This is not a 24/7 job. My family is offering all food, rent, gas, water, electric, internet, cable with private room and deck over the lake plus $1400 a month. There are rarely nights involved. It is a live-in situation because my mom delivers the mail and regardless of the weather - she has to be there. Also, because my dad sleeps late, if the caregiver lived they would not have to be at my parents home by 6:30 every morning but could sleep later. My parents are extremely neat and my mom keeps there home spotless - since there is not a lot to do during the day I do not think asking someone to keep my fathers room and their own tidy, wash the dishes they use and keep the area where they spend the day clean is an OMG as Pam put it. My mom would like to be able to have dinner out with her granddaughter every once in awhile... I guess that is an OMG also.
This situation is not for a patient with high needs. It is not at all like Pam's dramatic post of a family looking to use and abuse someone.
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