Home Care in Surprise, AZ

The city's transit page says there's no fixed-route bus service inside Surprise at this time. Valley Metro Paratransit serves residents with ADA eligibility. RideChoice, which uses wheelchair accessible providers and Uber, is for people with disabilities. The city has also opened it to veterans with proof of eligibility. Age by itself isn't listed as a way to qualify.

So someone who simply stopped driving may not fit any of those programs. That's where companion care helps. A caregiver drives your family member to the doctor, the grocery store and the hairdresser, waits with them and carries the bags in. We set those rides on a regular schedule, so they're not stuck at home all week.

Surprise is part of a Dementia Friendly America network and offers Dementia Friends information sessions. The Surprise Memory Cafe is a social gathering for people with memory loss and their care partners. It meets the fourth Tuesday of each month, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., at the Salvation Army on North Avenue of the Arts. The Sun Health Center for Health and Wellness on West Grand Avenue also has a Memory Care Navigator for families facing Alzheimer's and dementia.

At home, our part is the day-to-day. Dementia home care from Meridian Home Care means a calm routine, gentle help with bathing, and patience with the same question asked twice. We can help your loved one get ready for the Memory Cafe and drive them there. Or we can stay home with them so whoever usually looks after them has a morning free.

Two emergency rooms in Surprise are open around the clock. Abrazo Surprise Hospital, at Loop 303 and Bell Road, is a neighborhood hospital with an ER, eight inpatient beds, and X-ray, ultrasound and CT. HonorHealth Complete Care Surprise on West Waddell Road has a full emergency room and urgent care under one roof.

An ER visit for a fall or a dizzy spell can end with the person you care for sent home that evening, sore and a little shaky. The nights after are when extra hands help most. Overnight, a caregiver can help them to the bathroom and keep the house quiet so they can rest. Overnight and longer shifts are explained on our 24-hour home care page. The weeks of recovery are covered on our post-hospital care page.

The Salvation Army Northwest Valley Corps on North Avenue of the Arts serves a senior breakfast on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. It also runs a food pantry, utility and rent help, and hydration stations. The Surprise Resource Center on West Bell Road connects residents with rent and utility help, Medicare benefits counseling, veteran resources and food boxes. The same suite houses the West Valley Veteran Success Center. That matters here, since the Census counts 12,830 veterans in Surprise.

If someone you love served, those offices are good places to start on benefits questions. Inside the house is where we come in: a shower on their schedule, meals they like and company for the long afternoons. Bathing, dressing and moving safely around the house are on our personal care page.

The Grand, a 55+ community in Surprise, lists 9,550 houses, 252 condos, four golf courses and more than 60 chartered clubs on its own site. The Surprise Senior Center on North Hollyhock Street has a congregate meal program, classes, trips, fitness, SilverSneakers and special events. The Sun Health Center for Health and Wellness teaches classes on diabetes, nutrition, fitness and balance.

A health change can pull someone out of all that. After a stroke scare or a new diabetes diagnosis, a caregiver can help keep the routine going. That means rides to the senior center, meals that match the doctor's plan and reminders when pills are due. See our chronic condition care page for how that looks week to week.

Surprise visits from Meridian Home Care are set ahead on a regular weekly plan. Any time you'd like to talk things over, we're available 24/7. The towns around Surprise are on our map too, including Sun City West, El Mirage and Peoria. See every town on our service areas page, and the full range of help on our home care services page.