About LiveIn Helper
Where a Spare Room Becomes Companionship
LiveIn Helper began with a simple belief, that the company an older person needs and the home they already have can be the same place, shared with someone who genuinely cares.
Raza Hasan
Founder and Chief Product Officer
LiveIn Helper
Why We Started
My Mother Loved Her Home
My mother loved her home, every photograph on the wall, every routine, every quiet morning at her own kitchen table, that was the life she had built over decades, and then came dialysis, a broken hip, rehab, and eventually a nursing home, because the care she needed had grown beyond what we could safely give her at home in Minnesota, and she told me it felt like she had lost everything.
I visited almost every day, and what I saw in those hallways changed me, seniors who felt forgotten, some who told me in their own quiet way that they had been left there to wait, and whether their families intended it or not, that is how it felt to them.
Home is where people feel safe, where their memories, routines, and dignity live, yet the way America cares for aging adults today is broken, assisted living drains a lifetime of savings, hourly home care is rarely sustainable, families burn out filling the gap, and at the same time students, workers, and young adults struggle to find affordable housing.
Every LiveIn Helper arrangement is built on Checkr background screening, a formal legal agreement among the senior, the helper, and a designated trustee, and ongoing support after the match, safeguards designed for the trust modern families need, around a model that has worked for centuries when communities knew how to care for their own.
If you are looking into senior care for someone you love, we would be honored to walk this with you, because seniors who built their lives, raised their families, and shaped the world we live in today deserve more than loneliness, they deserve to stay home.
Our Leadership
The People Leading LiveIn Helper
A team whose experience spans technology, operations, finance, and gerontology, brought together to make aging at home safe, warm, and within reach.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Miranda Barthmus
Miranda brings years of leadership across mission driven organizations, serving as chief executive, operating, and development officer, and pairing financial discipline with the people first instincts a company built on trust needs at the top. She holds an MBA in Finance and a degree in Economics from Drexel University.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Patrick Shaw
Patrick is a senior operations executive who has built and scaled national field service and in home healthcare operations across dozens of states, bringing hard won command of operations, compliance, and quality to a platform families have to be able to count on. He studied at Clayton State University.
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MARKETPLACE GROWTH
Arnesia F. Terrell
Arnesia brings rare, credentialed depth in aging and dementia care to how LiveIn Helper serves seniors and grows in communities, backed by eldercare credentials including Certified Dementia Practitioner. She is pursuing a PhD in Leadership and Gerontology at Concordia University Chicago and holds a Psychology degree from Webster University.
CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
Raza Hasan
Raza has spent decades building and growing software and SaaS companies, including more than seventeen years leading one as President and CEO, the product and leadership experience he founded LiveIn Helper to bring to senior care. He holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University.
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Ali Ahsan
Ali is a hands on CTO and enterprise architect who has authored and led millions of lines of code across Java, .NET, and cloud native systems, guiding distributed engineering teams through modern agile delivery, the technical depth a safe and scalable marketplace is built on. He holds an MS in Computer Science from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and an MBA.
What We Believe
Growing Older Should Feel Like Living Well, Right at Home
So much of senior care treats a person as a checklist, we start somewhere warmer, with presence, conversation, and the small daily moments that turn a house back into a home.
How It Works
Simple, and Safe from the First Step
A clear, guided path, and it starts with making sure every helper is someone you can trust.
1
Safety comes first
Before anyone ever meets, every helper clears a comprehensive Checkr background check and a full identity verification.
2
Create a profile
You set up a profile together with your parent, so their comfort and preferences always lead the way.
3
Share the daily needs
You outline the daily routines, the home, and the specific kind of help that matters most to them.
4
Meet on a video call
You and your parent meet the potential helper on a guided video call, and confirm the fit together.
5
Finalize with a trustee
You finalize with a clear legal agreement and a designated trustee, and daily support begins from there.
What We Stand For
The Values We Build Everything Around
01
Safety first
Every helper is verified and every match is accountable, because a home is no place to take chances.
02
Real companionship
The cure for isolation is presence, someone who shares the day rather than simply checking a box.
03
Dignity and independence
Seniors stay in charge of their own lives and their own homes, with support that comes to them and never over them.
04
A fair exchange
A spare room for daily support, real help that most families can actually afford.
Who It Is For
Built for Everyone in the Arrangement
Seniors
Age at home with daily company and a helping hand, on your own terms.
Families
Peace of mind that someone is always there, so you can be family again instead of a coordinator.
Helpers
A private room and a genuine role, supporting one household instead of racing between clients.
The Company They Deserve Is Closer Than You Think
a spare room, a caring companion, and a warmer everyday, all within reach