I am uncertain what you have the caregiver for? Is she there to do certain tasks assigned? Or is she more or less a "sitter"? Does she work through an agency? Have you discussed this with her? With the agency? Are there tasks going unaddressed? I am just thinking for myself. I am a very private person. Were I to need a "sitter" I would prefer she play games on her cell phone rather than attempt to "be my friend" while there. You do, however, describe this person as a "caregiver" which I assume means she is there to give care. You can't do that while playing on the phone. What have you done to address this?
My parents live in a small apartment and their is a security camera. My mom is the one who needs care and she has dementia and my dad is controling and has an independent caregiver which is not through the agency. My dad thinks she is good for my mom but I see that she is always on the phone when sitting and bossy and eats their food and I have been cooking alot for my parents and my dad is always worried about the aide having food too. I do not know what the guidelines would be ?
Is this possibly a night shift and caregiver is struggling to stay awake? I ask this because I do know someone who has night help come in and she did have one caregiver who curled up with a blanket/pillow and expected to sleep while on duty. This was not OK and should have been cleared up ahead of time. A different overnight caregiver she had also struggled to stay up all night, but would find things to do once her official duties were completed and her patient was asleep. I'm sure it's possible she was on her cell phone some of that time, but it was also obvious that her job-related things were all done.
My wonderful neighbor has an independent, and when the whether was better, I would observe her spending what I thought was inordinate amounts of time either smoking or talking on the phone. Now she comes out and sits in the car instead of walking around the back yard.
In that case, there’s always family present so I’m thinking they must know that caregiver isn’t with her client for extended periods of time.
I’m guessing that this s between family representatives and caregiver.
You’re asking the wrong people that question. This site nor its members are your caregivers employers. It appears your dad is her employer so you should be discussing this with him. It’s his decision whether this is allowed or not. Keep in mind the caregiver has specific duties and is going have downtime so I hope you don’t expect her to be busy every second of her shift.
I am just thinking for myself. I am a very private person. Were I to need a "sitter" I would prefer she play games on her cell phone rather than attempt to "be my friend" while there. You do, however, describe this person as a "caregiver" which I assume means she is there to give care. You can't do that while playing on the phone.
What have you done to address this?
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In that case, there’s always family present so I’m thinking they must know that caregiver isn’t with her client for extended periods of time.
I’m guessing that this s between family representatives and caregiver.