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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] So my limited experience with this-my folks had 24 hr coverage with an aide, temporarily, after they both went to rehab last year (dad fell, knocking down mom and she broke her hip). I found a local agency and we had 3 aides, 8 hr shift each.

After about 3 weeks, a hurricane came near (Ian, we're in FL). The agency called me and said, we won't be providing staffing for the next 24 hours, possibly longer.

In our case, I live very close by (I do work fulltime and am still parenting a dc which is why we had to hire help) so dc and I stayed with them until the storm passed and young adult dc stayed when they weren't at work until the aides came back.

All this to say-in our case, weather did affect getting coverage. OP, the person in your case needs to be in a nursing home. Even paying well and with a reputable agency, it's very hard to get people. [/quote]

Thanks for sharing your experience. This is what I suspected.  Staying with her is not at all an option for me. I’m not comfortable providing the physical care she needs (diapering, heavy lifting, etc) nor is her home set up for anybody to sleep there. She has no guest room and not even a sofa bed. Should she decide to hire a live-in, there is lots of work that will be required but maybe that is the compromise. I know the nursing home was miserable but sadly that’s the level of care she requires. [/quote]

could you consider moving her to a nursing home near you?  That way you could check in from time to time to make sure she was getting good care.  Maybe this would help her get there on the nursing home.[/quote]

She was actually in one just a few miles down the road from me.  She was miserable though and many of her friends encouraged her to move back to her home with aides once she was no longer eligible for PT there. She feels her quality of life is so much better at home and I can’t argue that fact. It’s quiet, she has responsive caregivers and she has better meals. The nursing home frequently left her in dirty diapers, failed to give meds on time and she lost a lot of weight because she didn’t like the food served.  But while I can appreciate her wanting to be at home, it’s just a huge risk. I’m going to take the advice of someone above who suggested registering with multiple agencies to increase the odds of finding coverage if her aide falls through. But I think eventually she will find herself in a situation without an aide for an extended period and realize that the nursing home really is best. [/quote]

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