Caregiver, live in, what are average wages

[johncar54]

The problem with live in jobs is it can turn into a 16 hour day 7 days a week I think you should get your friend to write a job description with a schedule it would be easier to coment then John

This was the general outline she was given:- 'The lady would want you to cook her meals just a simple breakfast, a sandwich lunchtime and a meal in the evening, help her shower in the morning, clean her apartment once a week and take her out in her pushchair a few times a week in the morning along the Paseo (promenade) and stop for a coffee.she will pay for your food'

I agree with such a job becoming 24/7, a written job description would be wise.

I think the problem here maybe that the person can afford to go into a residential home, maybe 800 euros a week, but does not want to pay, even a lot less, to get a much better life style, being cared for in her own surroundings by a 'surrogate daughter.'

Having encouraged my mother, in UK, to go into care at the age of 92, from being able to look after herself, shop, clean house, cook, walk 1.5 miles to church EVERY day, within three months she was in a practically vegetative state from being encouraged to spend all day in front of the TV for fear if she walked around she might fall and sue the home!!!!!

[aromulus]

Having encouraged my mother, in UK, to go into care at the age of 92, from being able to look after herself, shop, clean house, cook, walk 1.5 miles to church EVERY day, within three months she was in a practically vegetative state from being encouraged to spend all day in front of the TV for fear if she walked around she might fall and sue the home!!!!!

I know what you imply.

The same was happening to an elderly couple, good friends of mine.
Due to both falling over and being taken to hospital, they were subsequently released, after 2 weeks, into a care home.
They hated every minute of it, stuck in the same rooms, more or less 24/7. Watching TV programs which they considered rubbish and prevented from going walking in the gardens of the home and arrogantly treated like infants.
After a bit of a spat with the local Authority they managed to secure the visit of a home carer 2/3 times a day.
They are very indipendent and proud and somehow they resent the carer's home visits, but it was the condition for letting them stay in their own place....