To expect my parents' carers to stay with them?

[parnsipsandcaulis]

We are having a nightmare with the care my parents need. Both are elderly, frail and need assistance with their meals and with getting up in the morning and going to bed at night: so far so good.

However the carers just aren't staying. They have an hour in the morning but generally do between 40 and 50 minutes; their remaining visits should be half an hour each but the carers only stay twenty/twenty five minutes.

I've complained a number of times - AIBU about this?

If you offered me £30 an hour I'd be on your doorstep now

Would you though? 7 days a week? EVERY morning, evening and meal time?
You wouldn't. Private carers who get good money don't take on new clients and don't even advertise. It's still work and there's only so many days a week they wanna do it. So it's not that simplistic

What is your nightmare ? It sounds like all care is being given but they are just not hanging around at the end clock watching until the time is up . How do you know how long they are there ?

When I worked in the community we were given an allocated time but if it took less than you would go ( and if it took longer we would absolutely stay ) .

I had carers just for evening meals (as well other carers at other times in day) you never just employ one person for lots of small hours. Because how keen they are at start the reality of 7 days is a lot. You get 2/3 people who work pattern or set days in week. Then everyone has time off no one gets fed up. Plus you have people to cover sick and holidays etc. Managing your own care is a full time job in itself!

What Akire said! it's not just a matter of finding one person who will work for £30/hr, you need to fill the whole care package. And usually the reason why paid carers are needed is because it became too much for just one person (the unpaid carer/spouse) to do!

You might have 5 or 6 different carers or more, some might only do 1 day a week. you got to find all those people who are all ready to start right now if you go for private individual carers..

there's so much more to it than throwing money at it!

Had the op been back ?

Or is this going to be on Mathew dingbat tomorrow ?

there's so much more to it than throwing money at it!
True and of course if you employ someone how long should the contract be? The elderly person could be admitted to hosp anytime or need to be moved to a nursing home. Who will work under those conditions?