What Senior Care and Household Services Does A New England Nanny Offer?

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A New England Nanny is a household employment agency serving New York's Capital Region since 1991, and its services extend well beyond child care. According to the agency, it also offers non-medical senior care (such as companionship and running errands), housekeeping and other home help (cleaning, meal preparation, transportation), plus corporate backup care and hotel & event care. If you're looking for support for an aging parent or help running a household rather than a nanny, these are the service lines to consider.

Senior Care: Non-Medical Support Only

The agency describes its senior care as non-medical services. That distinction matters when deciding whether it fits your situation.

  • Companionship — regular presence and social contact for an older adult.
  • Running errands — handling everyday tasks outside the home.

Because the service is explicitly non-medical, it is not positioned for clinical or health-related needs. If your family requires medical care, this service line is not the match; if you need help with daily living and errands, it is.

Housekeeping & Other Household Services

Under "Housekeeping & Other Services," the agency lists help around the home:

  • Home cleaning
  • Meal preparation
  • Transportation
  • Other help around the house

These can be arranged as standalone household support or alongside child care and senior care, depending on what a family needs.

Corporate Backup Care

For employers, the agency offers corporate backup care: when an employee's usual care arrangements fall through, the agency sends a professional caregiver to the employee's home so the employee can still go to work. This is a business-facing service rather than one a family books directly for itself.

Hotel & Event Care

The agency also lists hotel and event care, aimed at situations where care is needed away from a family's regular home setup — for example, during a stay or an event.

Services at a Glance

Service line What it covers Who it's for
Senior care Non-medical companionship, running errands Families needing daily-living support for an older adult
Housekeeping & other Home cleaning, meal preparation, transportation, other household help Households needing practical home support
Corporate backup care Professional caregiver sent to an employee's home Employers offering a backup-care benefit
Hotel & event care Care in hotel and event settings Guests, hosts, and organizers
Child care Full- or part-time live-out nanny, nanny shares, babysitting, after-school tutoring Families with children

Coverage and Screening

The agency says it serves communities across the Capital Region, including Clifton Park, East Greenbush, Guilderland, Loudonville, Niskayuna, Saratoga Springs, and Slingerlands, and lists Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington counties in its service area. It also states that the nannies and household employees it provides have undergone thorough background checks.

How to Decide

  • If you need companionship and errand help for an older adult — the senior care line fits, as long as the need stays non-medical.
  • If you need cleaning, meals, or transportation — the housekeeping and other services line covers these.
  • If you're an employer — corporate backup care is the relevant offering.
  • If you need care during a stay or event — hotel and event care is the listed option.

The agency's stated approach is to have you call and let it do the work of finding a fit. Specific availability, rates, and scheduling terms are not published in the source material, so confirm those directly with the agency when you inquire.