Bay Area home carePalo Alto
Home Care in Palo Alto, CA
Updated September 16, 2026. Reviewed September 16, 2026 against public CDSS, DHCS, Medicare.gov, VA, and CareScout 2025 California tables. County wages, hours, and wait times still change. Official .gov pages decide.
Palo Alto families often want a parent to stay in a familiar house near Stanford clinics, University Avenue, or the quieter Midtown and College Terrace blocks. California Home Help is an education site operated by Sevah. A Sevah care advisor can talk through companion care, personal care, and county programs such as IHSS. Ask any organization you hire whether caregivers are bonded and insured. This page does not publish a license number, a fee, or a wait time.
More About Home Care Services
Respite for family caregivers
A few hours so the person who usually helps can rest, work, or keep a medical appointment.
Companion care
Conversation, a walk, a meal together, and someone who notices when the day is off.
Personal care
Help with bathing, dressing, grooming, and meals when a care plan includes hands on support.
Fall prevention at home
Steady routines around stairs, bathrooms, and nighttime trips. This is daily support, not a therapy program.
Memory care companionship
Company and familiar routines for someone living with memory changes. A diagnosis still belongs with a clinician.
Getting to appointments
Reminders and rides to clinics, senior centers, and pharmacies. Confirm who drives and how far.
Meals and light housekeeping
Simple meals, laundry, and light housekeeping that keep a household going.
Get Started With Home Care in Palo Alto
Request a call with a Sevah care advisor about home care in Palo Alto. The conversation is a starting point. The county still decides an IHSS case, and any paid caregiver arrangement needs its own written terms.
Request a callResources for Seniors in Palo Alto
Stanford Health Care and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation dominate how Palo Alto families talk about doctors. For daily life, Avenidas is the senior center people already know, with programs that are not the same thing as a home care shift. Mitchell Park Library, Rinconada Library, and the Palo Alto Art Center are realistic outing targets. The California Avenue farmers market is a smaller scene than University Avenue and often easier for a slow walk. Midtown, Old Palo Alto, and the south end near El Camino are different errands. A parent who still drives to Stanford may still need company after dark. Menlo Park and East Palo Alto are separate cities if the house sits on the other side of the line.
Hospitals and clinics families name
- Stanford Health Care
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Libraries, parks, and public places
- Avenidas
- Mitchell Park Library
- Rinconada Library and Park
- Palo Alto Art Center
- California Avenue farmers market
Caltrain stops at Palo Alto and California Avenue, and VTA and SamTrans buses cross the county line.
These are public places and well known care sites. Naming them is not an affiliation with California Home Help or Sevah.
Areas we serve
Nearby city guides for families comparing home care around Palo Alto:
Questions people ask
- Where do we file IHSS for a parent in Palo Alto?
- File in Santa Clara County, for the address where the parent lives. A job, a hospital, or an adult child in another Bay Area city does not move the file. Use the county IHSS page and the official CDSS office list.
- Does California Home Help run a home care office in Palo Alto?
- No street address or phone for Palo Alto is published here. California Home Help is education, operated by Sevah. You can talk with a Sevah care advisor. Before you hire anyone, confirm a Home Care Organization on the CDSS Home Care Services page and the California Home Care Registry. This page does not print a license number.
County programs and guides
Name and contact
- Name
- California Home Help, operated by Sevah Robotics, Inc.
- Address
- Not published on this page.
- Phone
- Not published on this page.
- License
- Not published on this page.
Confirm any Home Care Organization on the CDSS Home Care Services page before you hire. This site does not invent a license number.