I am looking after an ageing parent in Nigeria from the UK
Kinship Visits bring support at home for your parent, with a desk-based Kinkeeper coordinating their plan and updates shared with permission.
Your father or mother is getting older, and you are a six-hour flight away. Calls tell you some of it. Money sent for a hospital visit tells you less. What you want is someone there, in person, who you can name, and a plain account of how they actually are.
The plan is your parent's. Anyone who wants to help can contribute together as one payment; your parent chooses who receives updates.
What Kinship does here
Kinship Visits at home
Visits bring support in person, with 1, 2 or 4 visits per month. Nurse visits are one type. Agree the support with your parent before starting; reports are shared with permission.
A named Kinkeeper
A Kinkeeper comes with Kinship Visits: a named, desk-based registered nurse who reads every visit report and is who the family calls. Updates follow the person's consent and permissions. Your parent knows who she is, and so do you.
The Kinship Plan base layer
The Kinship care team and Kemi's WhatsApp check-ins and reminders. Someone from the Kinship team calls them every month and writes to you about how they are. Add visits and a named Kinkeeper reads every report.
Kemi, on WhatsApp
Check-ins, reminders and coordination in one place, for them and for everyone who chips in.
How it starts
- 1
Tell us who it is for
Tell us who you are looking after, where they are and what would help most. Nothing is charged in the interest form.
- 2
Choose the shape of the plan together
Start with the Kinship Plan at £20 billed monthly. Add 1, 2 or 4 visits per month if they would help.
- 3
Chip in, and invite others
You pay a simple monthly amount from the UK, and anyone you trust can join you. Several people can support one plan.
- 4
Care starts in Nigeria, updates come to you
Visits happen at home. The Kinkeeper reviews reports, with updates shared according to the person's consent and permissions.
What it costs
- Kinship Plan £20 a month when billed monthly: the Kinship care team, Kemi on WhatsApp and a record shared according to the person's consent and permissions.
- Kinship Visits add £40, £75 or £140 a month for 1, 2 or 4 visits per month when billed monthly.
- Plan with visits £60, £95 or £160 a month, billed monthly. Annual options are available on the plan page.
Full prices and the plan builder are on the Kinship Plan page.
Questions people ask
Does my parent have to agree?
Yes. The plan is theirs and they set up their own account. In practice most parents say yes once they understand a qualified nurse visits, not a stranger checking up on them.
Can my brothers and sisters share the cost?
Yes. People can contribute together as one payment. Paying does not grant access to health information or control over the plan; the person chooses who receives updates.
What if they live outside Lagos?
Kinship Visits are delivered in Lagos today. Tell us where they live and we will confirm what is available before you agree to anything.
What happens in an emergency?
Call local emergency services first. Do not wait for a reply from Kinship in an emergency. Updates from the Kinkeeper follow the person's consent and permissions.
How much does it cost?
Billed monthly, the Kinship Plan is £20 a month. With 1, 2 or 4 visits per month, monthly totals are £60, £95 or £160. Annual options offer savings compared with twelve monthly payments; see the plan page for the full annual prices.
Where would you like to start?
Set things up in a few minutes, talk it through with one of the founders first, or send us a quick message.