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I agree with Nancy, Ray. Maybe Laureen would fire me if we weren't married (at least I'd never mix lights and darks in the wash, or go off and leave her while I had lunch :-)), but if anyone hires someone to do a specific job (or set of jobs), and that hiree doesn't come through, it's time to find someone else. Your description of your caregiver sounds like someone who is more aggravation than therapeutic. A suggestion to all, at least for temporary help. If you have a university nearby, perhaps you should contact it. You'd want to talk with the department within the university that monitors student organizations. Every honors club and many other student clubs require so many hours of community service (per student) every academic year. If they don't require it, they encourage it. Twenty students times 20 hours of required community service opens a potential of 400 hours every semester. Not all of those students are going to want to pull duty as a caregiver, but I'd bet many of them would. Plus, many departments encourage students to do community service, if not for the greater rewards, because it's great to have on a resume/cv. Please keep in mind that most of these student organizations decide for themselves what constiutes "community service." (In other words, the University doesn't.) I'm just offering a suggestion for anyone who might be in a caregiving jam. Oh yes: I'm Faculty Advisor for two student organizations at Northern Arizona University. One requires community service hours, one encourages them. Students in the former (many of whom are in Nursing or Physical Therapy programs) often are actively looking for ways to fulfill their community service requirements. I've never asked students to help at our home with caregiving duties because it might appear to be a conflict of interest. Plus, I am far from being a good housekeeper. For what it's worth. Scott Scott E. Antes Northern Arizona University Department of Anthropology PO Box 15200 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 ________________________________________ From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of nm [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 8:21 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Help!! Advice FIRE HER simple - Fire her. IF some one is not doing their job, then it is like having noone. I am a patient. I have had care for over 15 years My son always asked me when I complained about an aide. ' Are they doing the job or not?' If they are not , then u fire them and hire someone who can. ' Last time I checked unemployment was pretty high compared to 5 years ago. Call to see if ur community has a senior van. I have been taking mine since I was 36 yrs. old. Their . funding is from the dept. of aged and disabled. Nancy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn