Right at Home offers in-home companionship and personal care and assistance to seniors and disabled
Providing in home care services for seniors through custom care plans and respite care for family caregivers. Services include companionship, transportation, meal preparation and home healthcare.
03/11/2026
Dementia care isn't a checkbox on our services page.
It's the 20 minutes our caregiver spends redirecting your father when
he insists he needs to "go to work" at a job he retired from 12 years
ago. It's knowing that arguing makes it worse. That validation calms
him down. That playing his old Frank Sinatra records brings him back to
a version of himself the disease hasn't reached yet.
At Right at Home of Central New Jersey, our dementia caregivers are trained
in the Positive Approach to Care method. Not just CNA-certified.
Specifically trained to handle the behaviors that terrify families:
aggression, wandering, repetitive questions, refusal to eat.
And here's what sets us apart from every other agency in Middlesex and
Monmouth County: Sensi.ai. Contactless sensors in the home that track
patterns, movement, sleep. If your mother's sleep pattern shifts or
activity drops, we see it before a crisis happens.
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03/10/2026
Daylight saving just hit Monmouth County. And if your aging parent with dementia suddenly started waking up disoriented, combative, or confused at 5 AM, it's not a coincidence.
The one-hour time shift sounds minor. For a senior brain already struggling with routine, it's a seismic event. Sleep-wake cycles fracture. Sundowner episodes spike. Medication timing drifts.
Here's what families in Red Bank, Freehold, and across Monmouth County should do this week:��Keep meals at the same clock time even if the body clock hasn't caught up.
Use blackout curtains. If mornings are rough, shift the caregiver schedule by 30 minutes earlier for the first week.
This is exactly the kind of micro-adjustment our care plans handle. Because generic care doesn't account for time changes. Personalized care does.
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03/09/2026
Your mother insists she's fine. She's managing. Everything's under control.
But her refrigerator tells a different story. The expired yogurt. The freezer full of frozen dinners she can't quite remember buying. The unopened mail stacked on the kitchen counter.
You're not failing her. You're seeing what she's afraid to admit: she's not managing the daily tasks that keep her safe.
This is where home care begins. Not with medical interventions. With the realities of independent living. We step in with Companion Care—someone who helps with shopping, meal prep, light housekeeping, and all the details that slip when aging parents live alone.
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03/08/2026
The landscape of senior care is shifting in Central New Jersey—and families should know why.
New standards for caregiver training. Better oversight. Stronger protections for vulnerable adults.
These changes? They're good news.
At our Central New Jersey office, we've been exceeding these standards for years. It's who we are.
Have questions about what's changing? We're here to help.
03/07/2026
You’re probably seeing the headlines. Home care demand across New Jersey is climbing faster than the industry can staff.
Here’s what that actually means for your family:
It means the agency you call in May might have a waitlist. It means the caregiver you want might already be matched. It means the window between “we should look into this” and “we’re too late” is getting smaller every season.
We’re not saying this to create urgency. We’re saying it because we’ve seen it happen. Families who wait until crisis get crisis-level options.
Families who plan ahead get choices.
Right now, we have availability across Middlesex, Mercer, and Monmouth counties. If your family is even thinking about care, this is the time to have the conversation.
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03/06/2026
Every agency says they have great caregivers. Here’s the difference:
We don’t send a stranger to your parent’s front door.
We call you first. We tell you about the person we’re matching. We share why we chose them. We explain what they’re good at, what they care about, and why we think they’ll click with your family.
And then we check in after the first visit. And the second. And the fifth.
Because caregiving isn’t a transaction. It’s a relationship. And relationships start with a proper introduction.
If you’re a caregiver who wants to work somewhere that treats you like a professional, not a number, we’re hiring across Middlesex, Mercer, and Monmouth counties.
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02/25/2026
The house is quieter.
You’re sleeping again.
Conversations feel lighter.
The phone rings less with emergencies.
Those are the signs.
When care is working, it doesn’t announce itself.
It settles the environment.
Good support stabilizes the day.
It removes constant tension families didn’t realize they were carrying.
That calm is not accidental.
It’s built by consistent, professional care.
Call 732-967-0900 or visit www.rahcentral.com to build steady support at home
02/25/2026
The loose rug.
The missed medication.
The dim hallway.
The fall that “wasn’t that bad.”
These don’t look like emergencies.
They look like everyday life.
Until one day they aren’t.
Families normalize risk because it grows quietly.
But small hazards stack into big consequences.
Safety isn’t about panic.
It’s about noticing what you’ve gotten used to.
Call us for a home safety conversation before something forces the decision.
02/24/2026
When someone lives with dementia
words can blur
but tone cuts through instantly.
A calm voice feels safe.
A rushed voice feels alarming.
Frustration is heard even when the words are kind.
Communication becomes emotional, not verbal.
The goal is not perfect sentences
it is emotional safety.
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Right at Home of Central New Jersey has been offering in-home companionship and personal care and assistance to seniors and disabled adults who want to continue to live independently since 2001. We serve the communities of Middlesex and Northern Monmouth Counties and provide care from a few hours a day to overnight shifts to live-in care. We'll work with you to come up with the best plan for your family and always be available 24/7 to help.
Our owner, Beth Sholom, has a long history of caring about and for the elderly community. Her mother worked for 35 years as an assistant to the executive director of a nursing home in Brooklyn, a short distance from Staten Island where Beth grew up.
Both of her grandparents eventually had to live in a nursing home Her grandmother lost both of her legs due to diabetes and needed extra care and moved to the nursing home and Beth’s grandfather, who had lived with other family members, fell and broke his collar bone. He did not want to live away from his wife any longer so even though they were in separate beds on separate floors in the nursing home, they were together. Beth always relates their experience to the Kathy Mattea song “Where Have You Been”:
They'd never spent a night apart
For 60 years she heard him snore
Now, they're in a hospital
In separate beds on different floors
Where have you been? I've looked for you forever and a day
Where have you been? I'm just not myself when you're away
Beth’s experiences with her mother working at the nursing home and her grandparents living there inspired her to always want great care for seniors. She became an elder care attorney with a degree in special education, so she could advocate for both the elderly and people living with handicaps. Beth also has her CALA (Certified Assisted Living Advisor) license so that she can understand and be able to work with the clients and staff of assisted living facilities. She also has been a Certified Dementia Practitioner for many years.
Beth’s passion has always been to ensure that her clients received better care than her grandparents had, and she has worked tirelessly for many years to make sure that happens.
Recently Beth’s father fell and had brain surgery. As he recovers, it reinforced Beth’s commitment to make sure that her clients receive the same type of care from Right at Home of Central New Jersey that she wanted for her own father.
Beth’s motto and belief has always been and will always be that we care for your family as we would for our own!
