My father-in-law recently fell ill and has been transported to a nursing home. Insurance will cover 100 days in the nursing home. We would like to bring him home but he needs someone to be there with him constantly, as he is unable to do much for himself. We were thinking of paying my 23 year old daughter to do this as she had a baby 8 months ago and is between jobs. Although she has not had any medical training, she is extrememly bright and I know she could handle this, plus, she loves her grandfather very much. What would be a "fair" price to pay her? We live in Ohio.
2007-06-05 23:58:44 · 5 answers · asked by Gonetoday 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Although I agree with the PP sentiment, I also understand your desire to kill 2 birds with one stone so to speak. I am sure your daughter would willingly do this for free if needed but since she is in need of a job and is close with her grandfather this may well be the best for both of them. I worked with the elderly briefly last year and Fair pay for a Private caregiver is about 15$ an hour although a company would only pay her about 9 of that. I would suggest you search for a free NA (Nurse's Aid) class near you they usually only last 1-2 weeks. They are almost always free and offered my churches or nursing homes. This will help your daughter to be able to provide your father-in-lw with better than average care. Her being there for him will help a lot but she also needs to know about exercises and nutrition as well. Plus basic ROM and some other things to help her give him a better life. If you can't find a class near you a local library will have book on caring for the elderly and I cannot stress how important it is that she either take the classes or read these book and learn CPR before taking on the full time care of your father. Although love is wonderful it is not enough and the elderly are not like us or babies they have very specific needs.
2007-06-06 00:13:03 · answer #1 · answered by Petra 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not in Ohio, but I can tell you what I got paid for taking care of my uncle's mother a few years ago. The hourly pay was $10.00. The sleepover at night was $10 for weeknights and $20.00 for weekend (Fri, Sat.) nights. The family had different people come in to work different shifts so there was care all the time. The family also had someone live in the basement apartment rent free with utilities in exchange for hours of tending the elderly mother. I think the rent/utilities equalled about $750.00 worth of work.
2007-06-06 07:16:16 · answer #2 · answered by Andee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you HONESTLY think that she could handle cleaning the private parts of her much-loved Grandfather?
I had nursing training, and many years of geriatric experience when I started caring for my ailing father. And even I was uncomfortable when his condition deteriorated enough that I had to take care of his physical needs.
IT IS NOT AT ALL EASY for a family member of the opposite sex to do these things. And this is not even touching on HOW THE GRANDFATHER FEELS!
For all of your sakes, make sure that she knows exactly what it is that she may be getting into.
You may be better off looking into the possibilities of a personal care attendant who would have the necessary detachment to do this job properly.
2007-06-06 07:06:17 · answer #3 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are going to pay someone, you might as well pay a professional. Not only for your father-in-laws safety, but your daughter's as well. I am sure she would be happy to do it but there is lifting, turning and emergency situations that she isn't trained to handle. Not to mention she will probably have baby with her. That in itself is a full time job. Before she agrees you may want to make sure she understands just how much care she will be doing.
2007-06-06 16:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by amber l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why won't people in America take care of their elderly? Did you know in Japan there are NO nursing homes because families care about and respect their elderly family members.
How would you feel if someday your son or daughter had to PAY someone to take care of you?
2007-06-06 07:01:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋