Finding a caregiver................

You would think it would be like finding a babysitter, I guess it just depends on what your standards are. Maybe everyone is just as sick as I am too. I've gotten estimates before on odd jobs,a roof for the house, but never a caregiver for my dad. That was interesting to say the least. I had 3 "salesperson" come to the house to interview them about their company, all of which either offered too high of a price or no workers compensation or not a lot of money. I had one company person tell me her ex-husband was in the Marines for almost 30 years and would prob. love to do it. So I called him and he would come 2-3x's a week for like 3 hours a day. He was my dads buddy, as they talked about the military and the past. They also played cards and went outside from time to time, 6 months later we didn't hear from him that often. We just assumed he had other things he was busy with. Maybe it was because I was looking into an agency again to get more hours and to fill in when he couldn't. Regardless, I decided on one agency and they sent their only cna which she did some cleaning as well as him and attended to his needs. The girl they sent had a vacation coming and they weren't able to get a substitute, finally a week later they sent someone else after the first one quit. She was nice and a very nice cleaner but couldn't lift my dad off the bed. Each time my dad needed to be lifted she would get my son in his room. Since we paid 2 weeks in advance we gave the agency notice. In the meantime I interviewed another 2 companies and one couldn't help because they weren't licensed to lift my dad and so we settled on the other one. We are very happy with this agency because I feel like I have developed a good relationship as a customer with them. The 1st person they sent was ok except for the fact she used my laptop which I would've let her use it except she didn't ask. The agency asked if she went to any porn sites? Regardless, we got lucky finally with this one girl who when I asked if she wanted to go and sit on the couch and watch tv she replied, "how can I hear your dad then?' I was shocked we had, had like 5 different people in here and all except her watched tv and either fell asleep or whatever on the couch. She also cleaned and always does more than what I ask of her, above all she treats my father like a human being and that amazes me!