How to get just 1 hour per day of homemaker services?

[Anonymous]

Basically, someone to check on my dad, maybe make tuna salad, maybe look to see that he’s taken a pill.

He’s a little foggy from chemo but pleasant, up with the news, able to function. Just foggy enough to need a little help.

Do I start with Caring.com, TaskRabbit or something else?

[Anonymous]

Nextdoor, because probably only someone very close geographically (in same neighborhood) will think it’s worth the time. Good luck to your dad.

[Anonymous]

It's hard to find anyone who wants 1 hour a day unless you massively overpay them. I would consider having them do more, like cleaning and laundry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Basically, someone to check on my dad, maybe make tuna salad, maybe look to see that he’s taken a pill.

He’s a little foggy from chemo but pleasant, up with the news, able to function. Just foggy enough to need a little help.

Do I start with Caring.com, TaskRabbit or something else?

This might be the tricky part. In some states, home health aides are not allowed to dispense medication.

https://www.nahc.org/assets/1/7/07HomeHealthAidAdmnMed

[Anonymous]

If you can live without having the aide dispense medicines, maybe this could work - but you pay for transportation time so it could easily cost a lot

https://care-manager.com/debbies-angels/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nextdoor, because probably only someone very close geographically (in same neighborhood) will think it’s worth the time. Good luck to your dad.

Thank you! I know what you're saying. The good thing is, he lives in an affordable neighborhood next to a big hospital, so, maybe that will help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's hard to find anyone who wants 1 hour a day unless you massively overpay them. I would consider having them do more, like cleaning and laundry.

I'm OP. Thank you. Maybe, in this situation, overpaying would be a necessary evil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basically, someone to check on my dad, maybe make tuna salad, maybe look to see that he’s taken a pill.

He’s a little foggy from chemo but pleasant, up with the news, able to function. Just foggy enough to need a little help.

Do I start with Caring.com, TaskRabbit or something else?

This might be the tricky part. In some states, home health aides are not allowed to dispense medication.

https://www.nahc.org/assets/1/7/07HomeHealthAidAdmnMed

I'm the OP. Thanks. My dad can actually handle his own medication reasonably well, so, maybe we could live without this part. It would be just be nice if someone could verify that he took his pills. My sister is the main caregiver, but my understanding is that all he's on his a blood pressure and an iron pill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you can live without having the aide dispense medicines, maybe this could work - but you pay for transportation time so it could easily cost a lot

https://care-manager.com/debbies-angels/

I'm the OP. (And I don't mean to flood this forum, but I hate not responding to people kind enough to reply. So, sorry about the multiple posts.)

Anyhow: Thank you!! The other tips were great, too, but I hadn't even heard of this service before.

[Anonymous]

This is often called “companion care.”

[Anonymous]

Use something like this for his pills.

You might also try to find someone who can make several meals from their house and delivered once or twice a week with 5-10 lunch/dinner meals.

When my Dad was struggling, I would order meals from Wegmans that he could just pop into the toaster oven. He really liked the salmon meals.

I’d also set up some cameras in his house so you can check on him periodically.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


Use something like this for his pills.

You might also try to find someone who can make several meals from their house and delivered once or twice a week with 5-10 lunch/dinner meals.

When my Dad was struggling, I would order meals from Wegmans that he could just pop into the toaster oven. He really liked the salmon meals.

I’d also set up some cameras in his house so you can check on him periodically.

https://herohealth.com/our-product/?utm_source=goo...QdKdhAc5GbkxuHI_AaAmBDEALw_wcB

Thanks. The doctors who said my dad needs some support actually recommended cameras. Guess we're going to have to set up a Dad Cam system.

-- The OP

[Anonymous]

I would get an aging care professional to come to the home and assess level of support needed. A doctor sees him briefly. There is a good chance he needs more than an hour a day.

As others said in most areas only a nurse can have him take the pill. It gets tricky with checking if he took it.

If it's too much for him to make his own sandwich then I would get more than an hour a day. Also, things can go down hill fast with a fall or a med mixup. If an aging care professional who comes to the home tells you an hour is all that is needed, then I stand corrected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would get an aging care professional to come to the home and assess level of support needed. A doctor sees him briefly. There is a good chance he needs more than an hour a day.

As others said in most areas only a nurse can have him take the pill. It gets tricky with checking if he took it.

If it's too much for him to make his own sandwich then I would get more than an hour a day. Also, things can go down hill fast with a fall or a med mixup. If an aging care professional who comes to the home tells you an hour is all that is needed, then I stand corrected.

Sorry I see it was tuna salad not sandwich. If you have a recipe he likes, make sure the person has it with all the groceries needed unless he isn't picky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basically, someone to check on my dad, maybe make tuna salad, maybe look to see that he’s taken a pill.

He’s a little foggy from chemo but pleasant, up with the news, able to function. Just foggy enough to need a little help.

Do I start with Caring.com, TaskRabbit or something else?

This might be the tricky part. In some states, home health aides are not allowed to dispense medication.

https://www.nahc.org/assets/1/7/07HomeHealthAidAdmnMed

My grandmother had live in help and while they can’t dispense the medicine, they absolutely can tell the person they are caring for that it is time for meds, mark down that meds were taken, and encourage them to take them. What they can’t to is make the person take meds if they don’t want to.