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Yes, but you need to follow withholding tax rules, find out what home insurance you need, and figure out other legal matters. Will you have a contract? Who is liable if the caregiver drops the patient? You’ll need background checks so you know you’re not hiring a criminal. And so on.
Caringinhome, with a Caregiving Agency, if a caregiver is unable to make his/her shift, the agency would quickly find someone to fill that shift. With private hire, there is no one to fill in at the last moment.
The reasons often given for using an agency are vetting of the employee and coverage with insurance and so on. If you know a worker well, or know of their work history through friends, and etc. it may be possible to hire them. When my friend was on hospice recently the agency required that she have 24/7 care in her home. The agency would have been 40.00 and hour and the gals who worked for her, 12 hour shifts daily, and known to her, were 20.00 an hour. Even at that you are looking at 100s of dollars a day and the money goes out the door very very quickly. It certainly is worth thinking about. I sure wish you luck.
There are advantages to hiring through an agency There are advantages hiring privately There are disadvantages to both. Privately there is paperwork. You do need to do this legally and take out taxes. You should have your employee covered by insurance if they are injured on the job. You do need to do a full background check. All this is taken care of when you use an agency. (I did get the best 2 when I hired privately and found them by contacting my local Community College. They both had just completed their CNA certification and were waiting for the next semester to start when they would begin Nursing School)
But yes you can hire privately. I suggest that you hire at least 2 people and alternate days if possible that way they can cover for each other and you do not end up with caregivers that get just as burned out as you would working day after day.
Also keep in mind that you do have to follow regulations regarding the number of hours a person can work as well as over time pay.
I have had a terrible time with agencies. The people they employ are under employed with no qualifications and often in desperate straights. They are usually in some kind of situation where they have limited availability. This has happened in every case I've used an agency. I have a person now, who while a nice person has a very limited time frame of availability and car troubles etc. I've been trying to work with it because the first person they sent I had to say dont come back. She didnt show up on time ever and multiple times never showed up and never contacted me. The care is assigned to my brother through the VA so I cant exactly tell them what agency to use.
We have ALWAYS used agencies like In-home Supportive Services (IHSS) but a lot of our workers were unreliable so I would think hiring a private caregiver is the way to go!
Yes it is possible to hire a caregiver directly and not through a staffing agency.
To be legal, one method is where you are the employer and the caregiver is the employee. Therefore, you would need to follow all the federal and state rules to be an employer.
The other method is that the person you employ, would be self employed. In that case, you are trusting them to set up the business where they would be the employee and they would charge you a rate for their services. It would be no different than if one was a plumber, electrician, handyman or a self-employed lawyer.
I don't know how much money you would save. I would expect an agency has a lot of overhead that you might choose not to have, such as malpractice insurance.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
My direct hire caregivers are more reliable and will pick up shifts.
There are advantages hiring privately
There are disadvantages to both.
Privately there is paperwork. You do need to do this legally and take out taxes. You should have your employee covered by insurance if they are injured on the job.
You do need to do a full background check.
All this is taken care of when you use an agency.
(I did get the best 2 when I hired privately and found them by contacting my local Community College. They both had just completed their CNA certification and were waiting for the next semester to start when they would begin Nursing School)
But yes you can hire privately.
I suggest that you hire at least 2 people and alternate days if possible that way they can cover for each other and you do not end up with caregivers that get just as burned out as you would working day after day.
Also keep in mind that you do have to follow regulations regarding the number of hours a person can work as well as over time pay.
To be legal, one method is where you are the employer and the caregiver is the employee. Therefore, you would need to follow all the federal and state rules to be an employer.
The other method is that the person you employ, would be self employed. In that case, you are trusting them to set up the business where they would be the employee and they would charge you a rate for their services. It would be no different than if one was a plumber, electrician, handyman or a self-employed lawyer.
I don't know how much money you would save. I would expect an agency has a lot of overhead that you might choose not to have, such as malpractice insurance.