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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]There are lots of people who do this unless you are in some isolated backwater.[/b] Reminding to take medication is one thing but dispensing it is another. Check the laws for your jurisdiction and don’t ask a companion/housekeeper to do anything illegal.[/quote]

It can actually be easier to find good people to do this in those "isolated backwaters." [/quote]

Why do you think this is? Is it because there’s fewer jobs there? Or more people with old fashioned work ethic? [/quote]

Both, and more. PP here.

A friend's DW had a stroke. They live in fairly rural VA. This friend has exhausted himself caring for her for the past two years and finally admitted to needing respite care help. His brother's girlfriend is a nurse who is semi-retired and was looking for work, but didn't necessarily want the stress of an actual nursing job at the hospital and knew she didn't want to work in a nursing home or dialysis center and only wanted part time work. It ended up working out perfectly for our friend -- this retired nurse hadn't yet found anything that would work for her hours-wise, and she is loving and highly dependable (as many older country people are). Most jobs out there (one of the counties in Central Va) pay min wage or close to it, so it's easier to find people who don't resent the wages; if hiring for a job like this you aren't competing with jobs that pay more the way most jobs do here in NoVA. In NoVA, if you are reliable, you can probably do better than min wage companion work, but out in the Shenandoah Valley, there's not much competition for good workers. People are just happy to have the work. So yeah, there are fewer jobs, and yeah, many of the folks looking for work are pretty reliable.[/quote]

Thank you! Makes sense [/quote]

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