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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t mean caregivers who do physical stuff like changing diapers. 
I basically mean paid friends or ersatz adult children. 
Someone who oversees the cleaners, maybe cooks food, coordinates grocery delivery or grocery shops, takes an elderly person to the dr, reminds to take meds, things like that.
No medical training, no hard physical labor but rather managing the day to day plus companionship. 
If I had more money I’d love someone to be a substitute daughter to my father! Someone who has patience to manage his household and listen to what he has to say. Why isn’t there a market for these services? Or am I the only one who needs someone like that? [/quote]

Would you rather be a nanny for young kids who smile and giggle and mature and when they tantrum they say entertaining things or an aging person who is unhappy, has outbursts and finds your weakest emotional spot to attack and then you basically watch them inch toward death?

You cannot expect a nanny for an elderly person. It's usually a team of rotating people because the needs are so great and it's emotionally draining. If the elder is pleasant and independent, that's one thing, but in those cases people ar only looking to hire someone very part time to help with meal prep, take on outings, etc.

Also, kids mature and become a little more independent over time. Elderly decline so you'd have to keep increasing the pay as dependent keeps decreasing and it's just too much for one or 2 people. That's why so many family caregivers to the elderly become depressed and/or physically ill. It's far more draining without as much reinforcement.[/quote]

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