You’re trying to keep an elderly parent safe at home in the Dunn area while juggling work, your own kids, and the drive over to check on them. Piecing that together across separate companions, hands-on helpers, and dementia routines wears the family down fast. Preferred Care at Home of Apex, Garner, and Fuquay-Varina serves Harnett County families with non-medical in-home care under one local team, providing support for both seniors and family members. Our team is owner-led from Apex by Michael Murphy, CSA; caregivers are screened through a 7-step process; and care is available from 1 to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Preferred Care at Home of Apex is owned and operated locally by Michael Murphy, Certified Senior Advisor (CSA). Our office is at 121b N Salem St in Apex, and we serve families across Harnett and Wake counties, including Dunn, NC. We’re part of the Preferred Care at Home network, founded in 1984.
Preferred Care at Home of Apex is owned and operated locally by Michael Murphy, Certified Senior Advisor (CSA). Our office is at 121b N Salem St in Apex, and we serve families across Harnett and Wake counties, including Dunn, NC. We’re part of the Preferred Care at Home network, founded in 1984.
Michael picks up when you call, not a corporate call center. Dunn caregivers are screened through a 7-step process and matched to your loved one by personality, not assigned by availability. We build care plans around your family’s actual schedule, not fixed shift blocks.
Companion and homemaker visits cover weekday meals and check-ins. Live-in care covers overnight gaps when no family is close by.
Homemaker care handles laundry and meals. Companion visits add the daily presence that catches problems early.
We explain the difference up front and route families to the right service: our non-medical companion, homemaker, and live-in care, or skilled and hospice partners when those fit better.
We define the line clearly: companion and homemaker care for social, household, and reminder support. We refer or coordinate when hands-on personal care is the right next step.
Transition care lines up the day of discharge. Live-in care steps in when overnight supervision is the missing piece.
We start small: companion and homemaker visits a few times a week, with respite or live-in care ready to scale before the next crisis forces a rushed decision.
Step 01
We talk through what your loved one needs and what’s wearing the family down. Taking care of an aging parent is hard, and we understand.
Step 02
Hours, days, tasks, and the type of caregiver who fits your parent. We create a plan that addresses each person’s needs and supports daily life at home.
Step 03
Not by who happens to be available that week. We connect you with someone who fits.
Step 04
We adjust the plan as the situation changes. You have access to us whenever you need it.
Preferred Care at Home has continued this tradition by only referring the most reliable, compassionate, experienced, and affordable caregivers to client’s homes or care facilities.
When you are trying to find someone you can truly trust to care for your loved one, you deserve more than a name on a website. You deserve someone who picks up the phone, listens to what your family is going through, and helps you find the right answer.
That is exactly why Michael opened Preferred Care at Home of Apex, Garner, and Fuquay-Varina. As a Certified Senior Advisor, he knows how overwhelming it can feel to navigate care options alone. He built this location to be the guide he wishes more families had: someone in your corner from the very first call.
Michael lives and works right here in South Wake County. When you reach out, you are not calling a corporate call center. You are calling a neighbor who genuinely cares about getting this right for your family. We promise to be by your side, every step of the way.
Yes. We cover Dunn, NC and the surrounding Harnett County communities from our Apex office.
Preferred Care at Home provides care and in-home care services for families in Dunn and the surrounding Harnett County communities. Coverage runs from our office at 121b N Salem St in Apex, and Michael Murphy answers calls personally. To confirm we serve your specific street, call (984) 246-8900.
We offer companion and homemaker care, homemaker care, transition care, and live-in care for seniors in the Dunn area and Harnett County.
Companion and homemaker care covers visits, meals, errands, and reminders. Homemaker care focuses on the house itself. Transition care helps after a hospital stay. Live-in care puts a caregiver in the home 24 hours a day. All four are non-medical in-home care services.
You call (984) 246-8900, talk through what’s going on, and we build a care plan together within a few days.
Michael Murphy picks up the phone himself, not a call center. He listens to what your loved one needs and what’s wearing the family down. From there we draft a schedule, match a caregiver by personality, and put care in place. You can adjust hours and days as the situation changes. The details are flexible.
No. Home health care is skilled, doctor-ordered, and time-limited. In-home care from Preferred Care at Home is non-medical, hourly or live-in, and ongoing.
Home health care covers things like wound care, injections, and physical therapy after a hospital stay, ordered through a physician and usually billed to insurance. What we provide in the Dunn area is different: caregivers help with daily living tasks like meals, bathing reminders, companionship, and laundry. The two services often run side by side.
Medicare typically does not pay for stand-alone non-medical in-home care. It covers limited skilled home health care under specific conditions.
Most families pay privately, through long-term care insurance, or with VA benefits when those apply. Cost depends on how many hours a week you need and which service fits, so a short conversation gets you a real number for your situation. Call (984) 246-8900 to talk through options.
Companion care is social and light support. Personal care is hands-on help with bathing, dressing, and transfers.
If your parent in the Dunn area mostly needs someone there during the day, help with meals, reminders for medications, errands, and a little tidying, companion and homemaker care fits. If they need physical help getting in and out of the shower or moving safely around the house, that’s personal care, and we’ll talk through whether to coordinate that or refer you.
