How much per hour for in-home caregivers?

[Anonymous]

I’m in Baltimore, not DC, but hopefully similar pricing. I heard $39 an hour. This is not for a nurse, but an aide.

[Anonymous]

That is pretty high unless it's for a short shift (less than 4 hours or so). Most agencies charge $30-$35/hour and independent aides usually charge $25-$30/hour.

[Anonymous]

We are on the eastern shore of Maryland in Wicomico County. I'm currently paying CNA's direct between $26 and $31 per hour. The higher paid ones have been with us 10 years or more.

I also have an account with a national agency and we get one person through the agency for $32 per hour.

[Anonymous]

$30-35 paid directly. All stars. Dc area.

[Anonymous]

Paying $38/hour for 12 hours a week. If we increase hours to 20 hours, price decreases to $34. Plus we pay for mileage for any driving. I think .68 cents/mile. This is through an agency and my mom is in Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the replies.

[Anonymous]

I’m in pg county and pay $32/hour for 8 hours a day.

[Anonymous]

we paid 32/hr for an agency. hired someone for 24/hr

[Anonymous]

$30/hr for my parents a little north of Baltimore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paying $38/hour for 12 hours a week. If we increase hours to 20 hours, price decreases to $34. Plus we pay for mileage for any driving. I think .68 cents/mile. This is through an agency and my mom is in Bethesda.

What agency?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Paying $38/hour for 12 hours a week. If we increase hours to 20 hours, price decreases to $34. Plus we pay for mileage for any driving. I think .68 cents/mile. This is through an agency and my mom is in Bethesda.

What agency?

Assisting Hands

[Anonymous]

Does anybody have experience with Graceful Care.

[Anonymous]

A few other things to watch out for which can affect the rate: are these employees of an agency (w-2) or all independent contractors where the agency is more like a broker (1099s)?

I’ve found that the w-2 employees are a few dollars per hour more expensive but on balance the care was better. Similarly, they’re the ones who passed background checks so I felt better about that too.

I needed a home health aide for my mom, who lives in Florida, and I got my best referrals from calling the local hospital. The local hospice had some good suggestions too.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I paid $33 an hour for 24/7 care from one company who basically just sent a warm body, didn’t communicate with their caregivers about my moms needs and showed up late and left early. They did have one great caregiver but the rest were awful. I found out they just had a bunch of 1099’s on call and would put out the job and see who would be willing to staff it.

I fired them and found a company run by a woman who had been a caregiver herself for many years and only hired people she’d personally worked with. I paid $34 an hour for her company and they were all amazing. I did find out that they were also all 1099’s and were being paid $20 an hour. So I could have found my own for cheaper. But I needed a company to handle all of the scheduling because I just didn’t have the bandwidth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I paid $33 an hour for 24/7 care from one company who basically just sent a warm body, didn’t communicate with their caregivers about my moms needs and showed up late and left early. They did have one great caregiver but the rest were awful. I found out they just had a bunch of 1099’s on call and would put out the job and see who would be willing to staff it.

I fired them and found a company run by a woman who had been a caregiver herself for many years and only hired people she’d personally worked with. I paid $34 an hour for her company and they were all amazing. I did find out that they were also all 1099’s and were being paid $20 an hour. So I could have found my own for cheaper. But I needed a company to handle all of the scheduling because I just didn’t have the bandwidth.

The reason a lot of agency caregivers are warm bodies is that the agencies are charging families $35-40/hr and paying the caregivers who do the actual work $16-18/hr with zero benefits.

~ former home health caregiver