Hello my name is Marcie and I am a home care aide trying to put together a team of up to 9 or 10 home care workers to care for several individuals - Those needing care at this point include two women and one gentleman, all seniors: They are all located in the suburbs the gentleman is Southwest of the city, and the women are in Henrietta and Irondequoit. They are all paid through a New York Sate Program that enables Medicaid to pay care givers, chosen by the care receiver, to receive hourly payment. In this case the agency that takes care of the paperwork and payroll is CCOR Rochester, which has verysupportive staff. The rate of pay is just under $18 per hour and with up to 10 hours of overtime pay at approximately $26.50/hr. After you meet a family and they let CCOR know you're "hired," you fill out a form, get a physical at your doctor's office, and go through a fairly simple intake process with CCOR and then you can start. I am writing this ad because it is difficult to find people to do this work and these families will each need several care workers to fulfill 24 hour schedules. I am also interested to find other members eager to consider themselves as part of a team of mutually caring and supportive professionals.
In creating an intentional team, even though it will be informal, we can support one another, share ideas with each other, and fill in for one another to provide continuity of care as well as some flexibility in our own schedules. Traditionally in home-care and in nursing, shifts are 12 hours - for instance 8:00 - 8:00 or 9:00 - 9:00 days or overnights, but it is up to us and the families we care for to determine a schedule that meets the needs of both caregivers and the recipients of care. We can share a calendar electronically to help keep track of the scheduling. We will also keep logs for medication and another for describing how the day went for our care receiver; an optional occasional group zoom meeting will help us learn to remember we are all fallible humans and stay on the same page with each other.
The care receivers range from easy to more challenging to care for. They were once fascinating, courageous, and amazing people when they were younger and they are still amazing! I am relatively new to adult home care, but I like it - I took care of my own mother for many years all the way through to hospice. After her passing, caring for other people's parents is my new career. I have degrees in biology and education and have worked in many different fields and this is the most recent one.
The consumer directed personal assistance program or CDPAP is a great program that helps those who formerly had to depend solely on themselves or on charity, or be forced to go prematurely to a nursing facility. In this work I find myself not only giving and receiving help at times, from the client, but also through meeting and interacting with others who love and visit the person receiving care, such as friends and relatives, pets, and neighbors, and health care workers. You will also be able to take the person places from of course the doctor's or hairdressers, and grocery, but also to the parks, elder programs, or invite them into your favorite places and spaces. We can even bring the people being cared for together. It's great work, its humbling work, its very human work, that is in high demand. Spending the day or overnight with someone in their world and in a home environment feels often to me almost like a spiritual retreat. It's whatever you work out with the care receiver and their loved ones, and learn in discussions with other team members.
Please email me to this Craigslist ad if you would like to know more! email with you soon! Marcie
