You’re trying to keep an elderly parent safe and independent at home in Dutchman Downs, and the days keep filling up with errands, appointments, and small worries. Sorting home care, home health, assisted living, and memory care on your own only makes the next step harder. Preferred Care at Home of Apex, Garner, and Fuquay-Varina is locally owned, covers companion care through live-in care, and answers the phone right here in South Wake County.
Preferred Care at Home of Apex, Garner, and Fuquay-Varina is part of a brand caring for elderly people at home since 1984. Our office is locally owned by Michael Murphy, a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA), and it’s conveniently located in Apex, NC, serving Dutchman Downs and the rest of South Wake County. When you call, you reach Michael, not a call center.
Caregivers are screened through our 7-step process and matched by personality, not by who happens to be free. Schedules run from 1 to 24 hours, so the plan can scale up or down with your parent’s day. Finding the right care solution takes time, and our commitment is to walk every family through it. Learn more about Preferred Care at Home of Apex.
Quality in-home care begins with the right caregiver match. Michael Murphy, CSA, oversees every case personally — from the first call to caregiver placement. Our 7-step screening process layers personality matching on top of background checks, so the same familiar face arrives for visits across Feltonville, Angier, Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs, Sanford, Clayton, Apex, and Garner. That continuity matters most when adult children are working in Raleigh or Cary and can’t drop in daily on a parent off a quiet South Wake County road.
We assess your environment and assist with mobility to reduce fall risks. Many Feltonville homes have stairs to a back porch, a slick tub, or a kitchen reorganized over decades — our caregivers walk the home on day one for fall risks during Transition Care and Companion visits.
Our caregivers provide medication reminders and help track complex prescription schedules — especially during the high-risk window after a discharge from Betsy Johnson Memorial or Central Carolina Hospital, when the first 72 hours determine whether recovery sticks.
Companion and Homemaker Care brings social interaction, conversation, and connection — especially when adult children work in Raleigh, Cary, or Fayetteville and the weekday is long. Our caregivers stay long enough to share a meal or an outing across Feltonville and South Wake County.
A caregiver on a companion or homemaker visit can drive your loved one to a doctor in Feltonville, Dunn, or Sanford, wait through the appointment, and bring them home. We also coordinate with HARTS for advance-scheduled countywide rides when that’s the right fit.
Caring for a loved one is rewarding but demanding. Respite hours through Companion and Homemaker Care let the family rest — a few hours a week so you can sleep, a full weekend so you can travel, or a short Live-in stretch while you recover from your own surgery.
Meal preparation services ensure seniors enjoy nutritious, appealing meals without the burden of shopping and cooking. Light housekeeping, laundry, and grocery support come with the visit, with the same caregiver each visit when scheduling allows so the house stays consistent.
Step 01
Call (984) 246-8900 and Michael Murphy answers the phone himself — not a call center. He listens to what your Feltonville family is dealing with and works to determine the right fit for your loved one.
Step 02
We come to your loved one’s home, walk through the rooms, and learn the daily routine. Michael or a care manager visits the Feltonville home directly to understand what matters most and can match the right caregiver.
Step 03
We match by personality first, then schedule, before anyone meets your loved one. We hire trained caregivers who fit your family, screened through our 7-step process.
Step 04
Care starts on the agreed day, often within one to three days — sometimes the same day after a hospital discharge if a caregiver is available. Michael stays involved as your point of contact so everything runs smoothly. Written daily updates via the Transparency Room keep family in the loop.
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.Â
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, our Apex office covers Dutchman Downs in home care, the rest of Fuquay-Varina, and South Wake County.
Preferred Care at Home of Apex, Garner, and Fuquay-Varina serves elderly parents, veterans, and surviving spouses across the neighborhood and the wider area. To get started, you call Michael directly and walk through what’s happening at home. From that first conversation, we match a caregiver and set a starting schedule that fits seniors and adults who want to age in place.
We offer companion, personal, homemaker, live-in, dementia, respite, transition, end-of-life, and VA care.
The most common starting points are senior companion care when supervision and routine matter most, and hands-on personal care at home when bathing, dressing, or mobility are involved. Families often start with one and add the other as the plan evolves. Our staff tailors assistance to what your loved one needs right now.
One conversation with Michael, a caregiver match, and a start date that often lands within days for routine schedules.
You call the local office and talk through your parent’s situation. We suggest one or two caregivers screened through our 7-step process and matched by personality. Once you’re comfortable with the fit, care starts on the schedule that works for the household, and we connect you with the right caregiver from the beginning.
In-home care is non-medical daily support; home health is skilled medical care ordered by a doctor.
Non-medical in-home care covers companionship, bathing, dressing, meals, light housekeeping, medication reminders, and transportation. Home health is delivered by licensed clinicians for things like wound care or therapy after a hospital stay. We provide non-medical in-home care, and the two often work alongside each other. Our services focus on daily living and comfort, not clinical treatment.
Companion care fits supervision and routine; personal care fits hands-on help with bathing, dressing, or mobility.
If your parent is mostly fine but shouldn’t be alone all day, companion care is usually the starting point. Once tasks like getting in and out of the shower or moving safely around the home become the real worry, it’s time to add personal care. Many families combine both, and the right assistance meets your loved one where they are today.
Many families start with dementia care services at home before considering memory care.
A familiar home, predictable routines, and a caregiver trained in dementia behaviors can carry a family further than they expect. Memory care becomes the right conversation when overnight wandering, fall risk, or safety needs go beyond what supervision at home can cover. We help families think through that line honestly, and supportive care encourages engagement while keeping seniors safe at home.
