Companion Care Services in Philadelphia & Bucks County | A-Team Home Care
Companion care services from A-Team Home Care keep seniors and adults in Philadelphia and Bucks County safely connected at home. Care includes conversation, light housekeeping, errands, meal preparation, and aging-in-place support that protects against the health risks of social isolation. ACHC-accredited. RN-supervised. Pennsylvania Medicaid CHC, long-term care insurance, and private pay.
Already Providing Companion Care? You Can Get Paid For It.
If you're an adult family member already keeping mom or dad company, running errands, or helping around the house for a loved one on Pennsylvania Medicaid — you may qualify to be paid as a Direct Care Worker.
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What Is Companion Care? (Definition & Who It's For)
Companion care is non-medical, non-hands-on in-home care that keeps a senior or adult safe, engaged, and socially connected at home. A companion caregiver provides conversation, supervision, light housekeeping, errands, transportation, meal preparation, and medication reminders. These are the things a healthy older adult typically does for themselves, but increasingly can't or shouldn't do alone.
Companion care is the category of home care built around Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) like meal preparation, housekeeping, transportation, medication management, and communication. It is not hands-on Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) such as bathing, dressing, and toileting. Families typically choose companion care when an aging parent is physically capable but should not spend the day alone.
At A-Team Home Care, companion care services are delivered by state-trained Direct Care Workers under the supervision of a registered nurse, with care plans built around the client's actual day. We serve companion care in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester counties.
Companion Care Services A-Team Provides
A-Team companion care services are organized around the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living that keep an older adult independent at home. Every visit is built around the client's day, not a fixed checklist.
Friendly Conversation
One-on-one talk, reading aloud, life-story sharing, puzzles, card games, and music. This is the human contact that lowers the clinical risk of social isolation.
Light Housekeeping
Vacuuming, dusting, tidying living areas, laundry, linen changes, and dishwashing. Housekeeping is the IADL most seniors first struggle with.
Errands & Shopping
Grocery runs, pharmacy pickup, bank trips, and dry cleaning. Community-mobility IADL support that keeps a senior connected to their neighborhood.
Transportation to Appointments
Door-to-door rides to doctors, dialysis, dentists, the salon, the senior center, or church. The caregiver stays through the visit when needed.
Meal Preparation
Grocery list help, cooking simple meals, plating, and cleanup. The companion follows the client's dietary needs and physician restrictions (low-sodium, diabetic, cardiac).
Medication Reminders
Verbal reminders, water and water-glass setup, and schedule cues. A-Team companions do not administer medication, but make sure the client takes what their physician has prescribed on time.
Social Engagement
Walks around the block, garden time, calls to family, outings to the senior center, church, or a friend's home. The point is to preserve the social rhythm of daily life.
Reading & Activities
Books, newspapers, photo albums, puzzles, gentle stretching, and hobby work. Cognitive and physical engagement matched to the client's interests.
Companion Care for Seniors: Signs Your Parent Needs a Companion
Families don't usually start companion care after one big event. They start it after they notice a pattern. These are the four most common patterns we see in Greater Philadelphia.
Living Alone After a Loss
A recently widowed parent who used to share every meal and conversation, now sitting through long, quiet afternoons. Companion home care brings a steady presence back into the day without forcing them to move.
Adult Child Working Full-Time
An aging parent who is mostly fine but increasingly forgets meals, leaves the stove on, or skips medications. A companion fills the hours you can't be there, and texts you when something changes.
Early-Stage Cognitive Decline
Mild memory issues, repeated questions, slight disorientation. A familiar companion provides routine, redirection, and gentle stimulation. That daily structure frequently slows the day-to-day decline associated with dementia.
Recovery From Illness or Surgery
Not bed-bound, but not fully independent. A companion caregiver helps with meals, light housekeeping, transportation to follow-up appointments, and the supervised activity that keeps recovery on track.
Companion Care vs. Personal Care: What's the Difference?
The simplest distinction: companion care supports the household and the person's day; personal care physically supports the person's body. Most A-Team families end up needing some of both.
A-Team often pairs a morning personal care visit (for the bathing and dressing routine) with daytime companion care, all under one care plan, one RN supervisor, one agency. No coordination across two companies.
How Much Does Companion Care Cost in Philadelphia?
Companion care cost in Philadelphia depends on three things: how the care is paid for, how many hours per week, and whether the client also needs personal care or skilled nursing. Here's how A-Team handles each.
Pennsylvania Medicaid CHC (Community HealthChoices)
For adults age 21+ enrolled in Community HealthChoices through Keystone First, UPMC, or PA Health & Wellness, companion-level home care is generally covered with no out-of-pocket cost. A-Team is in-network with all three CHC managed-care organizations.
Long-Term Care Insurance
Most long-term care insurance policies reimburse for in-home companion care. A-Team's billing team handles claim submission, supporting documentation, and the assessment your policy may require.
Private Pay
Private-pay companion care in the Philadelphia market typically falls in line with the Genworth Cost of Care Survey range for Pennsylvania home care. A-Team provides a flat hourly rate disclosed in writing before care starts, with no overtime surcharges and no weekend premium for standard daytime shifts.
Veterans Benefits (Aid & Attendance)
The VA Aid & Attendance and Housebound benefits help cover home care for eligible wartime veterans and surviving spouses. A-Team's Veterans Assist Program walks families through the application.
A free phone consultation tells you in 10 minutes which payer route fits your situation. Call (215) 490-9994.
Companion Care and Pennsylvania Medicaid (Community HealthChoices)
Community HealthChoices (CHC) is Pennsylvania's Medicaid managed-care program for adults age 21 and older who need long-term services and supports at home. It is the primary payer for companion home care across Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester counties.
A-Team is in-network with all three PA CHC plans
- Keystone First Community HealthChoices, administered by AmeriHealth Caritas
- UPMC Community HealthChoices, administered by UPMC Health Plan
- PA Health & Wellness Community HealthChoices, administered by Centene
How to qualify
Eligibility is established by the Pennsylvania Independent Enrollment Broker (IEB) at 1-877-550-4227, or through your local Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA) office. A-Team can walk a family through the intake at no charge. Most CHC applications take 60 to 90 days from first call to first authorized visit.
What CHC covers
Companion care, personal care, and home-health-aide hours are all part of the CHC service package. The exact authorized hour count is set by an assessment that scores the client's Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental ADLs, plus medical complexity. A-Team's RN participates in that assessment and writes the care plan.
Social Isolation Is a Clinical Risk for Seniors, Not Just Sadness
The U.S. Surgeon General's 2023 advisory on loneliness classified social isolation as a public health crisis. The CDC associates chronic social isolation and loneliness with increased risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression and anxiety, dementia, and earlier death.
Roughly one in four people over 60 in high-income countries reports feeling lonely, rising to one in three among adults over 75 (BBC Loneliness Experiment). The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing found loneliness raises dementia risk by about one-third, and nearly one in five lonely older adults develops signs of clinical depression within a year.
Companion care is a direct intervention against that risk. Steady human contact, conversation, shared meals, walks, and structured daily routine are what the public-health literature consistently identifies as protective. A companion caregiver is not a cure. They are the daily presence that prevents isolation from becoming the next clinical diagnosis.
How A-Team Companion Care Services Work
From the first phone call to the first scheduled visit usually takes 24 to 48 hours for private pay, and 7 to 14 days when we're billing Medicaid CHC.
1. Free Phone Consultation
Call (215) 490-9994 or request online. A care coordinator listens to what's actually happening at home and tells you which payer route fits.
2. In-Home RN Assessment
An A-Team registered nurse visits the home, typically within 48 hours, to assess Activities of Daily Living, the home environment, medications, and family preferences. The RN writes the care plan.
3. Companion Caregiver Match
We match a state-trained Direct Care Worker to the client based on language, schedule, personality, and care needs. If the first match isn't right, we replace at no charge, no debate.
4. Care Begins & Adjusts
The RN re-evaluates the care plan at the regulatory interval and any time circumstances change. Hours scale up or down as the client's needs evolve, and personal care can be added without changing agencies.
See How A-Team Companion Care Works in Greater Philadelphia
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Already Providing Companion Care Yourself?
If you're an adult family member already providing the companionship, the errand runs, the meal prep, and the medication reminders for a parent, sibling, or adult child on Pennsylvania Medicaid — you may qualify to be paid for that work as a Direct Care Worker through A-Team's Family Caregiver Program. Spouses and POA holders are excluded by state rule.
See If You Qualify →Companion Home Care in Philadelphia & Surrounding Counties
A-Team's two offices, in Philadelphia and Feasterville-Trevose, anchor companion home care across five Pennsylvania counties. Every township in the service area is reachable within a standard caregiver commute.
Philadelphia County
Companion care across all Philadelphia neighborhoods, including Center City, the Northeast, Northwest, South, West, and the river wards. PCA Medicaid CHC enrollees are served from the 2751 N. 5th Street office.
Bucks County
Lower, Central, and Upper Bucks served from the Feasterville-Trevose office at 2 Park Lane. Coverage includes Levittown, Bensalem, Newtown, Doylestown, Yardley, Quakertown, and surrounding townships.
Montgomery County
Companion home care across Montgomery County, including Norristown, King of Prussia, Pottstown, Abington, Cheltenham, Lansdale, and the Main Line.
Delaware County
Companion care across Delaware County, including Media, Upper Darby, Chester, Springfield, Havertown, Drexel Hill, and surrounding boroughs.
Chester County
Companion home care across West Chester, Phoenixville, Coatesville, Kennett Square, and surrounding Chester County communities.
Full Service Area Map
See every township A-Team currently serves and the office that anchors each region.
Why Greater Philadelphia & Bucks Families Choose A-Team for Companion Care
ACHC-accredited companion care with RN-supervised care plans, same-agency escalation, and the only companion care in the region that covers the Family Caregiver Program.
ACHC Accredited
Hospital-grade home-health accreditation applied to every companion care client. Most companion agencies don't carry ACHC. A-Team does — and it shows in the care plans.
RN-Supervised Care Plans
Every companion care client gets a registered-nurse home assessment and written care plan — not just a list of tasks. RN supervision is standard at A-Team, not an upgrade.
State-Trained Companions
Every A-Team companion completes Pennsylvania state-provided Direct Care Worker (DCW) training before the first shift. No on-the-job learning at a client's expense.
PA Medicaid CHC In-Network
In-network with all three Pennsylvania CHC plans: Keystone First, UPMC, and PA Health & Wellness. Companion care for eligible clients starts at $0 out-of-pocket.
Family Caregiver Program
Unique to A-Team in this region: qualifying family members can be paid to provide companion care for their loved one under CHC Medicaid. Learn more →
Same-Agency Escalation to Personal Care
When companion care needs escalate to hands-on personal care, A-Team adjusts the care plan without a new agency, new intake, or disruption in relationship.
American Multilingual Staff
Local Americans who speak English, Spanish, Russian, or Ukrainian. Clients matched by language preference — because genuine companionship requires shared language.
24–48 Hour Match
Most companion care clients are matched within 24 to 48 hours of the first call — including the in-home RN assessment and written care plan.
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Companion Care FAQ
The most common questions Greater Philadelphia and Bucks County families ask before starting companion care services.
What is companion care?
What's the difference between companion care and personal care?
What are companion care services?
How much does companion care cost in Philadelphia?
Does Pennsylvania Medicaid cover companion care?
What is a companion caregiver?
Who is companion care for?
Can a family member be paid to provide companion care?
How many hours per week of companion care does a senior typically need?
Is A-Team Home Care accredited?
How quickly can companion care services start?
What if the companion caregiver isn't a good fit?
Two Offices · Five Counties
A-Team provides companion care in Philadelphia and Bucks County. Local intake, local care coordinators, local supervision. Seniors managing nausea or appetite changes at home may benefit from our caregiver guide: How to Help Seniors with Nausea at Home.
2751 N. 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19133
(215) 490-9994
2 Park Lane, Suite 106
Feasterville-Trevose, PA 19053
(215) 490-9994
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Companion Care That Keeps Your Loved One Connected and Safe at Home.
ACHC-accredited. RN-supervised. PA Medicaid CHC, private pay, and long-term care insurance. Most clients matched with a companion within 24 to 48 hours.
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Tell us a little about your loved one's situation and a member of our team will reach out within one business day to walk you through the Pennsylvania Medicaid Family Caregiver Program eligibility — call us directly at (215) 490-9994 if you'd rather speak first.
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