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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.

Hiring Caregivers Yourself

   

Pros

Usually $2 to $3 less expensive than an agency *

    

Cons

Background checks not done

No supervisor to oversee quality of care

Increased incidence of theft

Client is responsible for withholding taxes

Client is responsible for workers compensation

No backup for sickness/emergency

Client/family must take time to manage the caregiver

Caregivers usually need full time hours

Reliability of the caregiver

Client/family must confront the caregiver when issues arise

Hiring Visiting Angels

   

Pros

Background checks performed on all caregivers

Caregiver is supervised in quality of care

Less incidence of theft

Bonded and licensed by the state

Agency pays workers compensation

Agency does tax withholding

Backups for emergencies/sickness

Quick response time

You can interview the caregiver before they start

Unreliable caregivers are weeded out during the screening process

    

Cons

Cost can be $2 to $3 more than hiring privately *

* 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.
      

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