You’ve noticed it with your mother. She’s still in the same home near Fort Collins where you grew up, but meals are getting skipped, the calendar is slipping, and the daily phone check-in doesn’t feel like enough anymore. Figuring out what kind of help actually fits (home care, home health, and hospice are each different things) while juggling work makes every week harder. Preferred Care at Home has served Northern Colorado families since 2008 with non-medical senior care built around your loved one’s routine, helping seniors maintain dignity and independence in their own homes.
Our in-home care services are built around the unique needs of each senior we serve. Every loved one we meet gets a free in-home consultation and a care plan written from scratch — not pulled off a shelf. From a few hours a week of companionship to live-in support, the plan flexes as life changes.
For seniors in Fort Collins’s quieter neighborhoods, and out toward Laporte, Wellington, or the foothills west of town, isolation builds quickly when family lives in Denver or further. Companion care brings real human presence back into the week, and many seniors hold onto their independence longer because of it.
Visits include conversation, walks along the Poudre River trail when weather allows, rides to appointments, and steady check-ins that protect dignity and well-being. Our compassionate in-home caregivers are matched by personality first — not by who happens to be available — so your loved one builds a real relationship, not a rotating door of strangers.
When your mom can’t manage bathing or dressing on her own but isn’t ready for a facility, personal care keeps her at home in Fort Collins with hands-on help through the day. This is the kind of assistance that lets seniors stay in their own homes with dignity intact.
Our highly trained caregivers handle grooming, toileting, mobility, and medication reminders with respect front and center. Personal care services follow personalized care plans built around your loved one’s routines, preferences, and the home itself — not a generic checklist.
When daily tasks of running a house start wearing down an aging parent, homemaker care keeps Fort Collins seniors in their own homes without the chores piling up. And when you’re the primary family caregiver, respite care gives you the break that keeps you healthy enough to keep showing up.
Caregivers handle meal preparation, light housekeeping, laundry, and grocery shopping so the house stays manageable week to week. For family caregivers, respite can be a few hours, an overnight, or a full weekend — built around your life, not ours.
Some Fort Collins seniors shouldn’t be alone overnight, but they don’t want a facility either. Live-in care puts a 24-hour presence in the home without pulling your loved one out of the life they’ve built along the Front Range.
One primary caregiver, personality-matched to the household, lives in the home and handles daily tasks, meal preparation, mobility, and overnight support. For many families, it’s the most affordable around-the-clock option compared with assisted living or a nursing home placement.
Memory loss reshapes a whole family, and Fort Collins households navigating early confusion through advanced stages need caregivers who know what they’re walking into. Our dementia care is built for exactly that — and a familiar home is often better for cognition than a facility move.
Care plans use redirection techniques, steady routines, safety monitoring, and family education as the condition progresses. Our compassionate caregivers are highly trained in memory support and understand how chronic illness reshapes daily routines for the whole family.
Alzheimer’s care asks more of a family than almost any other condition, and the right support at home can mean the difference between burnout and a sustainable plan. Our Alzheimer’s care gives Fort Collins families a steady hand through every stage.
We pair clients with consistent in home caregivers who learn the routines, the triggers, and the small things that bring comfort. The goal is peace of mind knowing your loved one is safe, settled, and never alone — and that the whole family has support too.
Preferred Care at Home of Northern Colorado is locally owned by Matt and Linda Dollar, working under Colorado license 04K406. Our office sits in nearby Loveland, about 15 to 20 minutes down I-25, and we serve Fort Collins families every day across Old Town, Midtown, Harmony Road, and out into the rural stretches of Larimer County.
Matt and Linda bring more than 15 years inside Northern Colorado’s long-term care community. Every caregiver comes through our 7-step screening process and is background checked before stepping into a client’s home. We serve families in English and Spanish, and the Transparency Room portal gives adult children watching from Denver, the coasts, or out of state 24/7 visibility into schedules, caregiver notes, and tasks completed.
What sets us apart is dedication to fit. Caregivers are matched by personality and interests — a CSU retiree who still bikes the Poudre trail does not get paired the same way as a quieter homebody on the south end of town. That commitment is what makes home care actually work week after week. See our full range of senior home care services for the complete picture.
We’re proud to serve Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor, Greeley, and the wider Northern Colorado area as a leading provider of compassionate care. Whether your loved one needs a helping hand a few hours a week or full live-in support, our team builds the plan around their unique needs and the life they want to keep living.
Yes, we serve Fort Collins and the surrounding Northern Colorado area every day from our nearby Loveland office.
Our team covers all of Fort Collins — Old Town, Midtown, the Harmony corridor, and out toward Laporte, Wellington, and Timnath — along with Loveland, Windsor, Greeley, and rural Larimer County. The drive between our office and Fort Collins is about 15 to 20 minutes, and Matt and Linda Dollar own and operate the location personally. Call (970) 590-7608 to reach our team directly, or contact us to schedule a free in-home visit.
We offer companion care, personal care, homemaker and respite care, live-in care, dementia care, and Alzheimer’s care across Fort Collins.
Most Fort Collins families start with companion care or personal care depending on whether the need is social and light household support or hands-on assistance with bathing and dressing. Dementia care, live-in care, and post-hospital transition support are common next steps as needs shift. We also coordinate with home health care providers when clients need skilled nursing or therapy alongside our non-medical home care services. For families weighing alternatives to a nursing home, our in home care services are a way to age in place with dignity and independence.
Home care is non-medical daily support; home health care is skilled medical service ordered by a physician.
Our team provides non-medical in home care in Fort Collins: personal care, companion care, homemaker support, dementia care, and respite care. Home health services are a separate, physician-ordered category, usually short-term and delivered by licensed clinicians from a different agency. Many Fort Collins families use both at once, with each provider covering a different piece of the loved one’s care plan.
Medicare generally does not cover non-medical home care, but several other payment paths are available.
Medicare covers skilled, physician-ordered home health services — not custodial personal care, companion care, or homemaker support. For in home care in Fort Collins, most families use private pay, long-term care insurance, VA benefits (including Aid and Attendance), or Colorado Medicaid. We walk through every payment path during the free in-home consultation so there are no surprises later. For more detail, see how to pay for home care.
Care can typically begin within 24 to 48 hours of a discharge from UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital, Banner Fort Collins, or UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.
The first two days home after a discharge carry the highest readmission risk, especially for seniors recovering from illness or surgery. A quick consultation at the hospital or home sets the plan, and a caregiver is on site for the ride home, the first meal preparation, the first medication reminder, and the first follow-up visit. That early support is often what keeps a loved one out of a nursing home and recovering in their own home instead.
Yes. Companion care and homemaker care can start at a few hours per week and scale up as needs change.
Many Fort Collins families begin with two visits a week for companionship, light housekeeping, or meal preparation, and add hours as a parent’s needs grow. Starting small lets your loved one build trust with the caregiver before bathing or personal care services enter the picture. There’s no minimum long-term commitment, and the care plan adjusts as life shifts. You can track every visit through the Transparency Room portal — peace of mind knowing what’s happening at home, every day.
