Accompanying older people to the doctor, bank and store
A companion to the doctor, bank or store is an aide who goes with an elderly person or a wheelchair user to the office, waits in line and sees them home. Say in an order where and how often you need to go — aides will send responses. Or pick an aide yourself by prices and reviews.
Companion aides
How much companion services cost
What affects the price
Time including queues
A queue at a clinic or bank can stretch to several hours, so the whole time is often paid for — from leaving home to getting back.
Getting there
Public transport or taxi fares are usually paid separately; if the aide drives the person in their own car, that is reflected in the price.
Help with mobility
Accompanying someone in a wheelchair or with a walker, especially in a building without an elevator, takes more strength and experience.
Distance and trips
A visit to a nearby clinic and a train trip to another city with help boarding the train are very different jobs in time and cost.
One-off or regular
A weekly trip to the store or regular doctor visits are often agreed on different terms than a one-off outing.
Prices come from specialists' profiles on Nexperity and update automatically. You agree the final price with the specialist directly.
How to find a companion aide
Two ways — pick the one that suits you
Pick a specialist yourself
- 1Open specialists' profiles and their work
- 2Send a request that describes the task
- 3Once accepted — contact the specialist directly
Post an order
- 1Describe the task, payment and the timing you want
- 2Receive responses from specialists
- 3Pick the best specialist and agree directly
- Free for clients
- Orders can be posted anonymously
- Your contacts open only after acceptance
- No commission on the deal
How to choose a companion aide
- 1
Meeting and ID
Nexperity does not check specialists, so meet the aide before the first outing, ask to see an identity document and read the client reviews.
- 2
Help on stairs and at curbs
If the person uses a walker or a wheelchair, ask whether the aide has that experience and knows how to help them into a car.
- 3
In the office or outside
Agree in advance whether the aide goes in with them to see the doctor or the bank clerk, or waits outside: that is for the person to decide.
- 4
Money and purchases
Decide beforehand who pays at the store or pharmacy and how you will get the receipts; the aide does not need to know the card PIN.
- 5
Keeping family informed
Agree how the aide will keep you posted: a call when they set out and a short message after the visit.
What to put in the order
Where to go — a clinic, a bank, a TsNAP (administrative services center), a store or the station — and in which area
Roughly how long the outing will take, waiting included, and which part of the day suits better
How the person gets around — on their own, with a cane, a walker or in a wheelchair — and whether there is an elevator
How to get there: on foot, by public transport, by taxi or in the aide's car
A one-off outing or regular visits
Payment: per hour or for the whole outing
Questions about Nexperity
How Nexperity works — separately for clients and for specialists
For clients
Nothing. Searching for specialists, sending requests, posting orders and receiving responses are free.
No. You agree the price and the payment method with the specialist and pay them directly. Nexperity does not take payments and is not a party to your deal.
A request goes to one specialist — from their profile. An order is posted for everyone: specialists send you responses, and you choose which one to accept.
How the specialist will do the task, a price — fixed, a range, hourly or “on request” — and, optionally, an estimated timeline.
30 days from publication: all that time it is visible in the feed and specialists can send responses. The exact end date and time are shown on the order in your account. From that moment the order is closed and a response can no longer be accepted. You can cancel it earlier, and if no specialist turned up, post a new one.
Yes: you can hide your name and photo in an order. The anonymity lasts until acceptance — the specialist whose response you accept sees your name and photo. The task description is public: anyone visiting the site can read it.
Only after acceptance — when you accept their response or they accept your request. And only the contacts you chose to show.
After acceptance you see the contacts the specialist chose to show, and they see the ones you chose. You can also message on Nexperity when the chat is on: on an order you decide that, on a direct request the specialist does.
Once the work is done, mark the order or the collaboration completed in your account — then you can say whether you recommend the specialist. A review can only be left for a collaboration that happened through Nexperity: one per specialist, which you can change or delete at any time.
For specialists
Nothing for now: this is the free period, and no subscription is needed yet. Nexperity takes no commission on deals — you settle with the client directly.
Sign up, fill in your specialist profile and add your services — each with a category, a description and a price. Once the profile is complete, it appears in search and on the category pages.
Two ways: clients send you requests from your profile, which you can accept or decline; and you see public orders in your categories in your account and can respond to them.
You describe how you will do the task and give a price and, optionally, a timeline. The client compares responses and accepts one.
Contacts set to “Public” are visible to everyone on your profile. A client sees contacts set to “After connection” once you accept their request or they accept your response. “Hidden” ones are not revealed in new connections: a contact already revealed to a client stays visible to them.
Each service has a fixed price, a range, an hourly rate or “on request”. Prices show on your profile and in search results, and you agree the final price with the client.
Through search and the category pages of your services. The order depends on your clients' reviews — how many of them recommend you — and in search also on how well your services match the query.
A photo, a description, your region and way of working — online or in person — your contacts and a portfolio: photos of your work, each with a short caption if you like.
A client leaves a review after completed work, and only for a collaboration through Nexperity: they say whether they recommend you and may add a few words. Each client counts once, however many times you work together.
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