My parents took care of there own meals for decades living in their own home but they are now in their late 80s and various health issues and general deterioration that comes with age makes preparing and cleaning up meals ever more difficult. They have lived in the same home for 57 years.
How would I go about trying to find someone willing to come to their house 4-5x/week to prepare a meal and clean up afters (say, from 3-5:30PM each day as they eat very early these days)? Care.com ? Something else?
Do there exist personal chefs also willing to help with other things, such as going to Trader Joe's with one of my parents, or doing one load of laundry, or something like that?
(NOTE 1: What we've realized over the past 1-2 years is that attempting to hire a low-skilled caregiver through an agency is difficult for my parents to manage, and that by far the most difficult and time consuming task these days is preparing healthy dinner meals for themselves and cleaning up afterwards. So perhaps it makes more sense to start with someone who is a skilled chef that needs little direction . . . and if we're lucky is willing to do a few other things from time to time.)
(NOTE 2: Moving to an independent living facility is an option they are considering, but even if they choose that option, it could be well over a year before they get their turn on the waitlist for a size/type living quarters they hope to move to. So we still need to find ways to help them over the next year or two).
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