Because you have your hands full, we’ll lend you one of ours.

Ph 09 420 7002

Parent Aid offers short term practical help in the home

For:
Families with pre-schoolers and/or babies.

Who:
Need an extra pair of hands.

Because of:

• family crisis
• illness/accident
• stress
• pregnancy
• exhaustion

Who live:
In the South Kaipara and Waimauku/Kumeu areas

We will help you with:

• Child minding (while you rest)
• Light housework
• Cooking

The service is free, confidential and non-judgemental.

Parent Aid Inc. has been quietly supporting over 260 families with young children in difficult and/or stressful times over the past four years.

Parent Aid will step in when the main caregiver is injured, there may be illness or even death in the immediate family, post-baby blues can be more intense or persist for longer than usual. A particularly demanding baby can leave parents utterly exhausted.

Increasingly, the service is being used by those looking ahead to prevent problems occurring.

Many seek help in the last weeks of pregnancy, to make sure they are properly rested before a new baby appears. This is especially the case when there are already several toddlers to care for, or when pregnancy complications make it difficult to carry out ordinary tasks. Some people have used the service before or after a stay in hospital.

We all cope, when we have to, but with support we can do much more than cope. As Helensville local, Florence says, “I am a parent without close family and recently came out of hospital. Parent Aid kept me going by providing me and my family an outstanding service which kept us healthy and sane”.

Parent Aid provides that light at the end of the tunnel.

Mum/caregiver is less stressed and the children really love the visits from the Fieldworker with their huge toy box. The Fieldworkers are all mums themselves and understand the pressures that come with the job. Also they are continually training to provide a quality and effective service so as best to help mum/caregiver. They are the friendly face and helping hand that is sometime just what was needed to get through the situation.

After all, we all deserve a break and helping hand in stressful circumstances and with positive and friendly support we can get through it.

Parent Aid Inc. is just a phone call away 09 420 7002.

Parent Aid Kaipara Inc.
PO Box 5
Helensville
Ph: 09 420 7002 or tollfree 0508 435 763
Fax: 09 420 713
Email: p.a.kaipara@xtra.co.nz