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Companionship and dementia support in Brick, Toms River and Ocean County

Steady company, a familiar routine and a watchful eye for a parent living with dementia or Alzheimer's — from aides trained in redirection and fall prevention, supervised by registered nurses.

Call any time. After-hours calls are returned the next morning.

To your free in-home visit
48 hrs
To the first day of care
1–3 days
Long-term contracts
No
Supervises every care plan
RN

What This Actually Looks Like

An aide arrives at the time you've agreed, on the same days each week. She sits with your mother over breakfast, makes sure she drinks something, and keeps the day running in the order it usually runs. When confusion turns into worry, she redirects rather than argues — a familiar task, a walk to the kitchen, an old photo album.

Over a few weeks your mother comes to know her. For someone living with memory loss, a familiar face and a predictable day do more than any single activity.

What's included

  • Companionship and conversation, at the pace your parent sets
  • Routine reinforcement — meals, fluids and the shape of the day
  • Cognitive engagement: simple activities, familiar hobbies, memory exercises
  • Supervision and safety awareness to reduce the risk of falls and wandering
  • Redirection when confusion or anxiety builds
  • Medication reminders — prompting, not administering
  • Meals, errands and light housekeeping, as part of the same visit

When Families Usually Call Us About This

  • When your father has started to wander, or you're afraid he will.
  • When your mother lives alone and is missing meals, medication or both.
  • When you're the one doing all of it and need regular time to work, rest or handle everything else.
  • When the days have lost their shape and the confusion is worse without a routine.
  • When you live too far away to see for yourself how things really are.

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Where This Service Ends

This is non-medical care for someone living with memory loss. That distinction matters more than it sounds like it does, so here's exactly where the line falls.

This service covers

  • Companionship, routine and familiar activities
  • Supervision during the visit to reduce fall and wandering risk
  • Redirection when confusion or anxiety builds
  • Medication reminders, meals and light housekeeping

This service does not cover

  • Medical dementia care, or anything that needs a nurse or a doctor to manage
  • Administering medication rather than prompting it
  • Wandering risk that the visit hours alone can't make safe — we'll tell you what coverage or changes to the home it would take
  • Occasional or one-off visits, which give someone with dementia no routine to hold on to

If what your mother needs has become medical, we'll tell you at the first visit — and point you to the providers who handle it.

Call any time. After-hours calls are returned the next morning.

The Person Who Answers This Phone

Peace Tsaku, MSW, founder of Key Family Care, at a community event
Peace Tsaku, MSW, founder of Key Family Care.

Peace Tsaku, MSW

Twenty-two years in home care, the last of them running this agency out of Tinton Falls rather than a franchise office in another state.

Every plan of care here is overseen by a registered nurse. The social workers on staff hold master's degrees, which matters more than it sounds like it should — it's usually how a family finds out about a state or community program nobody had mentioned to them.

Peace's direct line is 732-685-0786. When you call it, she answers. Not a receptionist, and not a national intake line.

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Questions About Companionship & Dementia Support

Is this medical dementia care?
No. Our aides provide non-medical support: routine, safety, companionship and help with daily living. If your parent needs nursing or specialized medical dementia care, we'll refer you to providers who do it.
Can you prevent wandering?
We can reduce the risk through supervision, routine and attention while the aide is there. If the risk is severe, we'll be direct at the in-home visit about how much coverage it needs, or what has to change in the home first.
My mother gets agitated easily. Will your aides know what to do?
Our aides are trained in redirection and in working with people who are confused or anxious. At the in-home visit we'll ask what unsettles her and what calms her, so we can match her with the right aide.
I'm the one looking after her and I'm worn out. Can you help?
Yes. Regular visits give you time to work, rest or deal with everything else, knowing she isn't on her own. Many families use us for exactly this, several times a week.
What if my father refuses help or doesn't trust strangers?
That's common, especially with dementia. Acceptance often takes several visits, and our aides expect that. We'll agree the approach with you at the in-home visit and we won't force the pace.
Is it the same aide each time?
Wherever staffing allows, yes. With dementia, a familiar face matters more than almost anything else. We'll explain how cover works when the regular aide is away.
How many hours do we have to book?
The minimum is four hours per visit, 16 to 20 hours a week — roughly $560 to $760 a week before any insurance. Costs and coverage has the full breakdown.
Does insurance cover this?
Traditional Medicare does not cover non-medical home care. Many Medicare Advantage plans do. We verify your specific plan before care begins.

Tell Us What's Happening. We'll Tell You Straight Whether We Can Help.

Office 732-268-8044 Peace's cell 732-685-0786 After-hours calls are returned the next morning.

Serving Monmouth County, Ocean County, Toms River, Freehold, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Lincroft and Red Bank.