Living in Broomall. The Center Without Walls holds classes out in western Delaware County as well.
Getting there is part of it too. Delco Community Transit runs a shared ride program for seniors and a medical assistance transportation program for rides to appointments.
A caregiver fills in the hours around all of that. Your mom or dad can get help washing up and getting dressed before heading to the senior center, then come home to a warm meal, a tidy kitchen and someone to talk to on the days in between.
Coming Home from the Hospital in Delaware County
The hospitals the county lists today are Riddle Hospital in Media, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby and the ChristianaCare neighborhood hospital in Aston. The Aston hospital opened in June 2026 with a 24/7 emergency room, a small inpatient unit, radiology and lab services, after Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park and Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland closed in the spring of 2025. Many families now come home from a hospital that's new to them, with a care team they've only just met.
Coming home is a relief, and the first few days can still be harder than anyone expects. Our caregivers offer help at home after a hospital stay with mobility, medication reminders, meals, bathing and the daily tasks that wear a person out, so your loved one can rest and heal safely and comfortably. It works best to set things up before discharge, and care can often begin within 24 to 48 hours. Some families keep it short-term, and others carry on with part-time help once recovery is under way.
Switching Home Care Agencies in Delaware County
Families already getting home care in Delaware County can change agencies. Pennsylvania clients on a Medicaid waiver, Community HealthChoices or private pay can generally switch home care agencies at any time, so you're never locked in with a provider that isn't the right fit.
Private pay families usually just pick a start date with us and let the current agency know. Medicaid waiver families tell their service coordinator they'd like a new agency, and their approved hours generally stay the same, based on the care plan. We explain how a transfer to a new home care agency works, coordinate with service coordinators and care managers, and help keep care going through the change so your loved one has support the whole way through.
Getting Started with Home Care
Starting care takes three easy steps. First comes a phone consultation, a relaxed conversation where we get to know your needs and goals and see whether we're a good fit. Next, we meet with you and your loved one at home for a free in-home assessment and build a care plan together. Then care begins, and our team stays with you, adjusting the plan as needs change over time.
Care can often start within 24 to 48 hours, and we move quickly when a situation is urgent. Send us a note through the form on our Contact Us page whenever you're ready, and we'll talk through what's particular to your family's situation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you provide home care in Delaware County, PA?
Yes. Right Aid Home Care Agency serves families across Delaware County, along with Philadelphia and Montgomery, Bucks and Chester counties. Our caregivers offer personal care, companion care, dementia care, help after a hospital stay and 24-hour care.
How quickly can home care start?
Care can often begin within 24 to 48 hours. Some situations are urgent, like a hospital discharge that comes sooner than expected, and we work quickly to put the right support in place.
Does Medicaid pay for home care in Delaware County?
It can for qualifying clients. We accept Keystone First, PA Health & Wellness, UPMC, ACT 150, OBRA and other Pennsylvania Medicaid waiver programs, along with private pay. Community HealthChoices covers Pennsylvanians 21 and older who have both Medicare and Medicaid or who get long-term supports at home through Medicaid.
Where does a Delaware County family start an assessment for in-home services?
COSA, the county's Office of Services for the Aging in Eddystone, handles assessments for its In-Home Services program, and its Caregiver Support Program can reimburse families for some caregiving costs. Right Aid Home Care Agency also offers its own free in-home assessment to build a care plan.
Can we switch to Right Aid Home Care Agency from our current home care agency?
Yes. Families on a Medicaid waiver, Community HealthChoices or private pay can generally switch agencies at any time. We coordinate with your service coordinator so care keeps going through the change.
Do you have caregivers who speak languages other than English?
Yes. Our office staff and caregivers speak Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian as well as English, and we work to match your loved one with a caregiver who speaks the language they're most comfortable in.
Will we have the same caregiver?
We do our best to match your loved one with one consistent caregiver, and families have the chance to choose the caregiver who feels right for them. With 24-hour care, a small team may rotate so every shift is covered.