Charge diagnosed with chronic illness, duties have increased tenfold

[Anonymous]

It's understandable for you to ask, OP. Just do it gently. And know that I think that your employers will do whatever they can to keep you, but they are also dealing with a lot of medical bills and time off work so that there are probably limits also to what they can do.

[Anonymous]

By the way, in-home health caregivers (like those provided by insurance companies for people who have strokes and with other health needs) usually makes substantially *less* than nannies. Their agencies bill them out at high rates, but they actually get paid very little.

[Anonymous]

you are actually very lucky to have fallen into this experience because parents of kids with disabilities know good care is hard to find so they are willing to pay a lot for quality. I fell into this line of work 10 years ago, and back then they paid me $18 an hour and hat wasn’t in the DC area (so much lower cost of living). Now I exclusively care for children with disabilities and charge between 30-35, but these parents know that they are getting the very best. Also, in many case she Medicare will reimburse the parents $12 an hour for Care, and hen they add money out of their own pockets on top of that because no one qualified will do it for $12.

For those of you saying that she is t qualified to do tune changes etc.-that is nonsense. Anyone can do a tube change, when the baby turns 6 she will start doing it for herself.

Learn everything you can in this position, and yes, ask for a raise. They may need to work with a social worker to figure out what Care/compensation they qualify for.