Companionship Care in Hoddesdon
If Mum or Dad lives in Hoddesdon and the week has started to feel long, a companion can visit for company, a walk or a trip to the shops. Every companion is enhanced DBS checked, you choose who visits, and visits start from £25 an hour with no contract. Help before care, not personal care.
What a visit looks like in Hoddesdon
It might be the Wednesday or Friday market in the town centre, a walk round Barclay Park, or Lowewood Museum on the High Street, which opens on Fridays and Saturdays.
Hoddesdon Library on the High Street runs one-to-one help with phones and tablets, so a companion can go along with Dad and sit with him while he gets the hang of video calls with the grandchildren. Or the visit can stay at home: tea, a chat and a hand with the post.
Gentle days out in Hoddesdon
Who visits
Our companions already visit families in Hoddesdon. Most of them live a short drive away in Ware and Hertford, and Lucie will tell you who can visit and on which days before you commit to anything.
Every companion has an enhanced DBS check, photo ID verification and references, and a real person at AirCarers reads each application and can say no. Companions are trained in safeguarding and lone working, and they check in and out of every visit by GPS, so you can see when they arrived and how long they stayed. See how we vet companions.
What it costs
Visits start from £25 an hour. Each companion sets their own rate, at the moment between £25 and £35 an hour, and you see it on their profile before you book. There is no contract. You pay for the visits you have.
Coming home from hospital
Depending on where they were treated, families in Hoddesdon may be dealing with the Lister in Stevenage or the Princess Alexandra in Harlow. Either way, a companion can pick up a few essentials, be there when your parent gets home and stay while they settle.
How we help after a hospital stay
What companions do not do
Companions do not give personal care, medication, nursing or any clinical help, and they do not help with bathing, dressing, toileting or moving and handling. AirCarers Companion is not a care agency and is not CQC registered. If your parent needs that kind of support, Lucie will point you towards a regulated provider.
Questions families in Hoddesdon ask
Can a companion help Dad with his phone or tablet?
Yes, as part of a normal visit. Hoddesdon Library on the High Street also runs Digital Champion sessions, and a companion can take him along.
Are you a care agency?
No. AirCarers Companion is help before care. Companions are self-employed, you choose who visits from their profile, and each companion sets their own rate. We are not CQC registered and companions do not give personal care.
How do we get started?
Call 07455 750006 or send Lucie a question. Lucie reads every message herself and usually replies the same working day. She'll have a short chat about what would help, then you choose a companion and arrange a first visit.
Can we change companion?
Yes, at any time. If it doesn't feel right, tell Lucie and she'll help you find someone else.
Which other areas do you cover?
Hertford, Ware, Broxbourne, Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth, across SG11 to SG14, EN10 to EN11, CM21 and CM23.
To talk to Lucie, call 07455 750006 or email lucie@aircarers.co.uk.