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April 26, 2009April 26, 2009  0 comments  Host & Care

 

A lot students and high school graduates won't be able to find job near their house this year.  In order to get a job, they will need to venture out to a new city, state or country.  Moving to a new place can be a very expensive proposition.  It's a no win situation.  You need a job to rent an apartment, pay your utility bills, get a car and furnish your new place but you can't get a job if you a not available to show up for an interview on a short notice.  Also, when your resume shows an address that is hours away from your employer you are likely to be bypassed for a local candidate. 

Seniors live in their spacious, family homes and they would like to keep it this way.  Moving to a nursing home is a last resort.  It is also a very expensive proposition. 

Matching elderly in need of care with young people looking for free accommodations is a win-win for all.  A graduate can split her time between looking for a job, attending job fairs, interviewing and helping out her host with various household chores.  Running errands, driving an elderly for her doctor's appointments, grocery shopping or yard job are highly needed chores that are not a big deal for a twenty year old but are a very difficult task for an eighty year old.  Aside from the practical aspect of the arrangement there might be additional benefits for both parties.  Having an instant companionship can be beneficial for both parties.  Elderly are often lonely with their kids living far away and their spouses long gone.  Young person can be overwhelmed by loneliness in big, strange city or a foreign country. 

Being  a part-time care provider in exchange for free room and board can help everyone involved.  Once a young person finds a new job, she might want to pay off her college loans and save some money for a new car, new furniture and new place to live.  Thus, this short term arrangement can last for a number of years leaving everybody a winner. 

If you are moving abroad the added benefit of the arrangement is an opportunity to learn a foreign language the painless way.  No sitting in the classroom, no tuition bill to pay, no boring assignments.  Just listen and talk, talk and listen.  This type of arrangement would allow you to learn a foreign language quickly and easily.  You would never accomplish the same results sitting in the classroom at you home country.

 

 

 

 


May 3, 2009May 3, 2009  1 comments  Host & Care

 

The concept of homestay isn't new, but used to apply mostly to foreign exchange students and basic during the summertime. But Host and Care adds the idea of homestay and reciprocal non-cash exchanges between its members to fresh heights. By making a globular community wherever hosts and care providers can find out one another so to gain mutual profits, Host and Care allows for the best chances for care providers to experience a different place and culture in an altogether unforgettable way.

 

The world is below the strain of recession, and complete the world, many families and individuals are bumping it hard to invite things they need. For instance, parents who need to work would benefit a good deal from affordable and even free childcare. The same accepts those who need aged care, pet care, and tutorials. Tutorials, particularly ESL coaches and other language coaches also charge expensive fees of late. But although the burdens of recession are minus, people can make the most extinct of the situation with the aid of Host and Care.

 

Even in that financially hard time, Host and Care ascertains a way for everybody to get the profits they are anticipating with each other people help and without spending a deal of money. Host and Care bids hosts the complete care providers who are amenable to provide them with complimentary child care, complimentary senior care, free pet attention, and complimentary tutorials, among many additional possible services, in interchange for the chance to stay at the hosts' house also free of charge. Care providers barely have to spend a couple of hours daily helping out in the family and would already get to stay in a homelike adjusting without any fee in the least.

 

This arranges brings many welfares to both parties, with the care providers, although being providers, also absorbing bulk of the profits. Homestay accords are also very compromising. In some accords, hosts also allow for meals along with the adjustment.

 

 

 

 


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