The core activity of bestcompanion is to provide a professional visiting service for elderly, lonely people in German- and Western Switzerland. This service includes regular visits by trustworthy individuals who provide companionship, go shopping, cook and eat, listen and are simply present to give people back their joy of life and counteract loneliness. The goal is to enable older people to lead an active life in their familiar home environment or in a care institution and to delay the move to a nursing home.