You notice your mother in Sunrise has stopped cooking real meals, or your father isn’t taking his pills the way he used to. Figuring out whether that means companionship, hands-on assistance, or memory care — then finding caregivers who actually communicate — is the part that wears families down. Preferred Care at Home of South Broward, owned by Geoffrey and Christine de Sousa, covers the full range of non-medical in-home care across Sunrise. Locally owned and headquartered at 4000 Hollywood Blvd. English, Spanish, French, and Creole caregivers. Best of Home Care 2023 + 2024. Florida Licensed Home Health Agency #299995298. Call (954) 323-2626.
We’re locally owned by Geoffrey and Christine de Sousa, headquartered at 4000 Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood, FL, and we serve Sunrise, Hollywood, Dania Beach, Davie, Plantation, Weston, Cooper City, Pembroke Pines, and surrounding South Broward areas. Our team operates as a Florida Licensed Home Health Agency (#299995298) and was recognized as Best of Home Care Employer of Choice in 2023 and 2024, backed by 40+ years of national Preferred Care at Home brand experience since 1984.
Our caregivers speak English, Spanish, French, and Creole, and we run an in-house HHA and CNA training program so newly certified employees learn our standards from day one. Geoffrey is personally involved in client care and family communication, and our Transparency of Care portal keeps authorized family members updated with real-time visit logs, schedules, and caregiver notes. Long Term Care insurance is accepted, and caregivers are matched by personality, not availability. Call (954) 323-2626 to get started.
Quality in-home care begins with the right caregiver match. Geoffrey and Christine oversee every case personally. Caregivers clear our 7-step screening process (CNA or HHA certification, Florida AHCA-compliant background checks, in-house training program) and are matched on personality, life experience, and language preference — English, Spanish, French, or Creole — for families in Sunrise, Hollywood, Dania Beach, Davie, Plantation, Weston, Pembroke Pines, and across the broader South Broward area. The caregiver-continuity commitment keeps the same caregiver in place as long as you’re satisfied.
Homes east of University Drive and around the Village Center weren’t built for mobility aids, which makes bathing, transfers, and overnight safety harder for elderly parents aging in place in Sunrise. Our caregivers handle bathing assistance, mobility, and transfers, plus live-in care for overnight safety when fall risk runs high. Personal care and live-in caregivers adapt routines to the home’s actual layout instead of expecting the home to adapt to them.
Caregivers handle medication reminders, schedule and ride to follow-up doctor appointments, and watch for warning signs during recovery — especially during the first weeks home after a hospital stay at a Broward hospital, when discharge nurses say “tomorrow” and readmission risk rises every day. Care typically starts within days of initial contact.
Companion care brings conversation, errands, and homemaking to elderly parents who live alone in Sunrise. It also doubles as respite when a family caregiver in Welleby or Springtree needs a break to work, rest, or travel. Multilingual conversation in English, Spanish, French, and Creole brings meaning back to daily life.
Caregivers drive your loved one to appointments, the pharmacy, religious services, grocery runs, and small outings across Sunrise, Hollywood, Davie, Plantation, Pembroke Pines, Weston, Cooper City, and the broader South Broward area — or to a Broward hospital for a cardiology appointment with prescriptions picked up on the way home.
Homemaker care covers meal prep, light housekeeping, laundry, grocery runs, and errands. It’s a gentler entry point for an elderly parent in Sunrise who resists more intensive help, and many families use homemaker visits to ease a parent into the idea of outside support. Respite blocks can be a few hours so you can sleep, or longer stretches so you can travel without worry.
Caregivers prepare meals, plan and shop for groceries, and handle light housekeeping and laundry. The home stays a place your loved one is proud of, with familiar surroundings and the daily routines that hold a household together — whether the kitchen is in Sunrise, Hollywood, Davie, or Plantation.
Step 01
Call (954) 323-2626 or fill out the form on our South Broward page. No waiting for callbacks. Tell us what’s going on at home in Sunrise — not a call center, a local team led by Geoffrey and Christine.
Step 02
A no-obligation, in-home consultation reviews needs, preferences, and the home environment. We meet with you and your family to understand the situation in your Sunrise home, your loved one’s specific needs, and what daily life actually looks like.
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You get a personalized plan and a caregiver matched by personality, language preference (English, Spanish, French, or Creole), and life experience. Every caregiver clears our 7-step screening with CNA or HHA certification verified, plus Florida AHCA-compliant background checks.
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Care typically starts within days. The Transparency of Care portal keeps authorized family members updated in real time with visit logs, schedules, and caregiver notes. Families who find this helpful often refer friends to us when similar needs come up.
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.
Geoffrey and Christine de Sousa have always believed that the people who shape a community deserve to be cared for within it. Growing up with strong family ties and an appreciation for the role that home plays in a person’s sense of self, they each carried that value into their professional lives. When the opportunity arose to bring Preferred Care at Home to South Broward, it was less a business decision than a natural extension of who they are.
South Broward is a community of remarkable diversity, and that matters to Geoffrey and Christine. Their team serves families in English, Spanish, French, and Creole, because real care means meeting people where they are. Their caregivers (including CNA and HHA professionals, as well as newly certified caregivers they personally train) are selected for both skill and character. As Geoffrey and Christine often say, they are humbled to serve their community and their loved ones, and that humility shows in every interaction their team has with the families who trust them.
Yes. Preferred Care at Home of South Broward serves Sunrise families with non-medical in-home care, from companion visits to 24-hour live-in support. Our office is headquartered at 4000 Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood, FL, and we cover Sunrise as part of our South Broward service area. Caregivers speak English, Spanish, French, and Creole, and language preference is matched during care planning. Call (954) 323-2626 or request a free in-home consultation to get started.
We provide companion care, personal care, dementia and Alzheimer’s care, hospital-to-home recovery, respite, homemaker support, and live-in or 24-hour care across Sunrise. The most common starting points are companion and homemaker care for elderly parents who live alone, and personal care when a parent needs hands-on help with bathing, dressing, or transfers. Specialty care covers surgery recovery and hospital-to-home transitions for Sunrise families.
Choose companion care for housekeeping, errands, and social support. Choose personal care when your parent needs hands-on help with bathing, dressing, transfers, or toileting. Florida draws a regulatory line between the two: companion-only services cannot legally provide hands-on personal care. We hold the home health agency licensing (#299995298) required for hands-on care, so families don’t have to split between two providers as needs grow.
Yes. Caregivers on our South Broward team serve families in English, Spanish, French, and Creole, with language matching set during the care plan. Sunrise is a multilingual community, and language access shapes whether an elderly parent can actually express what they need. We treat language preference as part of caregiver matching from the first visit, not something to figure out later. That continuity protects dignity and keeps daily communication honest.
Medicare typically covers skilled home health, not ongoing non-medical in-home care. Companion and personal care are usually private pay or covered by Long Term Care insurance. Skilled home health is short-term, physician-ordered, and tied to a specific medical recovery. Non-medical in-home care is ongoing, focused on daily living, and paid privately or through Long Term Care policies. Many Sunrise families use both at different stages: skilled home health right after a hospital stay, then non-medical care for the long run.
Yes. Care typically starts within days of initial contact, with caregiver matching completed before the first shift home. Hospital discharges rarely come with much warning, so we move quickly: a free consultation can usually happen within a day or two, and a caregiver is matched before care begins. This is especially helpful for adult children coordinating a parent’s discharge from out of state, when there’s no local support network ready to step in.
