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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should probably be looking to hire a live in, with proper pay and benefits, and rely on the agency for days off, with the understanding that if, e.g., a snowstorm prevents a day off the live in will get overtime and/or comp time later. Check your agreement with the agency before you try to hire somebody you met through them, but it may be worth it to you if the agency can find somebody better than you can. [/quote]

[b]From what I understand the way a "live in" works is they are there for the night shift and a new person shows for the day shift. You cannot hire someone to just live with you and be responsible 24-7. So you still need the next person to show up[/b]. Also, make sure there are not valuables around, expect stuff to get stolen, be careful about making accusations unless you witnessed it on a camera because seniors are forgetful and nobody should lose a job due to a senior memory lapse. [/quote]

Theoretically yes, but you would hope that during a one off emergency such as a snow storm, the capable adult in the home wouldn't completely ignore the dependent one...[/quote]

This is a very privileged take. These jobs pay poorly. Some of these people are taking on more than 1 job or have their own family to take care of. If anyone did this for your parent I certainly hope you would pay double and give a bonus.[/quote]

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