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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure about the feeding tube care but I think a couple of my caregivers (CNA's) have done feeding tube care in the past with past clients.

We use CNA's. My Dad preferred not to have the CNA's. He liked the unskilled housekeeping aids but the CNA's are far superior on the job.

I'm paying between $25 and $31 per hour. The two people at $31 have been with us 10 years. I'm starting at $25. This is the eastern shore of Maryland.
We pay legal so workers get social security, workers comp etc. We give large Christmas bonuses.

Our best have been direct hires and referrals. I have one person who has referred 4 others over the years.
The direct hires (people we already knew around town and the referrals have been our best workers.)

I found Care.com to be pretty useless. I never was able to get anyone to come out for an interview.  I've also used Indeed. We got probably 300 resumes from Indeed. We talked to probably 25 from Indeed. We hired one from Indeed. The problem with the Indeed applicants is that most did not want to work over 18-20 hours and we needed folks who could pull 34-36 hours. The Indeed applicants also had a lot of restrictions, i.e. could only work this day etc. Be aware that Indeed is costly and makes it difficult to cancel the advertisement.

I have accounts with 3 agencies and supplement with them during tougher times. I try not to use agencies. I've had too many times when they have called me day of and did not have any workers.

I run 6-8 people to cover 24x7 hours/days of care a week.

I found it is better to have more people working fewer hours. If you have too few people working say 44-50 hours per week no one will cover extra hours when someone is out.

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