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A little more info would be helpful.
What type of care is involved?
Will you need a Nurse or CNA or a caregiver or companion?
You will pay a LOT more for a Nurse, a bit less for a CNA. A caregiver or companion will cost less yet.
If you plan on going through an agency IF medications have to be given you will have to have a Nurse, but if your parent can pick up pills that are in a cup and take them then it might be a CNA that they would require that you have.
If there are no medications that have to be given then a caregiver or companion would be alright.
Hiring privately you can instruct anyone you hire to do what you want them to do (Obviously within reason and safety)
If your parent needs help getting up, walking, transferring from bed to chair, to toilet, or any other transfer an agency might require 2 people depending on how much help your parent needs. And if equipment has to be used a Sit to Stand or Hoyer Lift they might require 2 people and 1 might have to be a CNA.

I would call an agency or several and see what they say about the requirements in your state.
There are so many possibilities that to answer this is just a wild guess.
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You may want to start with their GP/primary care provider. If they qualify for home health care under Medicare, that could be an option. If not, then depending on their income they may be eligible for some services through the state or county Dept. of Aging or Senior Services (it is different names depending on your state). If they are not eligible for any services due to income your options are to get live in care through an agency, which can be expensive. Where I live, in the northeast, I was quoted $250-$300 per day for live-in care, which I think is outrageous. I understand that caregivers need to be paid a living wage, but I think that the agencies are greedy. Your other option would be to hire directly, which would be a little less but then you are responsible for withholding federal and state taxes and paying into Social Security and Medicare for the caregiver, which can be additional work. The last option is hiring caregivers under the table. There are folks who come here from other countries who are willing to work for $120-$170 per day but then you are engaging in an illegal situation. Not everyone has the stomach for this.
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freqflyer Oct 2021
Let's not forget that caregiving Agencies have a lot of overhead. They do the payroll for their caregivers and that including paying to the government for whatever tax fees are needed. Their caregivers are insured, licensed and bonded. Another expense. Background checking is done.

Plus the agency pays for workman's comp insurance in case one of their caregiver employees gets hurt on the job. Then there is the cost of the office staff who do the scheduling around the clock, being on call including weekends. If a caregiver couldn't make his/her shift, another caregiver would be called. Most Agencies rent office space so there is that expense.

My Dad had 3 shifts of caregivers paying $30/hr which came to $720.00 a day. Close to $22k per month. Dad checked around and found he could move into senior living for $7k a month which included his meals, weekly housekeeping/linen service. And he would be around people closer to his age. He was happy as a clam living there :) He had a really nice 2 bedroom apartment, good size living room, and fully equipped kitchen. There was always a Nurse or Physician Assistant on-site around the clock.

Oh, if one hires outside of an Agency, they would need to contact their home insurance carrier to get a workman's comp policy on whomever they hire. And there are companies who will do the payroll for you, you pay the Payroll Company and they in turn will pay the caregiver plus do the payroll taxes, etc. for a small fee.

Someone who is a live-in will burn out pretty quickly depending on the amount of work that is required around the clock. Then you would need to start all over again.
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Welcome, Samantha!

Have you called any home health care agencies to inquire about availability and prices?

Are you considering hiring one person to live-in?
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