The reasons that calling a registry of agency is the best choice when hiring a hme care aide
Home care aides may also be called home care assistants, and they provide care in the home for seniors, the disabled, and chronic illness sufferers. Things like cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, bathing and shopping are the kind of tasks the aide provides assistance with. They also may help with taking the patient to appointments, washing dishes, tending to pets, and performing various miscellaneous errands as required.
What is a Home Care Aide? Sometimes also called home care assistants, the provide care to the disabled, chronically ill, seniors, and others in their own home. The aide helps with daily tasks such as laundry, bathing, food shopping, cleaning, meal prep and food shopping, among others. Other places where the aide can be of assistance are with providing transportation to appointments, tending to pets, taking care of plants, washing dishes, and miscellaneous errands. Finally, one of the most important duties of the home care aide is to provide companionship.
Why Hire Through an Agency or Registry? It might initially appear to be a smart financial decision to hire a home care aide directly, bypassing any agency, registry, or other middleman. However, making that choice can lead to a number of far-reaching complications. Now you would be considered an employer, and, as you can imagine, that brings some complicated legalities into the equation.
Home care aides are regularly required to perform physically taxing duties. They may entail assisting the client with bathing, or helping them into or out of bed, assisting with toilet duties, or other tasks that require lifting of some sort, frequently in awkward positions. Unfortunately, this means physical problems are an occupational hazard for home care aides. Any medical costs caused by on-the-job injuries to the aide will probably need to be covered by the employer. Also, worker’s compensation and/or disability payments might be the employer’s obligation. If they have not registered with the government as an employer, they could also be assessed fines.
Additionally, a home care aide may file for unemployment insurance after leaving the service of a client where they have worked full time for a long period of time. This situation has taken place. In such a case, if the client has not been paying unemployment taxes for the aide, they can be subject to having to pay all back taxes plus a fine.
All the aforementioned problems should be moot if the home care aide has properly positioned themselves as a self-employed independent contractor. The problem is that it’s extremely inconvenient for the client to oversee the aide’s situation and confirm that they are in actuality continuing as an independent contractor. Most clients will just be too busy with their own affairs to do this regularly.
Obtaining an aide through an agency can relieve you of these problems. The agency will maintain compliance with all government requirements. The agency will also maintain supervisory staff that can help with any problems that the aide may experience. This can be very valuable in providing the proper level of service to the client. Unfortunately, we’ve all heard stories about dishonest people who take physical or financial advantage of the client. Since agencies and registries perform a full FBI background check when hiring new aides, chances of that happening are much reduced.
A home care aide performs many functions above and beyond basic survival care, including social activities. They become a companion that your loved one will come to know and trust. It is essential that you find someone you can trust and a registry is the best place to look.