How much do you charge for in home companionship?

Visit your local senior center and ask around. Check with your own doctors office, some nurses moonlight and will charge Bout 15-20/hr to sit or assist elder in evenings or weekends. Ask at your local churches if there are retirees looking for part time work that may take an interest in being a companion.

For what it's worth, you may want to be careful about who you hire. I always went through a reputable home health agency. It cost a bit more but the people had been background checked and had a professional supervisor. There are plenty of scam artists out there who will take advantage of an old person.

I am also sold on a website care. They have people who list for anything from minimum wage to the higher priced professional rates of RNs. A companion should be $10 or less per hour.

I use care(dot)com to fine caregivers and pay $12-$15 an hour depending on what they will do, start low. If its a short time and they can bathe and transfer I pay $15, if its a long full day I will pay $12 an hour . There are churches with volunteers who love to do these visits, check with your local adult daycare also.

I would say $15-20 per hour if not more. The nursing home here charges $8000 per month so anything like $20 would be a bargain.

No more than 14/hr in Kansas.

I have paid $10 - $15 per hour. $10 for non trained companion, $15 for a CNA Greater Atlanta Georgia area

Shar, you may want to call adult day care places in your area. The people that work there may want to make a bit of extra money especially through the holiday season. We found someone this way at the day center Mom attends. The staff because Mom is a client are not permitted to work privately for the participants. But one of the staff knows a woman that likes to make some extra money caring for the elderly. That person charges $10.00 an hour, and if needed overnight she charges $25.00 if she is able to get some sleep. If nor then the $10.00 an hour applies.

Here in the Buffalo NY area companions/sitters run 12-15 per hour. House keepers and cooks are 20, and chauffeurs are 30 per hour. RN's would be at least 30 per hour. Visiting nurse agencies charge 200/visit.
On the other hand, Assisted Living here is 2300 per month, or about 77/day or 3.19 per hour. Minimum wage is about 8/hr.