24-hour senior care at home in Switzerland

Arranging care at home for your parents

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When closeness becomes a burden – relief for family 
carers

Many people take on the care of a parent or partner out of love, loyalty or simply a sense of duty. It often starts gradually: your mother can no longer get through the day on her own, your father forgets meals or appointments. Manageable at first, the task soon becomes a constant strain as care needs grow. Work, family and your own needs fall by the wayside – and at some point, your strength runs out. If you’re then looking for a caregiver for your mother or father, we can offer vetted caregivers who move in and help carry everyday life. This is exactly where our support comes in. The question of cost can also be settled early on: care starts at CHF 5’080 per month for five days of care a week and at CHF 7’530 for seven days, at the same price throughout Switzerland. To get to know us, there is a 13-day trial from CHF 3’700.

Time for yourself without a guilty conscience

With a professional caregiver living in the household on a lasting basis, we provide relief on every level: physical, emotional and organisational. This creates space – for genuine time together, relaxed moments and a relationship built on mutual appreciation.

Spotting overload early

Many family carers underestimate how exhausted they are. Our advice helps you recognise the warning signs and take action in good time.

Clarifying roles: being a daughter, partner or son again

When care no longer rests on the family’s shoulders, there is more room for what really matters: closeness, conversation, time together.

Housework and care from a single source

Our caregivers also take on daily tasks such as cooking, laundry and shopping. This eases the load not only on older people themselves, but also on those around them.

How can family members tell that support is needed?

The decision to arrange care at home for your parents is rarely made in a single day. Usually, everyday life shifts gradually: housework is left undone, meals become irregular, appointments and medication are forgotten. After a fall or a hospital stay, what had gone unnoticed before suddenly becomes visible.

At the same time, the children’s role changes. Visits turn into shifts, phone calls into check-ups. Anyone who works, perhaps has a family of their own and also has a long way to travel will reach a limit. That isn’t failure, it’s a question of how much one person can carry: round-the-clock support simply can’t be sustained alongside a life of your own in the long run.

Arranging care at home for your parents: how it works

When a family decides on care in the home, seniorencare24 takes care of the organisation. The path there is straightforward:

  • Initial consultation and needs assessment: together, we work out what support is actually needed.

  • Choosing the caregiver: we suggest suitable profiles, for example based on language and experience. The family has a say, and a video call is included.

  • Starting the assignment: we organise the contract, travel and briefing.

  • Ongoing support: our team remains your point of contact – for questions, if you’d like a different caregiver, and in emergencies.

If the caregiver is unavailable or you are not happy, there is a replacement guarantee, and the emergency hotline can be reached around the clock. This means the responsibility for organising care no longer rests with the family.

Care with a system – tailored to you

Together with you, we develop a care plan that meets the needs of both the older person and their family. Our carefully selected caregivers bring experience, empathy and sound training.

More about home care

Talking to your parents

Many family members hesitate to raise the subject because they expect to be rebuffed. It helps not to start with the solution, but with what you have observed: what you’ve noticed and what worries you. The person concerned can tell whether it’s about caring for them or about taking decisions out of their hands.

It’s important to make clear what this solution is not about: it’s not about moving, and it’s not about giving up independence. The home stays, the daily rhythm stays, the neighbourhood stays. Support is simply added.

If you’d like to try it out first with no obligation, the 13-day trial offers a way in without a long commitment. You’ll find details under 24-hour care at home and under our prices. If you’re thinking about your own role as a caring daughter or son, you’ll find further advice under family carers.

Frequently asked questions from families

Through 24-hour care: a caregiver moves into the household and supports daily life around the clock, five or seven days a week. seniorencare24 organises the selection, contract, travel and briefing, and remains your point of contact throughout the assignment.

Call us or write to us, and we’ll discuss the needs in an initial consultation: how much support does your mother need, what language should the caregiver speak, is there a dementia diagnosis? We then suggest suitable profiles, and you and your mother decide together. In urgent cases, care can start the same day.

Prices are the same throughout Switzerland: from CHF 5’080 per month for five days of care a week and from CHF 7’530 per month for seven days. To get to know us, there is a 13-day trial from CHF 3’700. Financial support may be possible through the helplessness allowance, supplementary benefits or supplementary insurance – we’ll look into this with you.

No. Everyday care is provided by the caregiver, and medical nursing is coordinated with the local Spitex (the Swiss home nursing service). Family members stay involved without having to carry round-the-clock responsibility.

It usually helps to start with what you have observed rather than with the solution, and to make clear what will stay the same: the home, the daily rhythm, the surroundings. The 13-day trial lowers the threshold because it doesn’t require a long-term decision.

After the initial consultation, we suggest suitable profiles. The timing depends on availability and on requirements such as language. After a hospital stay, we plan the start around the discharge date.

Then the replacement guarantee applies. It covers situations where the caregiver is unavailable as well as cases where you are not happy with the person assigned.