How to Hire an At-Home Caregiver

Finding the right service to take care of your parents

By Lisa Trottier, Caring.com senior contributing editor

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3442

First Published:

07-Sep-2007

Last updated on

Thursday September 06, 2007

Related Topics:

home health workers , independent caregivers , understanding medicare , managing care , legal , care giving , understanding independent living , nurses , find & manage care-giving support , geriatric care managers , medicare , independent living , liability , at-home care

Summary:

How to Hire a Caregiver. Hiring a home care aide or caregiver can help parents remain at home -- and take some pressure off the rest of the family.

2 Comments

1. Posted by Anonymous 9 months ago

   I know that, at least in Texas, when an elderly person becomes homebound, Medicare/Medicaid will pay for a Home Health Aide/Personal Care attendant to come in for a set number of hours. My mother is at that stage now and we are having to pay for private care because we don't know how to go about getting insurance to pay for it. Any suggestions?

2. Posted by Anonymous 11 months ago

   This was very helpful! When my mother's health degraded to the point that my father needed a live-in helper for her, they went the independent path. My sisters and I are uncomfortable with the way the caregiver is paid in cash. It always seemed too overwhelming to negotiate the paperwork to pay taxes on her salary. I didn't know there were services available to do that for us. I will definitely check those out!