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Hi Fred. We have home health workers who come in to help my mom with bathing, shampooing, another to help with light cleaning chores, and a nurse bi-weekly. I find this to be very helpful for her, and for the rest of the family. It provides some manner of companionship as well as expert care and others to obser ve, in case you feel you are becoming too close to the situation to see clearly . The only short-coming I see is the tendancy for the workers to express differing views on things concerning Mom. This is very disconcerting to her, since she gets extremely "nervous" regarding her routine, meds, well, almost anything. The other problem is that she is here for the good weather, and returns to Fla. for the winter months (or about October to May) where services of that nature ar e for the winter months (or about October to May) where services of that nature ar e scarce due to the large senior population. It is striclty on a "need to have" basis. They have so many bed-ridden elders with virtually no family support, th at these people have to come first. Its very sad. Anyway, my Mom has a husband who, while legally blind, can do many chores and is quite helpful in different ways. Didn't mean to go on so, but I do think these services are well worth the effort it takes to initiate them. I don't know how your area operates such things, but in NH, where I live, its not too difficult, and the services are generous. Best wishes to you and yours. Lynn Lowe