When driving becomes unsafe or grocery shopping feels overwhelming, our caregivers provide reliable transportation and errand assistance that keeps your loved one connected to the community, stocked with fresh food, and on schedule with medical appointments. Serving Burlington, West Burlington, Fort Madison, and all of Des Moines County at $32 per hour for shifts over 3 hours.
For many seniors in Burlington and across Southeast Iowa, the loss of driving independence is one of the most difficult transitions of aging. Without reliable transportation, simple necessities become major obstacles: getting to medical appointments, picking up prescriptions, buying fresh groceries, attending church, visiting friends, or even getting a haircut. Family members often try to fill the gap, but work schedules, distance, and competing demands make consistent transportation support difficult to sustain.
Our errand assistance and transportation service provides a practical, dignified solution. Our caregivers use their own vehicles (or your loved one's vehicle, if preferred) to transport seniors wherever they need to go. Unlike medical transport services that are impersonal and limited to medical appointments, our caregivers provide warm, companionable transportation for any purpose—medical, social, practical, or recreational. Your loved one rides with someone they know and trust, not a stranger in a van.
For seniors who prefer not to leave the home, our caregivers can also run errands on their behalf—picking up groceries, collecting prescriptions from the pharmacy, dropping off mail at the post office, or returning library books. We provide receipts for every purchase and can coordinate shopping lists by phone, text, or written note—whatever is easiest for your loved one.
Every caregiver who provides transportation has undergone a driving record verification as part of our military-grade vetting process. They carry valid Iowa driver's licenses, maintain clean driving records, and carry adequate auto insurance coverage. Our caregivers are trained in safe vehicle transfer techniques—helping seniors with mobility limitations get in and out of vehicles safely, securing seatbelts, and accommodating walkers, canes, and portable oxygen if needed.
For medical appointments, our caregivers do more than just drop off and pick up. They can accompany your loved one into the appointment, wait in the lobby, take notes on the physician's instructions, and relay important information back to family members who could not attend. This ensures nothing is forgotten and family members stay informed about their loved one's health status.
Transportation and errands are included in our standard care rate. No mileage fees or fuel surcharges.
Shifts longer than 3 hours
Shifts 3 hours or less
Reliable transportation is about more than getting from point A to point B—it is about maintaining independence, dignity, and connection to the community. Call today.