When Helping an Aging Parent Starts Becoming a Second Job, Stockton Families Have a New Option
Are you exhausted from trying to take care of everything your aging mom or dad needs while still trying to keep up with your own life?
It may have started with something small.
A ride to the doctor. Picking up a prescription. Stopping by the grocery store.
But then another need appeared.
And another.
Now you’re the driver, shopper, appointment companion, technology helper and errand runner—and somehow you’re still supposed to manage your job, your household and everything else in your own life.
You love your parent.
You’re just tired of trying to do everything yourself.
A new Stockton business, Senior Errand & Courier Service, gives families another option: practical, non-medical help with everyday tasks that do not necessarily require a caregiver or healthcare professional.
When “Can You Help Me?” Starts Happening More Often
Consider an adult daughter whose mother no longer drives.
Mom may still live independently and make her own decisions. But somebody has to get her to appointments.
That can mean leaving work, driving across town, waiting during the appointment, taking Mom home and then returning to work.
Next week it may be groceries.
Then the pharmacy.
Then help with a new phone.
None of those tasks is overwhelming by itself. The pressure builds when one family member becomes responsible for all of them.
Senior Errand & Courier Service provides transportation, prescription pickup, grocery shopping and delivery, appointment escorts, light housekeeping, technology help, companionship and other practical assistance.
Getting Help Doesn’t Mean Taking Over Mom or Dad’s Life
An older parent who needs help with transportation may still be perfectly capable of scheduling appointments, talking with the doctor, deciding what groceries to buy and managing everyday life.
Practical assistance can solve a specific problem without taking control away from the parent.
Sometimes the right amount of help allows an older adult to remain more independent while giving family members some breathing room.
Families Can Choose the Help They Actually Need
Families do not have to purchase a large package of ongoing care.
Services include:
- Local one-way transportation: $25
- Local round trip: $45
- Prescription pickup: $25
- Grocery shopping and delivery: $40 an hour
- Appointment escort: $70 for the first hour, including transportation, waiting and return
- Post-discharge home check-in: $35
- Errand Relief Visit: $65 for up to 90 minutes
The Errand Relief Visit can combine errands, pickups and deliveries, mail, light household tasks or technology assistance.
Prices are confirmed before service begins. The service is self-pay, meaning insurance is not billed.
Know What the Service Does—and What It Doesn’t
Senior Errand & Courier Service provides non-medical practical assistance.
It is not a nursing service, home-health agency or emergency transportation provider.
The service does not provide nursing, therapy, medication administration, wound care, bathing, toileting, lifting, transfers or medical treatment. It also does not control a client’s finances or make financial decisions for the client.
Someone who needs medical or hands-on personal care requires a different level of service.
Owner Brad Tipton has completed a California Department of Justice and FBI Live Scan background check. Services are scheduled according to availability.
You Don’t Have to Carry Every Responsibility Yourself
Hiring practical help does not replace the relationship between you and your aging parent.
It may help protect it.
Not every conversation with Mom or Dad has to become about the next grocery trip, prescription, appointment or household task.
You can decide which things you still want to handle personally and which responsibilities another dependable person can safely help carry.
For you, that may mean getting some time back.
For Mom or Dad, it can mean receiving practical help while continuing to make their own decisions and remain in charge of everyday life.
Need Help With Mom or Dad? Call or Text
If you’re overwhelmed trying to keep up with an aging parent’s everyday needs, you can discuss your family’s specific situation directly with the service.
Call or Text: (209) 889-4932
Ask for Brad Tipton.
Senior Errand & Courier Service primarily serves Stockton. Nearby San Joaquin County communities may also be served by advance arrangement.
You don’t have to stop helping Mom or Dad.
You may simply need help carrying some of what you’ve been carrying alone.