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[quote=Anonymous]Three months ago my mom (87) lives in her home a few states away and has finally agreed to some in-home care. It was a significant win for my brother and I as we had been doing all we can to get more help in place but until recently our mom was not open to it.

We set things up with a local caretaking agency for have someone come by the house two mornings a week as this was all my mom would allow. We figured we would increase the care hours as our mom adjusted (and came to appreciate) having someone in her home. Well, thankfully, our mom really likes the caregiver and now tells us that they are "buddies". This caretaker does seem very good with our mom. We have met her.

Now this caretaker has approached our mom, when neither my brother or I were present, to come an additional morning but not via the agency nor the agreement my mom signed with the agency. My mom will pay the caregiver "under-the-table" for this new additional shift. Upon learning about this my brother and I are quite upset as to us it shows that the caregiver is not an honest person. My mom does not seem bothered for she states, "she is my friend".

My question: is there anything my brother and I should be doing? Asking this caregiver to sign (a non-liability statement)? Any btdt advice would be appreciated. [/quote]

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