Home help sent up country (5)
I believe the answer is:
india
'country' is the definition.
(India is an example)
'home help sent up' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'help' becomes 'aid' ('aid' can be a synonym of 'help').
'sent up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'aid' reversed gives 'dia'.
'in'+'dia'='INDIA'
(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "Kiss; quarter of a bushel" , "Country of Gandhi" , "Gandhi's country" , "One preceding Juliet" , "The world's most populous democracy" .)