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Originally Posted by Looking for next wife
Oh, I forgot. Never hire a "company" that supplies live in caregivers. They charge a fortune, will hire the dregs, will send anybody, and I mean anybody over, and they pay the people actually doing the work an insulting amount which means they never have good people. I know of situations where the caregivers of the "companies" were doing meth on the job, pot on the job, show up drunk, having sex with their boyfriends with the patient in the room, having multi visitors over, etc. Just get ONE with references that you actually visit and interview them also.
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If she hires a caregiver through an agency, the agency will take care of payroll issues including taxes. If she hires a caregiver directly then she might very well need to talk to an accountant to make sure that the proper taxes are withheld from the caregiver's pay.
Also, if the lady has long term care insurance, those policies often only pay for caregivers hired through agencies.
The other thing to consider about a live in, private hire caregiver is that if the caregiver gets sick, has a family emergency, simply needs a vacation or suddenly quits someone will have to be involved to arrange backup care which can be a huge and ever changing responsibility. Unless Op wants to be the back up caregiver, I would not go that route.
I wish that things were more straightforward because eldercare is a very common need but unfortunately there is a lot to navigate. The lady probably does need to speak to a lawyer.