It started around 2004 (while building my own consulting business), as I became the person responsible for the oversight of healthcare and senior living needs (from independent to assisted living, and skilled nursing & hospice) for numerous needs related to aging, cancers, etc., with my parents, and in-laws, simultaneously over the next 10 years. It turned into some additional p/t consulting with families and their elderly loved ones who were lost in a system they didn't understand, and an eventual plan when I retired to continue to help families with their elderly loved ones needs, including private home care/companionship/oversight, etc. I have held medical power-of-attorney for some clients. That all expanded as I was approached also by middle-aged clients battling cancer, and recovering from surgeries, etc. I love what I do.
Caregivers that work non-full-time jobs or irregular shifts can negotiate extra compensation in addition to their standard hourly wage.
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