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
With decades of combined caregiving experience, Assisting Hands Home Care offers Portland families more than medical help — we provide companionship and daily assistance too. Our agency is licensed and insured, and our caregivers work under RN oversight to deliver skilled services including medication administration and wound care. Unlike conventional home care providers, we take a comprehensive approach, combining medical-level support with the personal, everyday help that keeps our clients safe, comfortable, and independent at home.
A Message from the Assisting Hands Home Care Portland Owners
As a Registered Nurse, I have witnessed the critical importance of close collaboration between healthcare professionals, social workers, and families, especially when seniors transition from hospital to home. Unfortunately, many elderly individuals lacked the necessary support to thrive at home, leading to avoidable rehospitalizations. It was heartbreaking to see how small preventive measures could have made all the difference. At Assisting Hands Home Care Greater Portland, my mission is to ensure that every client receives the care they need to live happy, healthy, and independent lives at home. I founded this business with the goal of using my acute care experience to train our team to recognize the early signs of health issues before they escalate. This proactive approach is a key part of the personalized, comprehensive care we provide, far beyond traditional caregiving. Choosing a reliable Portland Home Care provider can be an overwhelming and stressful process for families. We understand how difficult it is to entrust the care of a loved one to someone new. While a caregiver may not replace family, we are committed to being a trusted partner in safeguarding your loved one’s well-being. In-home care is deeply personal for us—it’s driven by a purpose to help our clients lead fulfilling lives in the comfort of their own homes. With Assisting Hands Home Care Portland, you can have peace of mind knowing your loved one is in compassionate, skilled, and trusted hands. Our distinction as a licensed comprehensive care agency means we offer not only personal and companion care but also proactive, skilled services that prevent health complications, ensuring the highest quality of life for our clients.
– Janel Rieder, RN, BSN, and Randy Rieder,
Owners, Assisting Hands Home Care Greater Portland
Home Care Plans Tailored To Your Unique Assistance Needs
We take the time to understand your loved one's needs before assigning the right caregiver. During your free in-home consultation, our care management team — led by our RN — listens to your family's needs, hobbies, and preferences, then builds a personalized care plan tailored to those exact needs. That plan isn't static: we revisit it as your loved one's needs change.
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The Perfect Caregiver Match to Offer Premium Support for Your Loved Ones
We believe that the best caregiving services can only be delivered when matched with a perfect caregiver. In addition to the training and qualification, we put caregivers with compassion and empathy on the top of priority list. When assigning each client with a caregiver in Portland, we always ask ourselves, ‘will we trust this person with the wellbeing of our beloved family?’ If the answer is yes, we let this move forward. Once assigned, you can be have the peace of mind for they will assist you in the following areas –
- Personal care activities such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and incontinence management.
- Grocery shopping and meal preparation.
- Laundry, bed sheet changing, light housekeeping tasks, etc.
- Transportation for medical appointments, errands, and social gatherings
- Mobility assistance with bed and wheelchair transfers, toileting, etc.
- Prescription pickups and medication reminders
- Empathetic emotional support and cognitive stimulation
- Specialized care for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
- Companionship and fostering social interactions
The Assisting Hands Home Care Portland Difference
- We’re a licensed, comprehensive care agency — meaning our services go beyond companionship to include RN-supervised, medically-informed care most non-medical agencies can’t provide.
- All caregivers on our team are professionally trained, certified, and insured.
- Your satisfaction lies at the top of our priority. We do not require a long-term commitment; instead, you can stay as long as you are satisfied.
- We understand how integral consistent care and personal connections could be. Therefore, we assign the same caregiving professionals to each client – ensuring they receive excellent care and feel at home.
- Each client is assigned a caregiver who matches their assistance needs based on their skill set, personality, and expertise.
- Experience is not the only metric we consider when hiring caregivers at Assisting Hands Home Care Portland. Instead, we look for values such as reliability, compassion, respect, friendliness, and commitment to helping your elderly loved ones.
Getting Started with Portland Home Care
Getting the right care for your loved one is simple with Assisting Hands Greater Portland. Start by calling 207-536-0278 to speak with our local care team or request a consultation. We begin with a personalized assessment to understand your loved one’s daily routines, care needs, preferences, safety concerns, and goals. Based on this assessment, we develop a customized care plan and carefully match your family with a compassionate caregiver whose experience and approach fit your loved one’s needs. Our Care Management Team remains involved throughout the care process. We monitor your loved one’s progress, communicate with your family, and make adjustments to the care plan when needs change. This ongoing involvement helps provide consistent, dependable support rather than simply assigning a caregiver and stepping away. Whether your family needs occasional assistance, personal care, or 24-hour home care, our team is here to make the process easier from the first conversation through ongoing care.
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"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
Beavercreek
Boring
Canby
Clackamas
Eagle Creek
Estacada
Fairview
Gladstone
Gresham
Greater Portland
Lake Oswego
Oregon City
Portland
Sandy
Troutdale
Tualatin
West Linn
