Dementia · Safety · Routine
Dementia care at home, done with patience.
Most of the families I talk to about memory care aren't sure it's "time" yet. Something has shifted — the repeating questions are more frequent, a pot got left on the stove, mom got turned around coming back from the mailbox — but nobody wants to be the one to call it dementia out loud. And none of that has a clean moment.
Here's what I'll tell you on a first call: you don't have to have a diagnosis, and you don't have to be sure, to start thinking about memory support. What you need is someone in the house enough hours a week that the person you love isn't managing the hard parts alone — and so you can stop watching for the next thing to go wrong.
Memory support is what we call dementia care at home. For some families it's a few hours a day. For others it's overnight coverage, seven days a week. The shape changes as the illness changes. That's the work.
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What It Looks Like
What memory support at home actually looks like.
Memory care is different from other kinds of home care. It is slower, more observational, and more about preserving routine than completing tasks. A caregiver doing memory support well spends the day:
It is quiet, attentive work. Families notice the difference within the first week.
- Keeping the rhythm of the day steady — same meals, same walks, same transitions, in roughly the same order.
- Redirecting gently when confusion shows up, instead of correcting or arguing.
- Watching for the small changes family members miss because they're with the person every day.
- Helping with bathing, dressing, and meals in a way that doesn't feel like being managed.
- Engaging — music, photo albums, a walk in the garden, a card game that's been simplified a few times already.
- Writing down what happened that day, so the next caregiver and Eytan both know what shifted.
When It's the Right Fit
Four situations we hear from most.
Most families we work with reach out in one of four situations. If any of this sounds like what's happening in your family, memory support at home is probably worth a conversation.
A recent diagnosis.
A family trying to figure out what the next year looks like — and who to call first.
Mid-stage dementia at home.
The person living with it is still in their own house, but the spouse or adult child caring for them is burning out.
After a hospital stay or UTI.
Cognition has dropped and the family isn't sure if it'll come back. Coverage during the recovery window matters.
Sundowning is making evenings hard.
Sleep has become unreliable enough that the whole household isn't sleeping. Overnight support often helps.
When It Isn't
Memory care at home isn't always the right answer.
And I'll tell you when I don't think it is. If the person has been wandering out of the house, if behaviors have become unsafe for them or for a spouse, or if nights are genuinely unmanageable even with in-home support, a secured memory care community is sometimes the right next step. The same is true if the primary caregiver's health has reached a point where no amount of outside help changes the underlying exhaustion.
I know several memory care communities in the East Bay I respect, and a few I'd steer families away from. If that conversation is the one you need, I'll have it with you — even if the outcome is that Liora isn't the right provider.
How It Works
How memory support works with Liora.
Memory support clients get the same standards every Liora client gets, with a few things that matter specifically for this kind of care:
- I interview every caregiver personally,
I interview every caregiver personally, and I match memory-support clients to caregivers who have done this work before and want to keep doing it. Not everyone who can do personal care well is suited for memory care. Matching matters more here than almost anywhere else. - Continuity is prioritized.
Continuity is prioritized. Memory care clients do better with the same caregiver, at the same times, doing things in roughly the same order. I build schedules around that. - I review every caregiver's daily notes, every day
I review every caregiver's daily notes, every day , and watch for the small changes that signal something is shifting — a new word that's hard to recall, more evening restlessness, a missed meal. When something changes, you hear from me. - I visit memory-support families in person at least once a month,
I visit memory-support families in person at least once a month, and more often when something is changing. If the level of care needs to step up, I'd rather have that conversation early than late.
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Let’s talk
Not sure if it's time?
That's the most common question about memory care. The first conversation is free, no pressure, and often clarifying — even if in-home care isn't the right next step.
You'll reach me directly. I pick up the phone myself.
— Eytan Klawer, Founder