Good Evening,
I am looking to hire 24/7 in-home care for my 84-year old grandmother who has been affected cognitively by strokes and prone to falls. I checked with agencies and they are a little more than what our budget is and ideally I would like to find an independent caregiver or a small agency/business. I am not sure where to look for caregivers besides care.com? I've been told that it is best to hire 2-3 people so they have different shifts and can provide back-up for one another. Does anyone have suggestions for hiring help? I am located in the Kokomo/Tipton, Indiana area. Thank you!
The participants on Nextdoor.com are local to your area (it's an intranet of your community). They are your actual non-anonymous neighbors within your zipcode and adjacent ones.
Please know that hiring privately in most states makes you an employer. This means you'll need to do payroll withholding and reporting. You will need written contracts to clarify expectations and protect yourself. Your Mom may need increaed insurance. If she needs 24/7 care, this will cost as much or more than a good AL or MC facility, with much less management.
Privately hiring means you will need to do your own vetting and background checking, and finding your own subs at the last minute and every holiday.
Just go into it with your eyes wide open...
And as you are discovering full-time in-home help will in most if not all cases far exceed the cost of having her placed in a facility, so perhaps it best that you start looking into the skilled nursing facilities in your area where your grandmother will receive the 24/7 care she now requires.