Home care in Flagler Beach, Beverly Beach and Painters Hill

ZIP 32136 takes in the City of Flagler Beach, the separate Town of Beverly Beach to the north and the shore around Painters Hill beyond it. On the island, A1A is Oceanshore Boulevard. Moody Boulevard, State Road 100, crosses the Intracoastal to the mainland, where the hospitals, the county's senior programs and most doctors' offices are, so home care in Flagler Beach involves a lot of bridge crossings, and our caregivers are glad to do the driving.

For a parent living alone on a quiet street, the nights are often what worries a family most, especially the first ones after a fall or a hospital stay. Overnight care puts a caregiver awake in the house for those nights. Hourly care covers meals, laundry and the errands over the bridge, and when bathing and dressing become difficult, personal care helps with them gently, at your loved one's pace.

Even a storm that stays offshore can do damage here. Hurricane Matthew passed offshore in 2016 and still washed out A1A in numerous places along the Flagler County coast and knocked down the end of the Flagler Beach pier. Hurricane Ian damaged the pier again in 2022, and six weeks later Hurricane Nicole collapsed A1A a second time. The lesson for a family is to plan to leave early.

Flagler County maps a single Potential Hurricane Evacuation Zone covering the county east of US 1, and when it orders an evacuation it names the neighborhoods that must leave. Before Hurricane Ian, the order covered the whole barrier island. Check your parent's address on the county's map before the season starts.

A parent on oxygen or powered medical equipment can join the county's Special Needs Registry online or at (386) 313-4200. The safe plan is to cross the Intracoastal early, and with 24-hour care your loved one has a caregiver to pack and drive the day the order comes. If you live out of town, a few hourly care shifts after the storm put someone in the house to check on your parent and call you with an update.

Flagler County's two hospitals are on the mainland in Palm Coast. AdventHealth Palm Coast, on Memorial Medical Parkway off Moody Boulevard, is the closer one for most of 32136. AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway sits farther north on Palm Coast Parkway.

Hospitals often settle a discharge the same morning, so call us as soon as you hear. Our hospital-to-home care starts that day, with prescriptions picked up before the bridge, a low-salt dinner if that's what the cardiologist ordered, and a ride to the first follow-up. Through the weeks of recovery, mobility care keeps your loved one walking safely from the bedroom to the kitchen and out to the car.

The Flagler County Senior Center meets at the Nexus Center, 2199 Commerce Parkway in Bunnell, on weekday mornings. Flagler County Public Transportation runs door-to-door rides for $2 each way for approved riders, booked at (386) 313-4100 four to five days ahead, and the driver waits only three minutes at the pickup.

Companion care covers the drives to the senior center and the doctor, so your parent isn't left hurrying to the door for a bus that won't wait long. For someone living with memory loss, Alzheimer's and dementia care keeps the days at home familiar, with meals, walks and bedtime at the same hours. For the county seat, see home care in Bunnell, and for the hospitals' side of the bridge, home care in Palm Coast.

Homes in Flagler Beach run from small cottages on the numbered streets to condos along Oceanshore Boulevard. In a cottage, the bathroom is often tight and the front steps are narrow. In a condo, it can be the long hallway from the elevator. A caregiver helps with both, and with the laundry and a hot meal before leaving.

Plenty of errands stay on the beach side. Your mom and her caregiver might stroll over to the City of Flagler Beach Library for a new mystery. Another day, lunch near the pier is a short drive. Bigger shopping and most doctors are over the bridge, and our caregivers drive and stay. After a hospital stay, these familiar outings help a new routine take hold.

Home care in Flagler Beach is also company, from a chat on the porch to help texting photos to the grandkids or a ride to meet friends for breakfast. Our Ponte Vedra office shares updates, so a son in another state can follow along between phone calls.