My MIL needs to hire someone to help her to free me up but balks at the $20/hour charged by local agencies. We might find a local woman and run a police check on her but I'm reading about people suing employers and wiping them out. We can't afford a "slip and fall" lawsuit from a caregiver. How have other dealt with this issue?
To me, that risk, especially higher in frail and sometims mobility compromised older folks, is not worth taking the chance.
The agency also can do background checks and screen candidates, which is easier for them than for you. In addition, they have a choice of workers of different capabilities and personalities who may be suitable, whereas you don't really know if one is until the work actually begins.
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