Many people need help and support at different times of their life, young and old. These services can be temporary, ongoing, just while your usual help is on holiday.
Temporary help
This service is to help you while you are temporarily of your feet, this could be due to illness, or from an operation, you could be suffering from a injury or even because you have just had a baby. The last thing on your mind should be doing/worrying about the housework but we understand that the cleaning, washing, ironing and general running of the house won’t do itself and that you might not want to put on family and friends so let us help you instead. We will do it all even the shopping giving you the time you need to recover and get back on your feet.
Companionship
This service is perfect for people who are feeling isolated or lonely, we will come too your own home and visit you too have a chat over a lovely cup of tea, we can also do crosswords together or we can even do one of your favourite hobbies! This service is available to anyone who is feeling lonely, it could be your loved one or your family member or friend who is feeling lonely through the day and would benefit from our companionship service!
Shop/ Shop assisted shop calls
With this service, we can either do the shopping for you, all we would require you to do is write a shopping list out with your preferred supermarket clearly labelled and then the rest will be left to us, we can even put your shopping away for you if this would benefit you, rest assured that we will get you the freshest and best dated produce that is available.
The assisted shop calls are suitable for people who want to do their own shopping but could benefit from some support. We will pick you up from your home and take you shopping either to the supermarket, town centre, or simply to the hair dressers for a haircut or even the post office.
Waiting in service
Needing to wait in for something but you have other errands to run or cannot get the day off from work? Well this service is perfect for you as Nikki’s home help would be able to come and wait in at your home for you until your parcel is delivered/ collect or whether you have a boiler service coming out etc.
Accompany to appointments
Do you have an appointment but you don’t want to go alone? This may be a medical appointment or even a dentist appointment, we can help you by picking you up and taking you to the appointment and staying by your side the whole time and if needed we can come into the actual appointment or just wait outside the room for you, then afterwards we would take you back home.
Well-being service
The well-being service is where we will call in and check on your well-being this is ideal if you are living on your own or if you do not have family close by or maybe family have work commitments and cannot always get to see you. If you would like us too we could also stay for a while and have a chat, help with any jobs that need doing.
Trips and outings
For this service, we can accompany you to any of your social activities, shopping, cinema and even a trip to the sea side or wildlife park. We will pick you up and take you to where ever you wish to go. We could even take you to see your friend who you haven’t seen in a while for a good catch up.
Pet care
With the pet care service, we can come in and either check on your pet to make sure it is ok. Maybe you have a dog and need it letting out to the toilet or even walked. We can even come sit with your pet for a few hours or even the day.
Arrange appointments
We can help arrange appointments for you and even rearrange existing appointments if they are inconvenient for you. As well as this we can take you to the appointment or wait in for the person to arrive for example the plumber coming to service the boiler.
Respite Sits
For respite sits we can stay in the comfort of the clients own home and have a chat over a cup of tea, do jigsaws, gardening, even sit and watch a film together or we can take them out to a cafe, park, social activity or to a centre. If you are a carer who needs someone who you can call on as and when required, to allow you a much needed break, then this could be the ideal service for you. We also offer night time respite sits.