But the dilemma lies when you want to keep them safe at home but you cant take care of them during working hours. I can understand why people would send them away to homes. Hiring private caretakers are expensive and hard to find
Its not that hard actually especially if you live in the city area. Many caretakers are for hire that provide services to your door. They even mentioned caregiverasia in the earlier replies. That one is also quite good
I've never used them personally but from the replies it seems professional and trustable. Hiring private caretakers allows you to monitor them more closely with your home cameras if you have one. But more importantly you'll know your old parents is in good environment with good food and all. It is your own house after all
Well I guess because in the city area most of them are small family with only the parents and their children, while in the rural area they usually live together with their other relatives, so still got some ppl to take care of them when the children go to work.
Its feels very irresponsible to send your parents to retirement homes though. Hiring private caretakers is definitely a better alternative but it depends on your finances. I guess i could understand some people might not be able to afford them but to send them away seems ungrateful
Yes I agree, especially when our parents are getting older and having some difficulties with walking, who knows what would happened if they accidentally fell down and there is no one at home to know about it... gosh it just scares me whenever I think about it :(
We as children should not use money as an excuse lah, think about our parents last time, they also not rich what, but still they could raise us to be grown-ups, so impossible when we still young we would be unable to dish out that small expenses to care about their safety.
Yeah that's why I think hiring a caretaker to look after them is something that we should do lah, at least we still have time to be with them whenever we finished our work, so not entirely throw our responsibilities to the caretakers also.
In my opinion the prices that Caregiverasia charged is quite reasonable, they dont have a fixed rate as it depends on how long you require their service, it is very flexible such as maybe this week you are more busy so you hire for the whole week but maybe next week only need three to four days, everything is up to you.
Yes, thats why I also seek the service provided by Caregiverasia to take care of my parents when I am at work, everyday when I go back my home my parents will tell me all sort of good things about the caretaker like how she bring them for a walk outside and also teaches them some of basic functions of electronic gadgets, my parents loved it very much.
wow that sounds lovely. Maybe i'll use their services as well if needed. Thanks for the recommendation
right now i have my parents all alone in the house due to me and my husband working until night and the thought of anything happening to them terrifies me. I've been looking for this kind of caretakers for quite a while and mostly they either charge way too much or have a fixed time of working so its kinda annoying. Luckily many suggested this caregiverasia and the sites looking good. Will update if i end up hiring one :)
