Companion service
Wellness and engagement
Activities, community, and reasons to get out of the house.
Wellness and engagement is about having something in the week: a walk, a class, a hobby picked back up, a community lunch, a festival. A companion makes it happen and goes along, so getting out and staying active stops being something the person has to organise alone. It is non-medical, everyday support, from someone you choose. A companion never drives you.
What a visit looks like
A slow walk to the park and back, twice a week, with a bench halfway. The seniors' lunch at the community centre, where the companion knows to sit near the door. A knitting group, a chess game, a Bollywood film at the library, a temple on a festival morning. The companion helps choose it, gets there with them, and stays.
Some weeks it is a big outing. Most weeks it is smaller: a stretch in the living room, a card game, a phone call to a friend they had lost touch with. The point is that the week has shape, and someone shows up for it.
What a companion does
- Walks and gentle activity at the person's own pace
- Going along to community programs, classes, clubs, and religious services
- Picking a hobby back up: music, crafts, gardening, games, cooking together
- Helping find local groups and events, and getting there together
- Keeping up with friends, by visit, phone, or video call
- Following an exercise or stretching routine the person already has from a physiotherapist or doctor
- A regular visit that gives the week something to look forward to
What a companion does not do
- Designing an exercise or fitness program, or acting as a personal trainer
- Advice about health, weight, diet, or supplements
- Physiotherapy, rehabilitation, or any therapy
- Lifting, transferring, or physically supporting someone who cannot walk on their own
- Deciding what activity is safe for someone. That is for the person, their family, and their doctor
- Driving the person to any activity
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 whose world has grown smaller than they would like, and families who want someone to help open it back up.
Getting out again
Someone who has stopped going out
After a fall, an illness, a bereavement, or a long winter, the door gets heavier. A companion makes the first walk to the corner, then the park, then the community centre, and stays until it is easy again.
For a younger person
A child or young adult who wants to join in
A swim, a drop-in class, an art group, a walk with the dog: more fun with someone patient alongside. A parent or guardian arranges it and stays responsible for their care. A companion goes with them and never drives them.
Living with a disability
Someone who wants a fuller week
The class exists and the club meets. Getting there, settling in, and staying is easier with a companion who comes too, and who lets the person lead.
For families and caregivers
A family who wants more for them than the four walls
You want them active and among people, and you cannot be there for every outing. A companion you choose brings the week to life between your visits, and tells you how it went.
Community and culture
Someone who misses their community
The festival, the service, the lunch where everyone speaks the same language. A companion who shares the culture knows where those happen and goes along, so belonging does not depend on transport or nerve.
Finding their place
Someone new to the area
A move, a new country, a new neighbourhood. A companion helps find the groups, the park, the library, the people, and goes the first few times so it stops feeling new.
Keeping active
Someone with a routine to keep up
The stretches the physiotherapist set, the daily walk the doctor suggested. A companion keeps them company for it and makes it more likely to happen. They follow the plan; they do not design it.
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
Is this exercise or physiotherapy?
No. A companion keeps the person company for a walk, a class, or a routine that a doctor or physiotherapist has already set. They do not design exercise, assess fitness, or give health advice. For that, speak to a professional.
Who chooses the activities?
The person does, with the family if they wish. A companion can suggest what is nearby and what has worked for others, but the person decides what they want to do and how much.
Does the companion drive to activities?
No, never. A companion never drives the person or provides the vehicle. The two travel together by transit, taxi, or rideshare, or the family arranges the ride. Many activities are within walking distance, and the walk is often part of the point.
Who pays for classes, entry fees, or lunch?
The family pays the person's costs, and usually the companion's when the companion is attending with them. Agree it before the first outing. A companion never handles the person's money or cards.
What if the person has good days and bad days?
The plan bends. On a low day the outing becomes a cup of tea and a stretch in the living room; on a good day it is the full walk. The companion follows the person's energy and never pushes.
What does wellness and engagement cost?
Each companion sets their own hourly rate for wellness and engagement, shown on their profile before you book. The time includes travel and the activity itself. Saheli adds a service fee as its own line before checkout, and the companion keeps their full rate.
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