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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Basically, someone to check on my dad, maybe make tuna salad, [b]maybe look to see that he’s taken a pill. [/b]

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?[/quote]

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[/quote]

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. [/quote]

Yeah; that’s fine.

To me it seems as if people who are competent to stay at home should get to decide whether to take medicine.

Even if my dad was in a nursing home or assisted living, I’m not thrilled with the idea of making him take medicine, unless I’m sure it’s something that will obviously improved quality of life. [/quote]

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