You are watching an elderly parent navigate days at home in Ojus and you are not sure which kind of help fits. Handling companionship one week, a hospital follow-up the next, and a memory concern after that wears families out fast. Preferred Care at Home of Miami Beach brings companion, memory, and recovery services under one roof, matched to your loved one by personality, not just availability.
Loneliness, missed meals, or a cluttered house signal an elderly parent needs steady company more than medical help. Companion and Homemaker Care provides conversation, light housekeeping, meals, and errand support.
A caregiver matched by personality and interests visits on the schedule you choose, from a few hours weekly to daily. We focus on genuine connection, not a checklist, and light household help keeps your loved one’s home comfortable and safe.
When bathing, dressing, or moving safely starts to feel risky alone, personal care provides hands-on help with daily routines while preserving dignity.
Our caregivers assist with bathing, grooming, toileting, mobility, and meal preparation tailored to dietary needs. Care plans adjust as needs change, and you are part of every revision.
Adult children caring for a parent at home need real breaks. Respite care steps in so you can rest, work, or travel without worry about who is sitting with your parent.
A consistent, personality-matched caregiver covers your loved one’s routine for a few hours, a weekend, or longer. You return to the same face every time, which builds real trust.
Repeated questions, nighttime wandering, or growing confusion mean an elderly parent needs supervision built around dementia, not generic companionship. Specialized memory care provides routine, redirection, and safety at home.
Caregivers trained in memory support keep daily routines steady and use gentle redirection during agitation. They engage your loved one in activities that match remaining abilities, so they can stay home without a facility move.
As Alzheimer’s progresses, behaviors shift and safety needs grow. Alzheimer’s Care provides experienced caregivers who understand the disease across every stage.
We adjust routines, communication style, and engagement as the disease moves, supporting your loved one and the family through each transition without restarting from scratch. Our team has served hundreds of families across South Florida.
Coming home from the hospital with a discharge packet, follow-up appointments, and a worried family is overwhelming. Post-surgery home care bridges the first weeks back at home.
A specially trained caregiver reviews discharge instructions, sets medication reminders, and coordinates follow-up appointments, watching for recovery setbacks before they become readmissions.
When a parent should not be alone but a facility feels wrong, Live-In Care places a consistent caregiver in the home day and night so aging in place stays possible.
Caregivers who learn your loved one’s rhythm provide companion, personal, and emergency support. Schedules rotate while continuity stays intact, so the same trusted faces return week after week.
In the final stage of life, families want comfort, dignity, and presence at home rather than another move. Compassionate end-of-life support walks alongside hospice and family.
Our caregivers coordinate with your existing hospice or medical team. They hold space for family time and provide gentle daily comfort care during this period.
We are locally owned by David Peterson alongside co-owners Quin Christensen and Richard Patterson. Since 1984, we have been part of the Preferred Care at Home brand, serving Northeast Miami-Dade from our Miami office. Licensed by the State of Florida as a home health agency (#299995236), we have earned Best of Home Care recognition as Provider, Employer, and Leader.
Every caregiver passes our 7-step screening process before joining us. Then we match your loved one with someone whose personality, life experience, and care needs fit, not just whose schedule is open. If the match is not right, we replace the caregiver immediately at no extra cost. Families monitor visits, notes, and messages through our Transparency Room portal.
We take a thoughtful, personalized approach to ensure your loved one receives the care they deserve.
Step 01
We listen, answer questions, and explain the options that fit your situation. No pressure, no script.
Step 02
A short in-home consultation lets us learn routines, health concerns, and what matters most to the family.
Step 03
The 7-step screening already happened. Now caregiver matching focuses on the right fit for your loved one’s personality and care needs.
Step 04
Schedules, daily notes, and messages all live in the Transparency Room so out-of-town family can stay close.
Step 05
Every Ojus family’s situation is different. A free phone conversation is the fastest way to know what kind of in-home care fits — call (786) 284-1188.
Caring for an elderly parent in Northeast Miami-Dade brings real challenges. Here is how we help families work through them.
Challenge
What It Looks Like
How We Help
What It Looks Like
Many households here speak a language other than English. A caregiver who cannot communicate with your parent creates daily friction across companion and personal care visits.
How We Help
We recruit bilingual caregivers locally and weigh language fit during caregiver matching across companion, personal, and respite assignments.
Challenge
What It Looks Like
A large share of neighbors are 65 or older, often living in older condos and single-family homes without nearby family. Isolation grows alongside small safety risks across companion and memory care needs.
How We Help
We pair consistent caregivers for companion and memory care so your parent sees the same face each week, not a rotation of strangers.
Challenge
What It Looks Like
Florida distinguishes home health agencies, nurse registries, and companion services. Families assume they all do the same thing and end up signing for the wrong type of help.
How We Help
We explain which type fits your situation in plain language and route between companion, memory, and recovery care depending on what your parent actually needs.
Challenge
What It Looks Like
Many families hire companion care when a parent needs hands-on personal help, or vice versa. The first month feels off, the caregiver gets blamed, and the family starts over.
How We Help
Our in-home assessment identifies whether companion, personal, respite, or memory care fits before we match a caregiver. Plans adjust without restarting.
Challenge
What It Looks Like
The first 48 hours after discharge are when errors and falls cluster. Without transition care, families juggle instructions, appointments, and recovery alone.
How We Help
We can start transition care or live-in support within 24 to 48 hours of discharge, reviewing instructions, setting medication reminders, and coordinating appointments.
Challenge
What It Looks Like
Most agencies serving the area run out of Aventura or North Miami without owner involvement locally. Families discover after signing that the person they met never visits again.
How We Help
Our owners stay personally involved in every family’s care. The same team handles companion, memory, and recovery care from first call onward.
We provide in-home care across Ojus and surrounding Northeast Miami-Dade communities, from coastal neighborhoods to inland residential areas.
We Serve:
Miami Beach
North Miami Beach
Skylake
Ives Estates
Miami
Preferred Care at Home of Miami Beach is a family-owned franchise of Preferred Care at Home, founded in 1984. We serve Miami-Dade County from 20801 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 403, Miami, FL. We provide non-medical home care, companion support, and hospital-to-home recovery assistance. Florida HHA license #299995236. Best of Home Care: Employer, Provider, and Leader in Excellence.
Yes, we provide in-home care for elderly parents across Ojus and the surrounding Northeast Miami-Dade community. Preferred Care at Home of Miami Beach serves Ojus, Aventura, Sunny Isles Beach, Bal Harbour, Surfside, and North Miami Beach, locally owned and operated from our Miami office and part of the Preferred Care at Home brand since 1984. Call (786) 284-1188 to talk through your situation.
We provide companion, personal, memory, transition, live-in, and end-of-life home care services. That includes Companion and Homemaker Care, personal care, Dementia Care, and Alzheimer’s support, plus transition care after a hospital stay, live-in care for round-the-clock needs, and end-of-life comfort care. Every service is matched to your loved one by personality.
We start with a free phone call, schedule an in-home assessment, then match a caregiver. We begin with a free phone consultation, visit your loved one at home for an assessment, then build a care plan with you and match a caregiver based on personality and care needs. Companion care typically begins within 3 to 5 days; transition care can start within 24 to 48 hours.
Companion care covers social support and light household help — conversation, light housekeeping, meal prep, errands, and reminders. Personal care adds hands-on help with bathing, grooming, toileting, and getting around safely at home. Many families start with companion care and add personal care as needs grow, often with the same caregiver providing both.
Hourly rates vary by care type, schedule, and hours per week. Companion care runs lower per hour than Live-In Care, and you can start with as little as one hour with no long-term commitment. We accept Medicaid, private insurance, VA Aid and Attendance benefits, and long-term care insurance. Call (786) 284-1188 for a free consultation and a personalized quote.
Home care is non-medical support: companionship, meals, bathing help, light housekeeping, and daily routines provided by trained caregivers. Home health is a separate category in Florida involving medically supervised services ordered by a physician. Preferred Care at Home of Miami Beach provides non-medical home care services.
Yes, we offer care from one hour at a time to support around the clock, with no long-term commitment required. Many families begin with a few hours a week for companion care or respite, then adjust as their loved one’s needs change — scaling up to daily visits or live-in support whenever the situation calls for it.
Memory care at home gives your parent structured routines and safety supervision without leaving the home they know. In-home dementia and Alzheimer’s care lets your parent stay where memories live, with caregivers trained in memory support, gentle redirection, and ongoing safety supervision. Families follow visits and notes through our Transparency Room portal.
Yes, our transition care starts within 24 to 48 hours of discharge to support recovery at home. A specially trained caregiver reviews discharge instructions on day one, sets medication reminders, coordinates follow-up appointments, and watches for recovery setbacks — keeping recovery on track and giving the family breathing room during the hardest first weeks.
Match the care to the situation: companionship for isolation, memory support for confusion, transition care after hospital stays. If your parent is isolated or skipping meals, companion care fits; if confusion or wandering is growing, memory care fits; if a hospital stay just ended, transition care fits. We offer a free in-home assessment to confirm the right starting point.
