Private-Duty Nursing and Post-Surgical Recovery Care in Pasadena
From Old Pasadena and Madison Heights to San Marino, Arcadia, and Altadena, WholeHealth Concierge places a Registered Nurse in the home for post-surgical recovery, hospital-to-home transitions, and ongoing care management. We coordinate directly with the case management and discharge planning teams at Huntington Hospital and USC Arcadia Hospital (formerly Methodist Hospital of Southern California), and work alongside estate and elder law counsel when planning is involved. Founded and led by Meagan Williams, RN, BSN, with CCRN certification in adult critical care from AACN Certification Corporation, and more than 15 years in critical care nursing.
Now serving San Marino, Arcadia, South Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge, Sierra Madre, and Altadena.
A practice built around San Gabriel Valley families
WholeHealth Concierge provides nurse-led care management, hospital-at-home support, and post-operative recovery oversight for Pasadena families. We coordinate directly with Huntington Hospital, USC Arcadia Hospital, and concierge physicians serving the San Gabriel Valley to bring hospital-level clinical attention into the home, without ever taking over the medical decisions that belong to your physician.
Coordination with Huntington Hospital
Huntington Hospital, part of Huntington Health and affiliated with Cedars-Sinai since 2020, operates a 534-bed facility at 100 W. California Boulevard and houses the only Level II trauma center serving the San Gabriel Valley, established in 1983. It also holds Joint Commission accreditation and advanced certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. We coordinate directly with its case management and discharge planning teams to arrange private-pay care before a patient leaves.
Coordination with USC Arcadia Hospital
USC Arcadia Hospital, the 348-bed community hospital at 300 W. Huntington Drive formerly known as Methodist Hospital of Southern California and now part of Keck Medicine of USC, has served San Gabriel Valley families for more than a century. It operates a certified stroke center and a STEMI heart attack receiving center alongside orthopedic, surgical, and maternity services. We work with its discharge planners the same way, so a nurse is already arranged before a patient goes home.
Care management for aging San Gabriel Valley families
Pasadena has one of the highest concentrations of long-tenured family homes in Southern California, and the surrounding communities skew older still: about 17.5 percent of Pasadena residents, 19.7 percent of Arcadia residents, and nearly a quarter of San Marino residents are 65 or older. Many of our clients are adult children coordinating care for a parent who has lived in the same home for decades. Our role is to make staying there medically safe.
Estate, elder law, and discretion
We work alongside Pasadena estate planning and elder law attorneys when a family is navigating capacity decisions, conservatorship considerations, or end-of-life care planning. The legal team handles the legal work; we provide the clinical nursing assessment and ongoing care oversight. Every visit, coordination call, and family communication is handled with the confidentiality San Gabriel Valley families expect.
Six core programs, one nurse-led team
Every Pasadena engagement starts with an intake assessment and a written care plan led by a Registered Nurse. From there we coordinate the services that fit the situation.
Hospital-at-Home Support
Transition support after a hospital, rehab, or ER discharge. Medication setup, wound oversight, family communication.
Learn more →Care Management
Ongoing nurse-led oversight of a complex medical situation. Single point of clinical contact for the whole family.
Learn more →Post-Operative Recovery
In-home recovery oversight after orthopedic, cosmetic, cardiac, or complex surgery, structured into six aftercare tiers matched to what the procedure actually requires.
See recovery care options below →Private Duty Nursing
Hourly or 24-hour RN coverage at home for clients who require continuous clinical oversight.
Learn more →Legal & Medical Advocacy
Clinical assessment and ongoing care support for estate planning, conservatorship, or capacity-related situations.
Learn more →Aging at Home
Long-term nurse-led care coordination for families navigating aging, memory changes, and mobility decline.
Learn more →Six Levels of Recovery Care After Surgery in Pasadena
A 2007 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report to Congress found that 17.6 percent of Medicare patients, roughly one in six, were rehospitalized within 30 days of discharge, the exact window post-surgical coverage is built to cover. Huntington Hospital's status as the San Gabriel Valley's only Level II trauma center and USC Arcadia Hospital's orthopedic, stroke, and cardiac services mean Pasadena-area families see everything from planned joint replacements to unplanned fracture repairs. We built six aftercare tiers so a family can match coverage to acuity instead of guessing. All tiers are private-pay and RN-delivered, coordinated with your surgeon's discharge plan rather than replacing it.
Comfort Care Visit
Best for lower-acuity outpatient procedures and post-op check-ins. A Registered Nurse checks vital signs, reviews the discharge instructions with the family, sets up medications, and confirms wound care is being followed correctly. Also used as a standalone wellness check visit for an aging parent outside of a surgical context.
Full Recovery Day
Built for the day a patient comes home from a standard joint replacement or general surgical procedure, the day risk is highest and the hospital's own case manager is no longer watching. Covers vital sign monitoring, pain management coordination with the surgeon's office, mobility assistance, and medication administration per physician orders through a full first day home.
Elevated Recovery Day
The next step up for higher-acuity cases, spine fusion, revision joint replacement, cardiac procedures, or multi-level surgery, where a shorter hospital stay did not mean a lighter clinical need. Adds more intensive monitoring, drain management, and closer pain titration coordination with the surgical team across a longer day.
Overnight Recovery Care
For joint replacement, spine, and cardiac patients who prefer an overnight stay at home rather than a facility, and for cosmetic and plastic surgery patients who want a private RN presence overnight. An RN stays through the night for symptom monitoring, medication timing, and mobility assistance if the patient needs to get up.
Round-the-Clock Care
Matched to the trauma and hip fracture cases Huntington Hospital's Level II trauma center sees, and to the share of San Gabriel Valley seniors living alone with no family member available to hand care off to. Continuous RN coverage across a full day, so care never steps down to unattended hours during the highest-risk window.
Extended Stay Recovery
For complex spine fusion, revision surgery, or plastic surgery patients with longer downtime windows, and for the multi-day recovery stretches common among Pasadena's aging, long-tenured homeowners. Scheduling and staffing are built around the individual recovery plan rather than a fixed block, so we quote it after intake.
Private duty nursing in Pasadena
Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley bring us a high share of complex, multi-condition cases, often after Huntington Hospital or USC Arcadia Hospital, formerly Methodist Hospital of Southern California, where several specialists are involved and no single one owns the plan.
Private duty nursing here is frequently paired with care management, because the nursing hours solve the night and the coordination solves the six appointments nobody is reconciling. It is also common in Altadena and other San Gabriel Valley communities still rebuilding after the January 2025 Eaton Fire, where older residents on fixed incomes have faced real pressure to relocate; keeping a recovering or aging family member safely at home is often part of the case for staying put.
Medicare does not cover round-the-clock home care, homemaker help, or custodial care, the exact gap that leaves families arranging it themselves at the moment they're least prepared to. We arrange it in advance instead, so coverage is already in place the day a patient walks in the door.
How private duty nursing works, what it costs, and why Medicare will not pay for it →
Also serving the San Gabriel Valley
Pasadena sits at the center of a service area that reaches San Marino, Arcadia, South Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge, Sierra Madre, and Altadena. If your family is anywhere in the broader San Gabriel Valley or Los Angeles County, here's where to start.
San Marino, Arcadia & Altadena
We serve these communities directly from our Pasadena-area team, coordinating with USC Arcadia Hospital and Huntington Hospital discharge planners for families throughout the San Gabriel Valley.
South Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge & Sierra Madre
Whether the need is a short post-surgical recovery block or ongoing care management for an aging parent, coverage extends across these neighboring communities at the same rates.
Los Angeles County
Our full Los Angeles County coverage area, for families comparing options anywhere between the San Gabriel Valley and the Westside.
See countywide coverage →Common questions from Pasadena families
Do you serve all of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley?
Yes. We serve all of Pasadena including Old Pasadena, Madison Heights, Bungalow Heaven, Linda Vista, and San Rafael Hills. We also serve San Marino, Arcadia, South Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge, Sierra Madre, Altadena, and surrounding communities.
What does private duty nursing cost after a discharge from Huntington Hospital or USC Arcadia Hospital?
It depends on what the recovery requires, which is why we built six aftercare tiers instead of one flat rate. A Comfort Care Visit covers six hours, a Full Recovery Day covers eight hours, and coverage scales up through Elevated Recovery Day, Overnight Recovery Care, and Round-the-Clock Care, which covers a full 24 hours. Extended Stay Recovery is built for multi-day recoveries and is scoped after consultation. All tiers are private-pay and RN-delivered, with pricing confirmed by phone during a free consultation.
Can you help after a Huntington Hospital discharge?
Yes. Hospital-at-Home transition support is one of our core services. Huntington Hospital operates the only Level II trauma center serving the San Gabriel Valley, and we coordinate directly with its case management and discharge planning teams to ensure the move home is medically supported and safe.
Do you work with concierge physicians in Pasadena?
Yes. We partner with concierge MDs, direct primary care practices, and specialist physicians serving Pasadena families. Your physician retains medical authority. We provide the in-home clinical execution and family coordination.
Do you work with Pasadena estate and elder law attorneys?
Yes. We provide the clinical nursing assessment and ongoing care oversight that supports estate planning, conservatorship, and capacity-related legal work. We do not provide legal advice.
How quickly can you start in Pasadena?
Intake assessments are typically completed within 24 to 48 hours. Urgent hospital-discharge situations are often handled the same day. Call (213) 298-3288 to speak with our care team.
Can an in-home nurse help an aging parent in San Marino, Arcadia, or Altadena who isn't recovering from surgery?
Yes. Nearly one in four San Marino residents and roughly one in five residents of Arcadia, Altadena, and Pasadena itself are 65 or older, and much of our work is ongoing rather than post-surgical. That means oversight of a complicated medication list, monitoring a chronic condition, catching small changes before they become a hospital visit, and coordinating between specialists so nothing falls through between appointments. Hours can be steady weekly coverage instead of a short recovery block, and every schedule is planned and supervised by a Registered Nurse.
Speak with our care team about your Pasadena situation
Every consultation starts with a confidential conversation. We listen to the situation, identify what is medically at stake, and walk you through what nurse-led care management would look like for your family.