Your Home. Our Care.
Helping Seniors Age in Place with Compassion, Dignity & Respect
In-Home Care Services in Portland, OR | RN-Led Senior Care You Can Trust
Assisting Hands Greater Portland provides personalized in-home support for seniors and adults who want to remain safely and comfortably at home. Our caregivers help with personal care, everyday activities, companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, mobility, transportation, and medication reminders based on each person’s needs. When families start exploring home care in Portland, they often need more than someone who can complete a list of daily tasks. They need dependable support, clear communication, and a care plan that fits their loved one’s routine. Our team takes time to understand what is happening at home, what type of assistance is needed, and what matters most to the individual and their family.
Our Portland home care approach is supported by experienced nursing professionals and care coordinators who help families navigate changing needs. Whether support is needed for a few hours, overnight, or more consistently throughout the day, we work with families to determine an appropriate level of care while respecting each client’s independence and dignity. From assistance with daily routines to companionship and safety support, our goal is to make life at home more manageable for clients and their families. We serve Portland and surrounding communities with care designed around the person rather than a one-size-fits-all schedule.
A Message From Our Portland Home Care Team
As Registered Nurses and home care professionals, we understand how quickly a family’s needs can change when an older adult returns home after a hospitalization, surgery, diagnosis, or decline in daily independence.
That experience has shaped how we provide care at Assisting Hands Greater Portland. We believe meaningful support starts with listening. Before developing a care plan or matching a caregiver, we take time to understand your loved one’s routine, abilities, preferences, concerns, and the challenges your family is experiencing.
Our role is not simply to place a caregiver in someone’s home. We want to build a dependable care relationship that gives families confidence in the support their loved one receives. We also recognize that families know their loved ones best, so their observations and priorities remain an important part of the care process.
Some families may need senior care for only a few hours each week, while others may need more consistent assistance with personal care, mobility, meals, companionship, or daily routines. Needs can also change over time. Our approach allows the care plan to be reviewed and adjusted as circumstances change.
We are committed to respectful, dependable support while keeping families involved and informed throughout the care process.
– Janel Rieder, RN, BSN, and Randy Rieder,
Owners, Assisting Hands Home Care Greater Portland
Personalized Home Care Plans Built Around Your Needs
Every person has different needs at home. One senior may need help with bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility, or transfers, while another may mainly benefit from companionship and assistance with everyday routines. Our caregivers can also help with meal preparation, grocery shopping, light housekeeping, laundry, transportation to appointments and errands, medication reminders, and other non-medical daily activities. The goal is to provide practical support without taking away the independence your loved one can still maintain. Families can choose different levels of assistance as needs change. Hourly care may be appropriate when support is needed for specific parts of the day. Overnight care can provide additional assistance during nighttime hours, while 24-hour care may be considered when a senior requires ongoing support and supervision.
We also provide respite care for family caregivers who need time to work, rest, attend appointments, or manage personal responsibilities. For seniors experiencing Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, care can be adapted around familiar routines, safety, communication, and daily activities. A personalized plan gives families flexibility to choose support based on what is actually happening at home rather than trying to fit their loved one into a fixed package of services. As circumstances change, the care plan can be reassessed so support continues to reflect the client’s current needs.
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Finding the Right Caregiver for Your Loved One
A caregiver may spend many hours with your loved one, so trust, personality, communication, and compatibility all matter. At Assisting Hands Greater Portland, we consider more than basic qualifications when determining which caregiver may be a good fit.
We look at the client’s care needs, schedule, daily routine, preferences, personality, and the type of assistance required in the home. This helps us create a caregiver match based on the individual rather than simply filling an open shift.
Our caregivers may assist with personal care, meals, household tasks, mobility, transportation, medication reminders, and companionship. Just as importantly, they can provide a familiar and respectful presence that helps seniors feel comfortable in their own surroundings.
Good caregiving also means paying attention. A caregiver may notice that a routine has changed, that a client is having a difficult day, or that the family needs to know about a new concern. Clear communication helps families stay involved and allows the care team to respond when circumstances change.
Building a strong caregiver relationship can make everyday support feel more comfortable and consistent. When needs evolve, we can review the care arrangement and determine whether the schedule, level of support, or caregiver match should be adjusted.
What Makes Assisting Hands Home Care Different
Choosing a home care provider means trusting another person and organization with an important part of your loved one’s daily life. Families deserve to know how care decisions are made, who is involved, and where they can turn when needs change.
At Assisting Hands Greater Portland, our approach combines personalized caregiving with professional oversight and ongoing communication. Our team includes nursing professionals, care coordinators, office staff, and trained caregivers who work together to support clients and their families.
Our services focus on non-medical assistance that helps people remain safe, comfortable, and as independent as possible at home. Depending on the care plan, support may include personal care, mobility assistance, meal preparation, light housekeeping, companionship, transportation, and medication reminders.
We also understand that care needs are not always predictable. A senior may need temporary assistance after returning home from the hospital. Another person may gradually need more help with everyday activities. Family caregivers may also need respite care while they work, rest, attend appointments, or manage other responsibilities.
Our goal is to provide reliable elder care with a personal approach. Families remain part of the conversation, and care can be adjusted when needs, routines, or circumstances change. This combination of individualized support, communication, and professional care coordination helps families feel more confident about care at home.
Getting Started With Home Care in Portland
Finding the right care for a parent, spouse, or loved one can feel overwhelming, especially when the need for help develops unexpectedly. Starting the process does not have to be complicated.
Begin by speaking with our team about what is happening at home. We can listen to your concerns, learn about your loved one’s daily routine and current challenges, and discuss the type of assistance that may be appropriate.
From there, we can talk through care options and develop a plan based on the individual’s needs. Some families may need a few hours of support each week, while others may need more regular assistance with personal care, daily activities, companionship, or supervision.
As your loved one’s needs change, the care plan can also be reviewed and adjusted. Our goal is to make it easier for families to arrange dependable support while helping seniors remain comfortable in the home and community they know.
If you are considering home care for a loved one in Portland or the surrounding area, our care specialists can help you understand your options and determine a practical next step.
Reviews
"Working with Randy and Janel has been amazing! They have worked hard to make sure we have the right fit for my mom and they've listened to all our concerns and needs and found us the perfect caregiver for mom. We highly recommend Assisting Hands as you can tell when you meet them that they are passionate about helping people like us to be able to care for our loved ones at home."
"Everyone we encountered here is so kind and caring. We were given an excellent care plan, all the details were handled above our expectations. A great experience for our entire family!"
"We used 24 hour care for over a month for our grandfather who was placed on hospice. Janel and her staff were amazing and took the best care of our grandfather. They were always on time, intuitive to his needs, and very supportive. I highly recommend them and should we need them again in the future I will definitely do so."
Communities We Serve
We provide Portland home care and senior support throughout the greater Portland area, including:
Beavercreek
Boring
Canby
Clackamas
Eagle Creek
Estacada
Fairview
Gladstone
Gresham
Greater Portland
Lake Oswego
Oregon City
Portland
Sandy
Troutdale
Tualatin
West Linn
