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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s a caregiver. Most just sit there and listen to the old person. They might do light cooking (make a hot dog), or help order groceries, but that’s it. It’s unusual for them to do more. 
Beware of caregiver stealing or exploiting the elderly for money. It’s very common. 
Btdt with both parents over a period of 25 yrs. [/quote]

Okay this is a waste of money, unless you wanted your parents to have conversation partners. 
Yes I know about the stealing. [b]I assume even the bg checked ones still steal? [/b][/quote]

Probably a pretty good assumption, given how hard it is to find people to do this job. [/quote]

This is what I don’t understand also! If the job is as easy as described (listen, warm up food, help order groceries) why aren’t more people doing it?[/quote]

Oh because it’s an awful job actually. Most people who think they need this are actually way into needing more serious care and everyone is in denial.  The adult children think hiring someone 10 hours a week will fix everything, but actually you have your finger in the dyke. Your workplace is lonely and your patient may be really resentful that you’re in their home.

I’m not saying there aren’t good gigs for this job, but as we said in those cases it’s probably someone the family already knows or maybe word of mouth. I think it also helps a lot if the older person is used to having help and staff. Change is hard for an older person so if you’ve got a person who was totally independent who suddenly has a stranger in their house against their will, that’s not a fun job. If instead it’s oh, the housekeeper is going to pick up a few more hours and oh she’s going to cook a few times a week now and oh…it’s easier. [/quote]

It’s also hard to hire someone for just 10 hours per week…or the hourly rate is much much higher if you use an agency.[/quote]

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