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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hints aren't good, you need direct and open conversation. 
I think if you have already spoken with her on various issues you now need to give her a final warning. [/quote]

OP.  To clarify, once I have a serious conversation (actually more like two) with her about a specific issue, she does address it and it's in the past.  She hasn't had absences since December, it's been a couple weeks since she forgot the keys and over a week since she last left the closet un-bolted.   I am just getting tired unearthing a new issue every week or two, like I just found out about the old food and not taking DC to places this week.  When she first started, I thought that she was really smart because she would repeat to me instructions I gave, asked good questions to clarify what I meant, etc. so it felt like we were always on the same page.  Since about a month ago, I feel like she is misunderstanding my directions (consciously or not) to make them easier for her.  I can recall at least three times in just the past four weeks, all distinct issues, where I told her to do X, she did it that one time only and when I followed up asking why she did not do X again, she replied, oh I thought you wanted me to do X just that one time.  [/quote]

Is there a language barrier issue? That can be remedied relatively easily with repetition, written understanding, and double checking that something is really understood upon hearing a yes answer.[/quote]

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