Sisters Making In-Home Care Easy to Find and Affordable

As Australia increases its need for and reliance on personal care services, Careseekers is making its mark in the home care industry. Careseekers help individuals cut through the complication and emotion of providing care for loved ones through a simple, innovative and highly cost-effective solution. 

Since launching in May 2015, Careseekers has been successfully connecting carers with individuals wanting in-home care for loved ones or themselves through a unique, online matching service.  

A major focus has been supporting families to keep ageing parents in their own homes.

Sisters Marissa Sandler and Lauren Hockley combined their years of marketing and legal experience to set up Careseekers after seeing their family struggle to find in home care for grandparents who were adamant about staying at home.

“Government options were limited and inflexible and the agencies were too expensive to provide the level of care required. We found incredible carers through word of mouth and wanted to make these carers more accessible to everyone,” says Lauren Hockley, Careseekers Co-founder. 

“Our Concierge Service is the only in-home care service in Australia of its kind. It recognises that for some people it is incredibly important to maintain a personal, human connection when finding a carer and delivers this in a cost effective way,” says Sandler.

For those who are more tech savvy, Careseekers offers a complete online service that allows people access to their database of hundreds of qualified, experienced and background-checked carers.

Members can hand-pick their match, are not subject to a minimum time commitment and are charged roughly half of what they would pay in traditional models.

“Since launching we have had the privilege of helping many families find carers for someone they love. Through this process we have been blown away at the selfless commitment of many children to their elderly parents,” says Hockley. 

“Our service is being used as a way to give much needed respite to children, spouses, relatives and friends. Sometimes just a few hours a week is all that is needed to lessen the load for the primary carer.”

If you need in-home care for yourself or a loved one, click here to contact Careseekers.