TRU STAR SENIOR CARE

24-Hours Split Shift Care

Awake caregiver providing 24-hour split-shift senior support on Long Island

Continuous awake support day and night

Tru Star Senior Care's 24-Hour Split-Shift Care provides continuous, one-on-one support for clients who should not be left alone and need an awake caregiver available at all times.

24 hours a day • Seven days a week • Minimum two-week commitment

Keeping Seniors Connected, Independent & Supported

FOUR-CARE GIVER COVERAGE

Day Time Team
  • Two caregivers rotate 12-hour daytime shifts
  • One caregiver works in the home at a time
  • Daytime routines, meals, mobility, appointments, adn activities
Overnight Team
  • Two caregivers rotate 12-hour overnight shifts
  • The caregiver remains awake througout the shift
  • Nighttime reassurance, bathroom escorts, and safety observation

Suppport throughout the day and night

• Companionship
• Daily activities
• Bathroom escort and assistance
• Bathroom reminders
• Walking and mobility support
• Medication reminders
• Meal preparation for the client

• Companionship
• Daily activities
• Bathroom escort and assistance
• Bathroom reminders
• Walking and mobility support
• Medication reminders
• Meal preparation for the client

Every caregiver remains awake and actively working throughout the assigned shift.

Organized Care, Every Shift
Organized Care, Every Shift

Tru Star begins with a consultation to understand the client's routine, mobility, nighttime needs, safety concerns, and preferred schedule. We then create an approved care plan and coordinate the daytime and overnight caregiver team.

At every shift change, caregivers exchange important information about meals, hydration, bathroom routines, mobility, activities, sleep, behavior, and safety concerns. Tru Star communicates with the family and reviews the care plan whenever the client's needs change.

Families should contact the Tru Star office - not privately rearrange caregiver schedules.

24-Hour Support for Clients Living With Dementia

Many families choose Split-Shift Care when a loved one living with dementia should not be left alone and needs an awake caregiver throughout the day and night.
• Nighttime confusion or restlessness
• Wandering or attempts to leave the home
• Frequent bathroom escorts and reminders
• Calm redirection and reassurance
• Maintaining familiar daily routines
• Meal and hydration reminders
• Medication reminders
• Walking and fall-prevention support
• Changes in sleep patterns or behavior
• Safety observation throughout the night
• Communication with the family and Tru Star office

Consistent Care for Dementia

Tru Star uses a small caregiver team so the client can become familiar and comfortable with the people providing support. Caregivers follow the same approved routines, communication approach, meal schedule, bathroom reminders, and safety plan.

Important information is shared during every shift change so care continues smoothly. The goal is to reduce unnecessary changes and help the client remain safely supported in familiar surroundings.

Respectful, non-medical support focused on familiarity, comfort, safety, dignity, and reassurance.

In-home caregiver taking notes during an evening consultation with a senior woman sitting comfortably in an armchair
Awake Overnight Support

The overnight caregiver remains awake and actively working throughout the entire shift. Support may include bathroom escorts, reassurance, redirection, hydration reminders, walking assistance, and observing changes in the client's sleep, routine, or behavior.

Meals and Household Support

Caregivers may prepare meals and snacks for the client, provide hydration reminders, clean the client's eating area, complete the client's laundry, change bed linens, and perform light housekeeping in the client's personal living areas.

These duties are for the client named in the service agreement. They do not automatically include cooking, cleaning, laundry, or assistance for a spouse, relative, guest, or another household member. If someone else needs assistance, the family must contact Tru Star so the additional needs can be reviewed and properly added.

Split-Shift Care Compared With Live-In Care

24-Hour Split-Shift Care

• Four-caregiver team generally used
• Two daytime and two overnight caregivers
• Caregivers remain awake on every shift
• Continuous day-and-night support
• No sleeping period
• No private bedroom required

Live-In Care

• A caregiver lives in the client's home
• Meal, rest, and sleep time required
• A clean, private bedroom is required
• Used when continuous awake supervision is not
needed

When the client needs an awake caregiver available at every hour, 24-Hour Split-Shift Care is the appropriate option.

Who May Benefit?

• A client who should not be left unattended
• Someone who needs an awake caregiver throughout the night
• A person living with dementia or memory loss
• Someone experiencing nighttime confusion or wandering
• A client requiring frequent bathroom escorts
• Someone needing regular walking or mobility assistance
• A client with an increased risk of falling
• Someone needing support at unpredictable times
• A client whose needs can no longer be safely supported by live-in care

Why Families Choose Tru Star

• Continuous awake coverage
• Four-caregiver team structure
• Organized 12-hour shift changes
• Carefully matched caregivers
• Personalized care plans

• Continuous awake coverage
• Four-caregiver team structure
• Organized 12-hour shift changes
• Carefully matched caregivers
• Personalized care plans

Ready to Discuss Split-Shift Care?

Continuous awake support - 24 hours a day, seven days a week.