I am in the Southwest; room and board as well as weekends off would be included. At night, a caregiver may be woken up one time. My husband had a stroke a year ago and we have had excellent, professional, round the clock care but as he recovers, I don't feel that we still need such costly, high level care. The primary duties would be wheelchair transfers, meal prep, and light house-keeping such as loading dishwasher. This might take 1-2 hours on most days. I have a house-keeper that does the heavier chores. Therefore, there is plenty of time for someone to work on their online business or schooling. I've heard that people pay between 5-10K. Would love to hear your experiences and insight. Thanks so much.
I assume your hubby had rehab. Is he still having physical therapy? That is probably what I would do, drive him to a physical therapy center. I saw what my Dad went though with using home therapy compared to going to a therapy center... huge difference, Dad did so much better at the latter.
For myself, I wouldn't have a live-in caregiver. They burn out too quickly especially if one is also going to college or has a work from home type of employment.
I would need to figure out other ways of dealing with a situation. If hubby needs help getting out of bed at night to use the bathroom, well I would attempt to get him to try a Depends type garment or a bedpan type product if it is for peeing at night. Lessen liquids after dinner.
As for meals, I am a TV dinner type of cook [I do watch sodium levels]. Anything I prep from scratch turns into a science project gone terribly wrong. I recently re-discovered using a crock pot and so far the food is eatable. We also do carry-out as we rather eat at home. We usually can get several meals out of one.
I am sure other's here can come up with other ideas :)
It's not an impossible idea but you will need to think it through. For example, supposing this might on the face of it suit a student nurse, is this going to be a student nurse who has no social life at all and never attends lectures or workplace training? - because you need the person to be available first thing in the morning, during the day, and again at bed time. The time taken in tasks may not seem to add up to very much, but the hours on duty extend throughout the day and night.