Do you or your loved one need extra support staying independent at home and wanting regular visits from a supporting helper?

I I have a heart for seniors and for helping, and enjoy assisting older adults stay independent and lead happy lives. I specialize in individualized care for seniors living at home or in assisted care, and have training in:

  • Nursing Assisting

  • Early Stage Dementia

  • Mobility, Wheel Chairs, Walkers, Walking Safety

  • Home Safety Modifications

  • Geriatric Exercises

  • Medication Sorting

I offer in-home visits 1 or 2 times a week, 1 to 4 hours each visit, supporting day-to-day needs, and the transition to more hands on care as needed or desired. I travel to Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, and Cashmere. I am sometimes a senior’s sole home-helper and sometimes a complement to family members, sharing tasks.

To support well being, enjoyment of life, and independence, I assist with routine and non-routine needs, including:

  • Meal planning, grocery shopping, hot meal preparation

  • Driving & help with appointments/outings/errands, including doctor and eye appointments, hearing aid adjustments, hair cuts, grocery store, Costco, etc.

  • Movement/balance exercises & companion walks

  • Showering assistance, hair wash & style, nail care

  • Medication pick-up, refill, organizing, and prompting

  • Companionship

  • Correspondence assistance, writing cards, read aloud mail, articles, newspaper

  • Administrative help, calling doctor’s office, scheduling appointments, advocacy

  • Tech help: showing how to use phone or computer, fixing technical issues

  • Organizing and decluttering: Goodwill runs, clean out fridge and pantry

  • Household care: Changing light bulbs, using ladder to reach high up places, changing air filters, watering plants

  • Go through practical needs home checklist together and make any needed adjustments

Routine Senior Needs

  • Medical Appointments—scheduling, driving, accompanying, note-taking, sharing appointment findings with family members

  • Transport and accompany—personal care appointments (hair, nails), scheduling, driving, accompanying

  • Shopping & Errands—groceries, returns, pick-up mobility equipment, pharmacy, post office, Costco, Macy’s, etc. —along with senior, or go and get

  • Personal Care—shower, hair care, nail care, check your blood pressure and weight

  • Exercises and walks—in or out of wheel chair or walker

  • Medicine—ordering, picking up, sorting, filling

  • Administration—bills, accounts, insurance, correcting errors, setting up services (setting up services like Instacart grocery delivery)

  • Technology Help—Setting up computer, TV, phone, updating cellphone software

  • Laundry, bedding

  • Cooking, meal prep, grocery lists

  • Companionship, reading, writing cards and letters with senior

  • Communication and coordination with family members

I also help with periodic senior needs, including:

  • Choosing eyeglasses at optical appointments

  • Turning mattress

  • Replacing light bulbs

  • Changing all batteries in smoke detectors

  • Minor repairs

  • Technology help—setting up internet, TV, computer and cellphone, updating cellphone software, solving printer issues

  • Cleaning-out and organizing refrigerator, under sinks, closets, etc.

  • Holiday decorating, cards, shopping, wrapping, tree, lights, clean-up/storage

Specialty Senior Services

Additionally, I maintain a list of excellent services I help seniors sign up for, some of which are free, which may also help and empower you or your loved one. These specialty services include:

  • Shuttle

  • Uber driver

  • Vision Impaired

  • Meal delivery services

  • Library

  • At home nail care

  • At home hair care

  • Dry cleaner/seamstress

  • Heavy lifters

  • Handyman

  • Landscaping

  • Windows

  • Appliance repair

  • Estate sale/downsizing

  • Technology support

Printable List of Services

Example Schedule

Here is a possible example month with one senior visited Wednesday and Friday each week:

Week One

Wednesday, 10-12:00pm

Change bedding, do laundry, vacuum, movement exercises and walk with senior, sort weekly medicine, clean-out refrigerator/freezer, make grocery list

Friday, 10-12:00pm

Stretching exercises and walk with senior, grocery shop with senior, make meatloaf dinner

Week Two

Wednesday, 10-12:00pm

Do laundry, vacuum, strength building exercises with senior, sort weekly medicine, update cell phone software, check mychart medical messages and email correspond with doctor, make chili and cornbread for dinner

Friday, 10-12:00pm

Pick-up and take senior in my car to a dental appointment, help fill out paperwork, remain in waiting room during appointment, meet with dentist and senior after appointment and take notes for family, help make next appointment, drive senior home.

(This appointment took 30 minutes longer than scheduled. Additional time is billed $40/hour, pro-rated.)

Week Three

Wednesday, 10-12:00pm

Change bedding, do laundry, vacuum, stretching exercises and walk with senior, sort weekly medicine, make grocery list, grocer shopped with senior, prepare chef salad covered in fridge for dinner, schedule installation of bathroom grab bar with Wenatchee Fire Department

Friday, 10-12:00pm

Organize a visit for at-home nail care and hair care, replace burnt-out light bulbs throughout home, drop donations at Goodwill, pick-up prescription at pharmacy, stop at jewelry store to replace watch battery

Week Four

Wednesday, 10-12:00pm

Laundry, vacuum, stretching exercises with senior, sort weekly medicine, prepare spinach lentil soup, write grocery list for senior, grocery list wrote for senior, fixed something hard

Friday, 10-12:00pm

Shop for groceries, oversee installation of senior grab bar for shower with fire department, complete LinkPlus transportation paperwork for senior

Rate

My hourly rate is $40/hour, 2-4 hours. If you need transportation and do not have a car, I have a car for your travel needs, and charge the standard IRS mileage rate.

One hour visit: $50, 1 or 2 times a week

Two-hour visit: $80, 1 or 2 times a week

I love hearing from you

If you or an elderly loved one could use my help, please call!

Contact Erin

Example Client Need

“Mom is slowing down and needs some help with things like taking the garbage out, changing sheets, running errands, taking her to appointments (especially when it is icy out), and helping setup for when she invites friends over for lunch. Family doesn’t live close by and looking for someone to help and check in on her on a regular basis. She is independent right now, but will probably need more help as time goes by. We were thinking of starting with once a week (when garbage goes out) for a few hours and it would probably grow to more over time.”

— Client’s Daughter