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Home help and support · Sarthe, France
Stay at home, well looked after.
Everyday help, shopping and meals, companionship and outings: Maille & Lien's 25 care workers support older people in the Sarthe in their own homes, with the same faces from one week to the next.
- The same faces from one week to the next
- A first meeting at your home, with no commitment
- 50% of what you pay qualifies for a tax credit
Our services
Everyday life, at home and alongside you
We do not provide medical care: we support everyday life. For care, we work with the nurses and the home nursing service in your area.
Everyday help
Getting up, getting dressed, cleaning, laundry: the everyday tasks, at your own pace.
- Getting up and going to bed
- Cleaning and laundry
- Help with dressing and washing
Shopping and meals
Writing the list together, shopping at the market or the supermarket, meals made with your recipes.
- Shopping with you or for you
- Meals cooked at home
- Your tastes and habits respected
Companionship and outings
A coffee, a game of cards, a walk, the hairdresser: staying connected and enjoying going out.
- Walks and outings
- Going with you to appointments
- Games, reading, conversation
Support for carers
Looking after a loved one? We take over for a few hours so you can catch your breath.
- Regular or occasional respite hours
- A shared notebook
- A dedicated carers' contact
Light gardening
Mowing, weeding, trimming a low hedge, bringing the pots in before winter: the garden stays a pleasure.
- Mowing and weeding
- Trimming low hedges
- Looking after the vegetable patch together
The team
The faces who come to your home
25 employed care workers, trained and supported. Here are a few of them: hover over or browse the portraits to get to know them, then open their profile.
Portraits generated by artificial intelligence for the demo: these people do not exist.
A day with…
A day with Nadine
An ordinary Tuesday with Mrs R., 86, who lives alone in her house in Allonnes. Person and day imagined for the demo; illustrative photos.
8:30 a.m.
Good morning, Mrs R.
Nadine opens the shutters, makes coffee and goes through the week with Mrs R.: hairdresser on Thursday, her daughter visiting on Saturday.
9:45 a.m.
Shopping
They wrote the list together the day before. At the market, the cheese seller has put aside Mrs R.'s favourite goat's cheese.
11:30 a.m.
Lunch
Today it's a garden-herb omelette. Mrs R. gives the instructions, Nadine does the whisking.
2:30 p.m.
The walk
Once round the pond, at her own pace, with a stop on the bench to watch the ducks.
4 p.m.
Coffee with the neighbour
Odette drops by for the Tuesday card game. Nadine takes the chance to fill in the shared notebook.
5:30 p.m.
Handing over to the family
Nadine calls Claire, Mrs R.'s daughter, to tell her about the day. Tomorrow morning, Karim will come.
Cost estimate
What would it cost after the tax credit?
An estimate in two settings. The hourly rate is the demo one: a real organisation would show its own prices.
Your monthly estimate
- Services
- €468
- Tax credit (50%)
- − €234
- Estimated cost to you
- €234per month
Over a year: €5,616 of services, €2,808 of tax credit, €2,808 paid by you.
Indicative estimate; other support (APA allowance, pension funds) may be added — let's talk about it.
Talk it over with HélèneRule applied: 50% of expenses, up to €12,000 a year, plus €1,500 per household member over 65 (€15,000 at most), other support deducted. Source: French government factsheet F12 on service-public.gouv.fr, checked on 15 April 2026.
Not calculated here: first year of direct employment, disability, specific cap for light gardening (€5,000).
Read the factsheet “Tax credit for employing someone at home” (in French) (opens in a new tab)
For carers
You need a break too
Partners, daughters, sons, neighbours: many of you look after a loved one, often on top of work. We are here for you as well.
Respite hours
A few hours a week, or a whole day now and then: you go out, you rest, we stay with your loved one.
A shared notebook
What was done, what was said, what has changed: you know everything, even from afar.
A carers' contact
Sandrine listens, points you to the right people and helps you prepare applications for support.
The carers' café
One Saturday morning a month at our office: a chance to talk with people going through the same thing.
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On Tuesdays I go swimming. It sounds silly, but it's my hour.
Join us
A job that matters, a team that sticks together
We recruit all year round in the Sarthe. Whether you are new to the job or experienced, we train you and support you on your first visits.
Time for each person
No visit shorter than an hour: we don't rush things.
Stable schedules
The same clients, an area close to home, travel time taken into account.
Never alone
An area manager you can reach, a team meeting every fortnight, paid training.
People told me it was a tough job. It's true. But I've never laughed so much at work.
Our job offers (fictional)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Working hours
- Part time of your choice, 24 to 35 hours
- Area
- Le Mans and surrounding area
Duties
- Cleaning and laundry
- Shopping and preparing meals
- Companionship and outings
Profile
- Beginners welcome, training provided
- Driving licence and car (mileage allowance)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Working hours
- 28 to 35 hours a week
- Area
- South Sarthe (Écommoy, Mulsanne)
Duties
- Help getting up, going to bed, washing and dressing
- Help with meals
- Supporting people losing their independence
Profile
- French social care diploma (DEAES) or equivalent, or experience
- Driving licence
- Contract
- Permanent
- Working hours
- Full time
- Area
- Le Mans (office) and travel
Duties
- Assessing needs with people and their families
- Building and adjusting schedules
- Supporting a team of about twelve care workers
Profile
- Experience in home care or social care
- Organised and a good listener
Request a call back
Let's talk: we'll call you back
Two steps, one minute. An area manager will call you back when it suits you.
Frequently asked questions
Your questions, our answers
You pay for the hours provided each month. Half comes back to you as a tax credit, within the caps, and the APA allowance or your pension fund may cover part of it: we help you apply.
No. We support everyday life. For care (dressings, injections, treatment), we work with self-employed nurses and the home nursing service in your area.
We do our best: two or three care workers at most take turns at your home, and you meet them before their first visit.
Usually within a week of the first meeting; sooner when someone comes home from hospital, depending on availability.
No. You can stop or change the times with one week's notice.
We let you know and offer a replacement from the team, introduced beforehand whenever possible.
Yes, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., to help with getting up, meals and going to bed.