24/7 home care should be just that, reliable and secure. After just a few days of their service we had problems with most of the eight hour shifts we paid $24/hour for. Aides calling off, aides leaving early without notifying anyone, the care is anything but seamless and reliable.
Of the 7 different aides we retained in our initial week of home care for our parents, one was outstandingly professional, 2 were just adequate, 2 never showed up and the other two left shifts early, leaving a dementia patient. At one point, the aide was asleep In front of the TV while the dementia patient wandered the house in the middle of the night, discovered by his frail wife, who was supposed to be able to sleep through the night.
It was our parent's desire to remain in their home with 24 hour care, but after less than a full week, we decided we couldn't take a chance with our parents' safety any longer and they will enter assisted living facility so we can sleep at night in confidence that they are being cared for. read more