Companion Care
If You Need Support Keeping Up at Home, Hire a Trusted Elder Care Companion!
An Elder Care Companion offers both a helping hand around the home and companionship for seniors or couples who need support in the home and with personal tasks. Whether it’s home organization, light cleaning, errands, meal prep, driving to appointments, pet care, or other household tasks, your companion is there to make life easier! This role does not provide medical care, but is a hybrid of a personal assistant and household manager.
Pricing
✓ $400 New Search Registration fee
✓ 15% of the Elder Care Companions yearly gross income
✓ Average elder care companion/family assistant rate is $30-40/hr per hour depending on job factors such experience and duties needed
Why Hire aYour Happy Nest Elder Care Companion:
Our extensive vetting process includes a candidate interview with the agency, 3 verified applicable references, social media/online screening, and a thorough background check.
Step-by-step support through the candidate interview and selection process
Help negotiating salary, terms, and finalizing a work agreement
Finding Your
Perfect Match
1) Complete Your Family Profile
2) Attend a Family Consultation with a member of our team
3) We send you candidates who match your
family’s unique needs
4) Interview potential candidates
5) Schedule a trial day with your top choice
6) Put together a job offer and contract with help from our team
7) Set up start date and payroll services
8) Receive ongoing support from our agency! We do periodic check in emails to see how things are going and are always here to offer help as needed!
Ready to Hire a
Elder Care Companion?
Frequently Asked Questions
-
Our process typically takes 2-6 weeks from start to finish. The process can sometimes be shorter or longer depending on your position details, schedule, pay range and our current candidate pool.
-
The average rate for an experienced elder care companion is typically $30-40/hr depending on job duties, their experience level, certifications and credentials.
-
We start our process with an agency interview where we go over their experience, qualifications, and agency expectations.
All candidates must meet the minimum requirements:
Minimum of 3 years professional related experience
CPR and First Aid certified
Able to legally work in the US
Valid US driver's license
Non-smoking
Minimum of 3 professional references
After being offered a position, our agency conducts a 7 year background search screening criminal, social security verification, driving record and sexual offenders registry.
We also do a full social media and google/online screening on each candidate.
-
Elder care companions are like a blend of a personal assistant and household manager. They are not nurses and do not provide medical services but they can help with personal and home tasks such as: meal prep, laundry, driving to appointments, running errands, home organization, light cleaning around the house, companionship such as playing card games, taking you to a movie/play, going to lunch, etc.
Have a question we didn’t answer? ~ Contact Us
-
This can vary based on your position offerings (such as full time versus part time). Part time positions typically offer less benefits than full time jobs. Most Elder Care Companions in full time positions are seeking a position that offers:
-Paid vacation
-Paid holidays
-Paid sick days
-Guaranteed hours (here is a blog post that explains how guaranteed hours work)
-Some Elder Care Companions are seeking health insurance coverage or a stipend
-
We use a variety of resources to connect with new Elder Care Companions, including but not limited to: referrals, our online job board, local events, conferences, online groups, social media and local job fairs and events.
-
Yes, Elder Care Companions are considered household employees and you are required to pay employer taxes and issue them with a w-2. Elder Care Companions are not independent contractors and should not get a 1099. We have payroll partners we are happy to connect you with!
-
Yes! We provide our clients with a sample contract template for them to use once you get to the hiring stage. We will help answer questions you may have while putting together the contract but we do not put together the contract as an agency since you are the employer.