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Home Companion Service: Safe and Warm Company for Older People Living Alone
How home companionship supports an older parent living alone: companion duties, hourly and daily options and trust criteria.
Many older people want to keep living in their own home and routine, but may need help with shopping, cooking, remembering medicines or simply having someone to talk to. For families living in other cities or working long hours, a home companion service keeps an older relative both safe and happy.
What is it?
Company, supervision and daily living support at home for set hours or all day, when medical care is not needed but being alone is risky for safety or wellbeing.
| Area | Examples |
|---|---|
| Social | Conversation, reading, TV, games, sharing memories |
| Daily living | Light meals, setting the table, tea and coffee |
| Reminders | Medicine times, appointments, drinking water |
| Mobility | Short walks indoors and outdoors |
| Errands | Market, pharmacy, hairdresser, bank |
| Safety | Watching for falls, alerting family and health services |
| Home | Helping keep personal space tidy |
A companion does not perform medical procedures; home nursing covers those.
When to consider it
Living alone with long periods without contact, mild forgetfulness (medicines, stove, locking doors), recent falls or fear of going out, withdrawal after losing a spouse, recovery after illness or surgery, or family members being away for a while.
Options
- Hourly for meals and medicine times
- Daytime, with family taking over in the evening
- Night for people who get up and may fall
- Live-in for continuous company
- Short-term during family holidays or travel
A good match
Share interests, habits and sensitivities in advance; have a family member present in the first days; respect privacy and independence; and support the person to do what they can rather than doing it for them.
Regular updates by message or call reassure distant families.
We arrange hourly, daytime, night and live-in companions across Yalova, with companions organised in Bursa, Istanbul and Kocaeli–Gebze after a needs discussion, and nursing, physiotherapy and doctor services added when needed.
