"... While my friends from church did what they could, they just got burnt out. It was such a burden off of my shoulders knowing that I could rely on you. You guys have been great and I look forward to telling anyone with a need to call you. " - Mrs. L. Z.
Why Home Care?
When considering homecare, it's not uncommon that the question of hiring a private caregiver or friend of the family occasionally is raised. Typically these questions are bourn out of 2 thoughts: 1. Cost savings 2. Simply not being aware that there are companies who specialize in providing in home care. The chart below is a fair comparison of some of the differences between hiring a caregiver privately compared to hiring Visiting Angels.
*
The cost difference
becomes negligible
when workers
compensation
and the time
it takes to
withhold taxes
is factored
in.
Visiting Angels is structured in a way that allows you to maintain all the pros of hiring privately, such as being able to meet caregivers before starting, while at the same time turning the cons into pros. Even agency cost can be a pro when you factor in workers compensation and the time it takes to work with taxes.