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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here trying to decide between Independent Living and very few hours of home care. Their home is paid off so it seems much more affordable if they just need few hours of care. Basically things that I do when I'm over there, but on a schedule.

Are there not home carers that have, say 2-3 places to go on a given day and don't expect all their salary from one client? Surely agencies schedule that up the same way they would house cleaning services and the like?[/quote]

I would suggest independent living at a place that has continued care. It's social and it's much easier to move them at this stage, than later on. Most people do not want a few hours of work a day. They aren't paid for commuting between jobs and you get more down time when you are at the same place each day. They are paid terribly. You cannot expect the person to be on, do a bunch of tasks for a few hours, drive to another place and be working the whole time and then move on again for a wage that isn't livable.

Re: housecleaning services. A lot of those women are taken advantage of exploited and they do in their bodies working that hard all day and inhaling toxic chemicals.

Do you want to exploit someone? If you want the person to stay you need to be think of them as human beings, not work-horses.[/quote]

Thank you for your answer. I don't want to exploit anyone and I'm happy to pay a competitive rate for a few hours. But as someone said upthread-- it's the CEOs that are exploiting, and making 2nd yacht money. We are not part of that. [/quote]

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