FOR PROFESSIONALS
For GPs, social prescribers, pharmacists & clinicians
Neara provides regular, relationship-based companionship and practical support in the home, a form of social, preventive care that can reduce loneliness, maintain routines, and help people stay well between the times they see you.
The patients you see most often aren’t always the ones with the most complex clinical needs. They’re the ones who are isolated. Whose days are empty. Who come in because there’s nowhere else to go.
Social isolation isn’t a soft problem. It’s a clinical one, with measurable outcomes that show up on your list. And yet it’s rarely something a clinical appointment can fix.
Neara exists in the space between your contacts with a patient. A vetted companion visits them at home, regularly and reliably, building a real relationship over time. After every visit, a personal note goes to the family. And if anything changes i.e., mood, behaviour, living situation, it gets noticed and escalated before it becomes a crisis.
30%
Increased risk of premature death from chronic loneliness
WORLD HEATH ORGANIZATION, 2025
60%
Increased risk of dementia from social isolation
ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY
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Cigarettes a day - equivalent health impact of isolation
WORLD HEATH ORGANIZATION, 2023
How Neara reduces your load
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Fewer loneliness-driven GP visits and readmissions
Consistent companionship reduces anxiety, depression, and the kind of preventable physical decline that leads to repeated presentations. Your socially isolated patients are among the most frequent attenders on your list. Neara addresses the root cause, not the symptom.
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A structured social prescribing referral with no system access needed
Neara is a straightforward referral for link workers handling social isolation cases. We respond within one working day, match the patient with a suitable companion, and handle all onboarding directly. No chasing, no complex pathways, no portal access required.
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Early visibility of deterioration before it reaches you
Companions are briefed on safeguarding awareness. Changes in a client’s mood, behaviour, or living situation are flagged to the Neara team immediately and escalated to the appropriate statutory body where needed, so issues are caught earlier, not later.
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Reduced informal carer and family anxiety burden
Adult children managing a parent’s wellbeing at a distance frequently present to GPs with their own stress and anxiety. Regular companion visits with a personal update sent after every visit, reduce this secondary burden on your list.
Who Neara is right for
Patients who are physically stable but socially isolated. People who have recently been bereaved, discharged from hospital, or are adjusting to living alone. Older adults whose family lives at a distance. Anyone for whom loneliness is the underlying condition driving their presentations.
What Neara is, and isn’t
Neara is not a substitute for clinical care. We are not CQC registered and do not provide any regulated service. What we provide is consistent, warm, relationship-based presence.
NEARA PROVIDES
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Regular companionship and social support
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Light practical help and errands on foot
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Personal update to family after every visit
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Safeguarding awareness and escalation
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DBS-checked, vetted companions
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Social prescribing referrals accepted
NEARA DOES NOT PROVIDE
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Personal care or clinical support
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Medication management
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Moving and handling support
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Regulated domiciliary care
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Financial or legal support
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Vehicle-based transport
Referring is straightforward
The cost difference between domiciliary care and companion care is less dramatic than many people expect at an hourly rate. The bigger difference is in what you get for the money, and what your parent actually needs.
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