LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — “Rent A Grandma,” a enterprise in Las Vegas, supplies quite a lot of providers akin to nannying, babysitting, in-home care, cooking, and home workers, and is presently using people with a big breadth of life expertise to assist those that want it.
Magdalena Brandon stated her enterprise was experiencing a sluggish interval and needed to lend her time and a serving to hand. She determined to enroll in Lease A Grandma.
“I always like to look for other means of doing things,” Brandon stated. The versatile hours and number of duties appealed to her, whether or not she was working to the grocery retailer or taking somebody to the physician’s workplace.
Brandon recounted her time with a 99-year-old in assisted dwelling with whom she would usually go to lunch. The expertise included a historic perspective on the Korean Warfare, she stated, including that she discovered it rewarding to deliver some happiness to the veteran’s life. It is that kind of expertise that Lease A Grandma seems to supply for its workers and its purchasers, inserting people with households as nannies, babysitters, in-home care suppliers, cooks, cooks, and home workers.
The native franchise opened in February. Dianne Mayor, founder and CEO of the Las Vegas enterprise, stated she noticed a necessity for the service within the Las Vegas valley, citing her expertise when her first granddaughter was born.
“I cared for her after the birth, and I realized there was a real need in this community for a service like that, so I became a postpartum doula and a newborn care specialist,” stated Mayor. “For 16 years, I’ve been caring for newborns and their families, and I realized after my daughter had another grandbaby [that Rent A Grandma] is something the community definitely needs.”
She stated the service brings a heat and pleasant method to any activity.
“When a client calls, and they’re asking for a grandma, I try to fit them with the best grandma that can suit their needs depending on where they live and the hours they want to work,” Mayor stated, detailing a request she acquired for a grandma that would present a home-cooked meal. “We can do it all.”
Since its grand opening, 25 grandmas and 5 grandpas have been enrolled. Every of them undergoes a background examine and is CPR-trained. Extra info on Lease A Grandma is accessible on the group’s web site. Service costs differ, however Mayor stated most price roughly $25 per hour, the identical quantity employed grandparents obtain as fee.
