When a parent is living alone in Riyadh
Nothing has happened yet. That is exactly why you are reading this at midnight, working out how many hours a week you can realistically be there.
Signs it may be time for help
- 1
The fridge has food in it that should have been thrown away.
- 2
The same clothes for several days, and the house is not as it used to be.
- 3
Phone calls are answered but nobody visits, and she says she is fine.
- 4
You are checking your phone during meetings in case it rings.
- 5
One small fall, or a burnt pan, that she mentioned lightly a week later.
What care at home actually looks like
This is the easiest kind of care to start, and the one families delay the longest.
Someone comes at the same hour, so there is a reason to be up and dressed, and the day has a shape again.
Breakfast is cooked and eaten in company rather than skipped, and the shopping and the kitchen are kept as she likes them.
The house is quietly kept safe — the stove, the bathroom floor, the loose rug, the medication on the counter — without anyone announcing it.
And you get a message after each visit, so you know how the day went before you have to ask.
How our carers are trained for this
Company that is actually company
Conversation, tea, a walk, an errand — not a carer sitting silently in the corner.
Meals and shopping
Cooked at home, to her taste, with the fridge kept honest.
Quiet safety checks
The kitchen, the bathroom and the floors, made safer without making the house feel clinical.
Keeping the family informed
A short note after every visit, so nobody abroad is guessing.
What it costs
This usually starts small — two or three visits a week, a few hours each. There is no clinical work involved, so a trained caregiver is the right level. The assessment at home is free.
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You don't have to decide today
Talk it through with our coordinator. Nothing is booked unless you want it.