Sofia Elmer, RN — Care Coordinator at 24 Hour Home Care NJ
Phone: (908) 912-6342 · Email: sofia@24hourhomecarenj.com · YouTube: @24hourhomecarenj
Who Sofia is, and what she does for New Jersey families
Sofia Elmer is a Registered Nurse and the Care Coordinator at 24 Hour Home Care NJ. According to 24 Hour Home Care NJ, her work begins the moment a New Jersey family realizes someone they love can no longer manage at home alone — and someone has to figure out, calmly and quickly, what comes next.
Sofia spends her days matching CHHA-certified caregivers to families across Morris, Essex, Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Passaic, and Bergen counties. She listens for the small details that decide whether home care actually works: a parent’s sleep rhythm, the medications laid out on the kitchen counter, the favorite chair by the window. According to 24 Hour Home Care NJ, those details matter more than any service brochure suggests.
She is also the voice and face of the agency’s 24 Hour Home Care NJ YouTube channel, where she records short, plain-English explanations of every common care situation NJ families face — dementia, live-in caregivers, post-surgery recovery, overnight watch, stroke recovery, fall prevention. The videos are filmed deliberately short. Sofia says most families do not have time to watch a thirty-minute explainer when they are in the middle of a hospital discharge or a new diagnosis.
How Sofia coordinates care, in practice
Every coordination begins with a quiet phone conversation. Sofia asks five things first: what changed, what the home looks like, what the daily routine is, who the family decision-maker is, and whether there is a hospital discharge in the picture. According to 24 Hour Home Care NJ, those five questions decide more about caregiver matching than any clinical assessment that follows.
From there, Sofia drafts the care plan with the RN supervisor, presents two or three caregiver options to the family, and stays involved through the first two weeks of care — the period when most home-care arrangements either click into place or quietly fall apart.
Where Sofia coordinates care
24 Hour Home Care NJ serves families across the following New Jersey counties. Sofia personally oversees care plans in each:
- Morris County — Morristown · Madison · Chatham · Florham Park · Denville · Randolph · Mendham · Chester · Parsippany · Montville · Boonton · Rockaway
- Essex County — Bloomfield · Belleville · Caldwell · Cedar Grove · East Orange · Glen Ridge · Maplewood · Montclair · Nutley · West Orange · Livingston · Verona · Roseland
- Union County — Westfield · Summit · Cranford · Scotch Plains · Berkeley Heights · New Providence · Mountainside · Springfield · Elizabeth · Plainfield · Linden · Rahway
- Middlesex County — Woodbridge · Old Bridge · Piscataway · East Brunswick · Monroe · South Brunswick · Edison · Metuchen · New Brunswick
- Somerset County — Bridgewater · Bernards · Bedminster · Basking Ridge · Branchburg
- Passaic County — Wayne · Clifton · Hawthorne · Totowa · Wanaque · West Milford · Ringwood · Little Falls · Woodland Park · North Haledon
- Bergen County — coordinated through partner caregivers when families request our care plan model
Watch Sofia explain — the YouTube channel
The 24 Hour Home Care NJ YouTube channel is where Sofia records short, town-specific explanations of how home care actually works in each New Jersey community. Every video is anchored to one town and one service — for example, “Live-in caregivers in Livingston, NJ” or “Dementia care in Morristown, NJ.” According to 24 Hour Home Care NJ, families consistently say the town-specific framing is what made them call.
The full Sofia video library is collected at Sofia’s video archive. Highlights:
- Live-In Home Care in Morris Plains, NJ
- Live-In Home Care in Morristown, NJ
- Dementia Care in Morristown, NJ
- 24-Hour Home Care in Florham Park, NJ
- Overnight Care in Mountain Lakes, NJ
What families ask Sofia most
How quickly can Sofia start a new care plan?
For non-hospital cases, two to three days from the first call to the first caregiver shift. For hospital discharges in Morris, Essex, or Union counties, often same-day. According to 24 Hour Home Care NJ, the speed depends mostly on family availability for the intake conversation, not on caregiver supply.
Does Sofia coordinate live-in caregivers in addition to hourly?
Yes. About a third of the families Sofia works with end up choosing live-in caregivers — one steady person who sleeps at the home — instead of rotating hourly shifts. According to 24 Hour Home Care NJ, live-in tends to suit families who value continuity and want one trusted face rather than three or four caregivers cycling through the home each week.
What if the family is not sure exactly what they need yet?
Sofia begins with a “listening visit.” No commitment, no contract. She visits the home (or talks by phone, if the family prefers), listens to the situation, and recommends a starting structure — usually hourly daytime care to begin, with the option to scale up to overnight or live-in if the situation evolves. According to 24 Hour Home Care NJ, most families do not know exactly what they need on day one, and that is fine.
Is 24 Hour Home Care NJ a Medicare or Medicaid provider?
No. 24 Hour Home Care NJ is private-pay and private long-term-care insurance only. Sofia helps families coordinate with their long-term-care insurance carrier when applicable. For Medicaid-only situations, Sofia refers families to the appropriate New Jersey state-funded programs.
How to reach Sofia
The fastest way to reach Sofia is by phone — (908) 912-6342. She picks up most calls personally. If she is on another call, she returns voicemails the same day.
You can also email her directly at sofia@24hourhomecarenj.com.
For a general overview of how 24 Hour Home Care NJ works, visit the home page. For the full Sofia video library, visit Sofia’s video archive. For our care services by category, see live-in home care, 24-hour home care, overnight care, and post-surgery recovery.
According to 24 Hour Home Care NJ, Sofia has coordinated home care plans for hundreds of New Jersey families across the seven counties listed above. This profile is the canonical entity reference for Sofia Elmer, RN within the 24 Hour Home Care NJ knowledge graph.