{"id":6394,"date":"2021-08-06T20:26:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T19:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/?p=6394"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:21:14","slug":"home-care-vs-independent-caregiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/home-care-vs-independent-caregiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Between Home Care and Independent Caregivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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People constantly ask for advice on the best course of action: choosing home care through an agency or searching directly for their own independent caregiver. While both are very relevant options, the situations that call for each are different – and at Finding HomeCare, we believe you can have the best of both worlds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Independent Caregivers<\/em><\/span>\u00a0–<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Less expensive<\/li>\n
  • May provide a broader range of support services<\/li>\n
  • Families can be more involved with the selection of caregiver<\/li>\n
  • Caregivers may be more flexible with schedule change<\/li>\n
  • May be available for travel assistance<\/li>\n
  • Fees for service are negotiable<\/li>\n
  • End of year tax right off to family for hiring caregiver services<\/li>\n
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    Cons:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Families must perform own caregiver background checks*<\/li>\n
    • Caregivers usually do not have professional liability insurance<\/li>\n
    • No backup caregivers for sick days<\/li>\n
    • Can be challenging to locate, hire and train<\/li>\n
    • Families must manage payroll & withholdings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Home Care Agencies<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 –<\/p>\n

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      Pros:<\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Perform caregiver background checks<\/li>\n
      • Have professional liability insurance<\/li>\n
      • Offer backup caregivers when primary caregiver cannot work<\/li>\n
      • Easy to locate and hire a home care agency<\/li>\n
      • Agency manages payroll<\/li>\n
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        Cons:<\/span><\/p>\n

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        • More expensive<\/li>\n
        • Typically, provide limited range of support services<\/li>\n
        • Caregivers limited to those the home care agency has on staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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          Finding HomeCare is run by Lindsay herself and is not an agency. However, with Lindsay’s knowledge and contacts, she is able to pair families with caregivers the way a large agency would – but with the care of a small business and one-on-one attention. Choose to have the best of both worlds by speaking with Lindsay at Finding HomeCare for your specific needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          People constantly ask for advice on the best course of action: choosing home care through an agency or searching directly for their own independent caregiver. While both are very relevant options, the situations that call for each are different – and at Finding HomeCare, we believe you can have the best of both worlds. Independent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":990002,"featured_media":6282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[76,70,72,73,75,71,69,77,68,74],"class_list":["post-6394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-care","tag-inland-empire-elder-care","tag-los-angeles-caregiving","tag-orange-county-elderly-assistance","tag-riverside-caregiving-services","tag-san-bernardino-caregiver-services","tag-san-diego-home-care","tag-socal-senior-care","tag-southern-california-disability-support","tag-southern-california-elder-care","tag-ventura-senior-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/990002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6394"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11449,"href":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6394\/revisions\/11449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/developertestserver2.com\/findinghomecare-lindsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}