When someone you love enters life’s final chapter, the world feels heavier. Families across Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, and Port Orange juggle hospice visits, changing symptoms, and the quiet fear of a parent facing the night alone. Preferred Care at Home of Coastal Volusia fills the hours between hospice visits with comfort and dignity. We are by your side, every step of the way.
Hospice manages pain, symptoms, and medical equipment like hospital beds. We handle the hours in between: assistance with bathing, meal preparation, conversation, and the overnight presence hospice visits cannot always cover. Preferred Care at Home has served families since 1984. Our Coastal Volusia office works alongside Halifax Health Hospice and other local hospice providers serving Volusia and Flagler counties.
We use a 7-step caregiver screening process, and every caregiver is matched to your family by personality and life experience, not just availability. That consistency matters when your father, mother, or spouse needs a familiar face during an unfamiliar time. Every person deserves comfort and quality of life during this season, not just management of a diagnosis.
When your loved one is unable to manage bathing, dressing, or toileting during a serious illness, personal care keeps them comfortable. This preserves dignity at home. Our experienced and trained caregivers, including CNA and HHA professionals, provide assistance with bathing, assistance with dressing, and assistance with mobility.
We adjust the care plan as your loved one’s needs change day to day, so no one is caught without support.
Loneliness often shadows the final chapter, even when family lives close by. Companion care brings conversation, gentle activity, and a steady presence for your loved one and the whole family.
For seniors near the beachside communities of Daytona Beach Shores and Ponce Inlet, a caregiver can sit on the porch or share a meal. Someone is always there to keep watch, so your loved one is never alone.
Meals, laundry, and light housekeeping fall behind fast during end-of-life care. Homemaker care handles those daily tasks so your family can focus on time together instead of chores.
Our caregivers run errands, prepare meals, and keep the home safe and livable throughout the Coastal Volusia area.
Continuous supervision brings real relief and peace of mind during a loved one’s final days. Our 24-hour care means a trained caregiver is always on duty, responds to changing needs immediately, and ensures your family member is never alone.
We match each caregiver by personality and experience, so the same familiar face returns night after night.
Family caregivers reach exhaustion fast during end-of-life care. Respite care steps in for a few hours, an overnight, or a full weekend. You can rest, eat, and return with the strength this season demands.
Your care journey begins with a single phone call, and we walk you through every step.
Step 01
You call (386) 674-0046 and speak directly with our Coastal Volusia office, or leave a message and we will call you back.
Step 02
We visit your home to understand your loved one’s diagnosis, symptoms, and current hospice plan.
Step 03
We build a care plan around what your family needs right now, and adjust it as things change.
Step 04
We match your loved one with a caregiver based on personality, experience, and background.
Step 05
Care often begins within days, and you receive Transparency Room access for schedules, notes, and updates.
Families across Volusia County face specific challenges when a loved one nears the end of life. These range from coordinating multiple providers to simply finding time to rest, and our local team is here to help.
Challenge
What It Looks Like
How We Help
Gaps between hospice visits
What It Looks Like
Hospice nurses visit periodically, leaving many hours uncovered each day
How We Help
We provide personal care and companionship for the hours hospice does not cover
Challenge
Caregiver burnout
What It Looks Like
One family member manages meals, driving, and overnight checks alone
How We Help
Respite care and 24-hour care give family caregivers real relief
Challenge
Coordinating multiple providers
What It Looks Like
Families juggle hospice, physicians, and specialists at once
How We Help
We coordinate visit timing with your hospice team and share updates
Challenge
Confusion about hospice vs. non-medical care
What It Looks Like
Families assume hospice covers all daily needs
How We Help
We explain the difference and fill the gap with non-medical support
Challenge
Distance from family
What It Looks Like
Adult children live outside Volusia County
How We Help
Our Transparency Room portal gives real-time updates from anywhere
Challenge
Emotional and spiritual weight
What It Looks Like
Families need more than physical care during final days
How We Help
Caregivers offer emotional presence, and we coordinate with hospice chaplains and social workers for spiritual support
Driven by Passion, Committed to Compassion
When you’re 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 your concerns, and offers real guidance.
That’s exactly why Suzette Gondera, RN, and her husband Doug opened this home care company in Daytona Beach. It isn’t some big out-of-state business, it’s a family taking care of neighbors, built around family values, not sales quotas.
Doug and Suzette live and work right here in Daytona Beach, FL. When you call, you’re not reaching a corporate call center. You’re reaching neighbors who care about getting this right for your family, and we promise to be by your side, every step of the way.
We serve people throughout Volusia County, Florida, during life’s most difficult season, and we understand what each family in this area is going through. Everything on this page reflects the same promise: no family faces this journey alone.
We Serve:
Hospice provides palliative care focused on comfort for patients with a serious illness and a limited life expectancy, typically covered by Medicare benefits. Families searching for end of life care Coastal Volusia providers offer often need more. Our non-medical support fills the hours in between, providing personal care, companionship, and respite so your loved one is never alone.
Medicare covers hospice benefits, including visits from physicians, nurses, and social workers. It does not cover non-medical daily support like bathing, meals, or overnight companionship. We help Coastal Volusia families understand this gap and fill it with private care.
We coordinate visit timing with your hospice team, including nurses, chaplains, social workers, and pain management specialists, so care feels connected rather than scattered. Our caregivers share changes in symptoms or comfort level with your family and hospice team as needed.
Our caregivers offer genuine emotional presence, conversation, and comfort for your loved one and family. We also coordinate with a hospice chaplain or social worker when a family requests additional spiritual support.
Respite care offers relief for family caregivers worn down by constant care, starting at just a few hours a week. Even occasional help with meals or overnight supervision gives you room to rest and return with strength.
Most families begin receiving care within days of their first call to our office. We schedule a home visit promptly, build a care plan around your loved one’s diagnosis, then match a caregiver quickly.
We serve Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna Beach, DeLand, and Deltona throughout Volusia County. Give us a call if you do not see your city listed.
Costs vary based on hours and the level of care your loved one needs. 24-hour care often come with a lower per-hour rate than shorter hourly visits. We can discuss a plan that fits your family’s budget.
Call our Coastal Volusia office and speak with our team directly. You do not need a plan before you call. We start with a conversation, learn about your loved one’s needs, and help your family find relief right now.
