Check out www.agingcare.com . They have pretty good forum and answer a lot of questions. This one is directed towards people looking for help in the home from non agency workers.
I have mixed feelings regarding the whole freelance home health situation. On one hand it is nice to be able to negotiate a price with someone who can help. The problem is, you wonder if these people are doing it for the money or for genuine need to assist. I have always felt that health care or at least the payment of people who assist the elderly, should be handled by a government agency. You have senior citizens who are not capable of handling their own financial affairs. However, they're not quite ready to be thrown away into a nursing home. I look at my mother's situation. I do not trust her to pay her help each week on her own. However, she is so independent she will not let me take care of that. Sadly she even needs help with paying.
Another problem with freelance help is that you have to take care of checking references yourself. You honestly have no idea what's working in your home. You may get a bargain price and end up losing all of your jewelry and cash. As we slowly evolve as a society, the richest society in the world, perhaps we will come up with a pleasant solution for freelance help versus conventional assistance.
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