Family Tree Private Care

Family Tree Private Care started in Houston in 2011 and now works across the largest Texas metros and Colorado. Its Houston office is on S Gessner Rd. It offers non-medical caregiving (companionship, personal care and memory care at home), private nursing by RNs and LPNs, and aging life care management. Each care plan is managed by a nurse or a senior care expert, and all caregivers are W-2 employees, not independent contractors. In Google reviews, families describe care managers who book and attend doctor visits, and caregivers they rely on for a mother with Alzheimer's. The site lists respite care to give family members time to recharge. There is no long-term contract, and services can be started or stopped at any time.

Caregivers help with companionship, bathing, dressing, toileting and continence, meals, light housekeeping, laundry, pet care, medication reminders, and transportation to appointments and errands. Memory care at home is offered, and caregiver screening includes Alzheimer's and dementia care training. Private nurses handle tasks such as injections, wound care, G-tube feedings and medication administration; these need a physician's order. Home care is available for up to 24 hours a day.

The office is at 3600 S Gessner Rd Ste 150, Houston, TX 77063. Family Tree offers a free in-home consultation. It says it can routinely handle same-day requests, but recommends allowing a few days to find the right caregiver match. Home care is usually paid privately, through long-term care insurance (the agency helps with claims) or through veterans benefits, including VA community care and Aid & Attendance. Call (713) 333-9991; Google lists the line as open 24 hours.