Back-Up Care
Back-Up Childcare
Flexible childcare for the expected and unexpected, from school holidays to last-minute care gaps.
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Back-Up Care
Back-Up Adultcare
Temporary care for you or an adult loved one after illness, injury or an operation, helping you stay focused on work.
Back-Up Care
Back-Up Eldercare
Trusted caregivers will visit your older loved one to provide mobility care, meal preparation and companionship.
Back-Up Care
Back-Up Childcare
Flexible childcare for the expected and unexpected, from school holidays to last-minute care gaps.
Back-Up Care
Back-Up Adultcare
Temporary care for you or an adult loved one after illness, injury or an operation, helping you stay focused on work.
Back-Up Care
Back-Up Eldercare
Trusted caregivers will visit your older loved one to provide mobility care, meal preparation and companionship.
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Back-Up Care
Back-Up Childcare
Your safety net when regular childcare plans are disrupted, and you still need to work. Providing you with trusted temporary childcare
Be prepared for life's little emergencies
Whether it's a last minute panic, or an anticipated gap in childcare, we provide the choices that parents want.
We'll arrange temporary childcare for you, quickly and conveniently, at a high-quality nursery or holiday club, or find a screened and credentialed nanny to come to you, where and when you need one.
- Trusted childcare
All nannies meet our strict quality standards, ensuring they are qualified to provide childcare in your home.
We have hundreds of regulated childcare centres available - including Bright Horizons own nurseries, and partnerships with other quality childcarers.
- Flexible and dependable
Arrange at a time and location to suit you. Whatever the disruption to your normal routine, you'll get the right childcare to meet your family's needs.
- Affordable
As a Bright Horizons employee, you may use up to 10 free days of backup care per year. These days can be used across Back-Up Childcare (In-Home, Centre-Based) and Backup Adultcare.
HOW IT WORKS
Book in 2 simple steps
Step 1: Tell us who needs support, when it's needed, and any preferences.
Step 2: Submit your request through Back-Up Care.
Back-Up Care
Back-Up Adultcare
With an ageing population, caring for an adult dependant is a responsibility faced by a growing number of people
Overview
Be prepared for life's little emergencies
Backup Adultcare allows you to book domiciliary care for an adult dependant, or even yourself.
The service is facilitated by fully regulated regional care agencies.
- Request care quickly and easily online
- We will arrange a home assessment before care can take place.
As a Bright Horizons employee, you may use up to 10 free days of backup care per year. These days can be used across Back-Up Childcare (In-Home, Centre-Based) and Backup Adultcare.
When enrolling your adult relative for back-up care, you can take comfort in knowing our network of providers meets established standards of quality.
All caregivers are trained and experienced in adult/elder care and meet stringent credential requirements. To ensure quality care, each provider and caregiver is monitored for performance through a comprehensive quality assurance programme administered by Bright Horizons.
HOW IT WORKS
Book in 2 simple steps
Step 1: Tell us who needs support, when it's needed, and any preferences.
Step 2: Submit your request through Back-Up Care.
Back-Up Care
Back-Up Eldercare
With an ageing population, caring for an adult dependant is a responsibility faced by a growing number of people
Overview
Be prepared for life's little emergencies
Backup Eldercare allows you to book domiciliary care for an adult dependant.
The service is facilitated by fully regulated regional care agencies.
- Request care quickly and easily online
- We will arrange a home assessment before care can take place.
When enrolling your adult relative for Back-Up Care, you can take comfort in knowing our network of providers meets established standards of quality.
All caregivers are trained and experienced in adult/elder care and meet stringent credential requirements. To ensure quality care, each provider and caregiver is monitored for performance through a comprehensive quality assurance programme administered by Bright Horizons.
HOW IT WORKS
Book in 2 simple steps
Step 1: Tell us who needs support, when it's needed, and any preferences.
Step 2: Submit your request through Back-Up Care.
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