Homemaking and Companionship Services

Our Companion Services is a private pay service that is available to all clients who want assistance with household services and errands. Homemaking services provide assistance in maintaining a household so people can continue to live independently and safely. These services include:

• Routine housework
• Laundry
• Washing dishes
• Making and changing bed linens
• Shopping assistance for everything from groceries to holiday gifts
• Transportation to doctors appointments, or to visit friends or family, or to events
• House sitting when the client is away
• Respite for caregivers

Our caregivers, Personal Support Specialists are trained through a fifty (50) hour course required by the State of Maine/Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Aging and Disability Services. Certified Nursing Assistants have been trained through a course sponsored by the Board of Nursing, State of Maine.