LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — “Rent A Grandma,” a enterprise in Las Vegas, supplies a wide range of companies reminiscent of nannying, babysitting, in-home care, cooking, and home employees, and is at the moment using people with a big breadth of life expertise to assist those that want it.
Magdalena Brandon mentioned her enterprise was experiencing a sluggish interval and wished 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 mentioned. The versatile hours and number of duties appealed to her, whether or not she was operating to the grocery retailer or taking somebody to the physician’s workplace.
Brandon recounted her time with a 99-year-old in assisted residing with whom she would often go to lunch. The expertise included a historic perspective on the Korean Warfare, she mentioned, including that she discovered it rewarding to carry some happiness to the veteran’s life. It is that sort of expertise that Lease A Grandma seems to be to offer for its employees and its shoppers, inserting people with households as nannies, babysitters, in-home care suppliers, cooks, cooks, and home employees.
The native franchise opened in February. Dianne Mayor, founder and CEO of the Las Vegas enterprise, mentioned 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,” mentioned 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 mentioned the service brings a heat and pleasant method to any job.
“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 mentioned, detailing a request she obtained 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 verify and is CPR-trained. Extra info on Lease A Grandma is on the market on the group’s web site. Service costs range, however Mayor mentioned most value roughly $25 per hour, the identical quantity employed grandparents obtain as fee.
