Accompaniment means a companion goes with you. To the doctor, the hospital, the bank, the temple, a friend's house, or the shops. They help you get ready, sit with you through the waiting, and see you home again. A companion never drives you and never provides the vehicle: you arrange the ride, or you travel together by transit, taxi or rideshare. It is non-medical, and it is company for the parts of the day nobody should face alone.
What a visit looks like
A knock at the door twenty minutes before the taxi. Coat, keys, the letter with the appointment time. The ride together, the walk in from the entrance, someone to sit beside in the waiting room and talk about anything but the appointment. Afterwards, the trip home and a cup of tea.
It might be a hospital clinic, a dialysis chair, a wedding across town, a haircut, or a walk to the park. The companion is there for the person, not the errand, and the day goes better because they are.
What a companion does
- Helping get ready and out of the door on time
- Travelling together by transit, taxi, or rideshare, or meeting the person there
- Company in the waiting room, and through the waiting
- Sitting in on an appointment if the person wants them there, to listen and remember
- Carrying bags, holding a coat, finding the right desk or floor
- Going along to social events, religious services, family visits, and outings
- Seeing the person safely home, and staying for a cup of tea
What a companion does not do
- Driving the person, or providing a car
- Speaking to doctors or staff on the person's behalf, or making decisions for them
- Giving medical advice, or explaining what a doctor meant
- Handling the person's money, cards, or signing anything for them
- Physically supporting or lifting someone who cannot walk or transfer on their own
- Attending in place of a caregiver who is required to be there
A companion goes with you; they never drive you and never provide the vehicle. You arrange the ride, or you travel together by transit, taxi or rideshare.
Saheli is non-medical. Companions do not replace family, nurses, doctors, or personal support workers. They add something different: human presence.
On every visit, whatever the service, a companion does not provide:
- Counselling or therapy
- Advice about health, treatment, diet, legal matters, or money
- Lifting or transferring someone who cannot bear their own weight
- Handling money or signing documents
- Nursing or medical care, including injections, wound care, or monitoring a health condition
- Administering medication. A companion does not give, measure, sort, or apply it, or decide anything about it. Reminders for a plan already set are fine
- Anything that needs a regulated health professional
For anything medical, speak to a doctor, nurse, or pharmacist. In an emergency, call 911.
Who this is for
People who do not want to face an appointment or an outing alone, and families who cannot always be the one to go.
Medical appointments
Someone with an appointment nobody can take them to
A clinic, a specialist, a scan. The family is at work or far away. A companion travels with them, sits through the waiting, and sees them home. Companionship only: they do not speak to the doctor for the person.
For a younger person
A child or young adult with a regular appointment
Therapy, a clinic, a standing assessment: the waiting is long and the trip is familiar but tiring. A companion comes along for the company and the practical help. A parent or guardian arranges the travel and stays responsible for their care. A companion never drives them.
Recurring treatment
Someone attending dialysis, infusions, or regular treatment
The same trip, several times a week, with hours of waiting. Where the clinic allows visitors, a companion is beside them for the non-clinical parts: the journey, the wait, the way home.
Getting out
Someone who has stopped going out
A haircut, the library, the temple, a walk in the park. After a fall or a long winter, going out alone can feel like too much. Someone alongside makes it feel possible again.
For families and caregivers
A family that cannot take another day off
Appointments land on weekdays and eat half a day. A companion you choose goes instead, so the appointment happens and your leave is kept for when it matters most.
Language and confidence
Someone more at home in another language
A companion who speaks the person's language is a familiar voice in an unfamiliar place. They keep the person company and help them feel settled. For interpreting at the appointment itself, ask the clinic; that is a different service.
Family occasions
Someone who wants to be at the wedding, the service, the party
Family events are long, loud, and far. A companion goes along, finds a chair, fetches a plate, and makes sure the person is there for the moments that matter, not stuck at home.
How it works
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Browse companions
Use the filters to find people who fit your language, community, and needs.
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Choose who feels right
Review companions and decide who you want to meet. Nobody gets assigned to you.
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Agree on the details
You and the companion set the visits, tasks, and hourly rate before care starts.
Companions who offer this
Each companion sets their own hourly rate, and you see it before you book.
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Questions
Does the companion drive?
No, never. A companion does not drive the person and does not provide a vehicle. You arrange the ride, or the two travel together by transit, taxi, or rideshare. If the person has an accessible transit service, the companion can travel with them on it.
Who pays for the taxi or the fare?
The family pays the person's fare, and usually the companion's, since the companion is travelling for the visit. Agree this before the first outing. A companion never handles the person's money or cards; the family can prepay a taxi or set up a rideshare account.
Can the companion come into the appointment?
If the person wants them there and the clinic allows it, yes. They sit in to keep the person company and to help them remember what was said. They do not speak for the person, ask medical questions on their behalf, or interpret what the doctor meant.
Can a companion stay during dialysis or an infusion?
That is up to the clinic. Where visitors are allowed, a companion can sit with the person through the wait and the treatment time. They give no clinical help of any kind and step out whenever staff ask.
What if the person needs physical help getting around?
A companion can offer an arm, carry bags, and push a wheelchair the person already uses. They do not lift or transfer someone who cannot bear their own weight. If that kind of support is needed, a personal support worker should be there as well.
What does accompaniment cost?
Each companion sets their own hourly rate for accompaniment, shown on their profile before you book. The time includes the travel and the waiting. Saheli adds a service fee as its own line before checkout, and the companion keeps their full rate. Fares are paid by the family.
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