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Senior Care Online senior home care services
online

• Website www.seniorcareonline.com

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Hiring an Independent Caregiver? Here Are the
Legalities You Must Know About

• These days, we can do everything from our mobile,
  right from shopping and dating to hiring senior
  home care services online. When you can use a
  senior care online app to easily hire a senior
  caregiver, working with an agency and paying
  extra seem to be a less-attractive option.
• But when you decide to hire an independent senior
  caregiver, it becomes important for you to know
  the difference between an independent caregiver
  and a household employee and what it means for
  you.

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What is an independent caregiver?

• Commonly known as a private caregiver, an
  independent caregiver is a caregiver professional
  who does not work for an agency. They work
  independently, find clients on their own, or
  maybe contacted by Care Seekers directly.
  Careseekers can often negotiate their work hours
  and payment directly.
• According to the IRS, when a privately hired
  independent caregiver is paid more than 2,300
  per year (in 2021), they are deemed as a
  household employee, except for situations where
  the family paying for services can show the
  caregivers true independence.
• Most senior caregivers who are paid by
  careseekers or the caregiver agencies directly
  are considered household employees, and not
  independent contractors. People who falsely
  classify a caregiver as an independent contractor
  might be penalized by the IRS.

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Responsibilities Of Hiring an Independent
Caregiver

• Employment taxes
• Record keeping
• Insurance Matters
• This stands true for both
• Senior caregivers who people hire privately
• Senior caregivers who people hire through a
  registry service that may facilitate payments but
  is not the employer.

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How to Choose/Hire an Independent Caregiver

• Create a Job Description that Covers the Level of
  Care Needed
• Before you contact or hire any private senior
  caregiver, you should enlist all the duties and
  activities that are needed for the elderly loved
  one, for instance, whether the elderly person
  just needs companionship or the elderly with
  Alzheimer's who live alone need light
  housecleaning and assistance with running
  errands. Or, the elderly loved one needs
  extensive care for a few days.
• Once you determine the level of care, write down
  a job description as detailed as possible, which
  should include
• All the responsibilities and duties of the
  caregiver
• Working hours and days per week
• Any special skills or training required
• Experience
• Personal qualities you prefer

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Decide on the Pay Rate of the Senior Caregiver

• When determining the pay rate for a senior
  caregiver, you need to keep in mind two things -
  federal law and local market pricing. Caregivers
  fall under the law of the Fair Labor Standards
  Act (FLSA). The federal minimum wage for
  caregivers is 7.25/hour in 2021 (which varies
  state by state). However, the hourly minimum wage
  is set to go up to 15 in the near future.

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Find Senior Caregivers Online and Interview Them

• The most easiest and convenient way to find a
  private caregiver is to install the Senior Care
  Online App, also known as Bloom. You can trust
  this app as it is implemented appropriately with
  combined rigorous background checks skill set
  requirements educational qualification and
  various other critical factors. With this
  easy-to-use app, you can find and speak to senior
  caregivers in the comfort of your home over your
  phone. 
• Once you narrow down a few senior caregivers,
  schedule an interview in person or online to make
  the final decision.
• Ask all questions you have in your mind such as
  previous work experience, training, special
  skills, and availability. You can also ask them
  what they like about caring for seniors and how
  they would handle a difficult senior with mood.
  Once you think that they match your needs and
  requirements, you can further talk about policies
  they need to follow while working, such as no
  smoking in the house.

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Conduct a Background Check

• When you find the right professional for Elderly
  Care Online, a background check is essential to
  ensure the safety of the care recipient and the
  household. For that, you can confirm their prior
  employment, check references, verify license and
  certifications, check credit reports, see their
  DMV reports, and do a criminal background check.
• To do all this work, you can also hire help from
  a law office, private investigator, or an online
  company. Remember that you will need to get a
  signed release from the potential caregiver to
  perform a background check.

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Create a Contract for Independent Caregiver

• After you have hired a private senior caregiver,
  you need to prepare a job contract, which should
  include the start date of employment,
  responsibilities and duties in detail, payment
  amount, vacation days, and anything that the job
  entails. The caregiver is required to sign two
  copies of the contract - one for the caregiver
  and the other for you, the employer.
• Hiring independent or private elderly care online
  usually costs less than paying an agency.
  Besides, you get to choose the caregiver
  yourself, unlike an agency where the caregiver
  they send might not meet your expectations.
•  So, in exchange for a few responsibilities, you
  can enjoy peace of mind by hiring a private
  senior caregiver and save money as well. Just
  make sure that when you hire Online Senior Home
  Care Services for your elderly loved one, you
  analyze your options well.

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Contact Us

• Website - https//seniorcareonline.com/
• Mail us at - info_at_seniorcareonline.com
• Call us (24/7) - 870-222-0457

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