Roland (my Micronesian neighbor's 30ish son, who takes care of both mom and dad, and who also has his full time job to attend to), who I am very fortunate to have as a night time care giver can't get here until after midnight.
This is not okay, either way.
The main problem I see is that Kaiser QUEST only pays for a quarter hour for someone like Roland (my neighbor's 30ish year old son) to help me into bed. No standard care giver or service will show up for less than a minimum of a full hour at their regular rate and I have not even been able to fnd one of those. It seems no one is willing to work as a care giver for $2.00 an hour and certainly not if they have to travel here to do it.
The minimum pay should be at the hourly rate for at least an hour or $10.00. This could get someone to show up for $70.00 a week.
I don't want to use the hours I have for my care giver during the day on a person to put me into bed at night because I really need my care giver during the day time. Sitting up all night causes my legs to swell horribly. If I am in my bed, I can elevate my legs which prevents the swelling.
Attempting to get myself into bed without help, risks falling each time. I must also take money out of my own pocket to pay the homeless and none of them will get me into bed for less than $10.00 either. This also forces me to keep cash on hand to pay them as they want instant payment
and not be forced to wait a month or two to get their money.
These are the simple realities I have to deal with, every day.
Aloha,
Dennis H. Clarke
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