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Currently, I cook dinner for him if he asks me to. Or, I make a snack for him if he asks me to, or provide him and his guests (when he has them) with beverages like wine or beer. I give him his medication at 7 p.m. if he lets the day caregiver go early, and at 9 pm. Then when he's ready to go to bed i see if he wants to brush his teeth then I prepare him to move him with into his bed. I then stretch him (takes about 30min), undress him, put his night condom on if he needs it or/and put on his night urine bag. I then arrange him to sleep with up to 6 pillows, either a Styrofoam wedge between his legs or behind his back, put on his safety boots, put on his hand stretchers, prepare his A-pap machine and put it on him after i apply Chapstick for him. I turn him about every 1 1/2 to 3hrs and provide water our anything else he may need. Give him his medication between midnight and 1am. After he's ready in bed i clean the kitchen, common area, both bathrooms, and then my room. If it doesn't take long, i wipe down the scuff marks off the walls, clean the windows, and i make sure no food had fallen into drawers or behind anything. Once a week i shave his head, trim and shave his beard, trim and file his nails (hands and feet). His hands and feet are done on different days because i do it spa like. Sometimes I'm so tired i miss doing a few things... Yesterday he made a comment that i only work about an hour a night total.

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I think for a night aide you do a lot. Not even a Homemaker aide washes windows and scuff marks off the wall. They do lighthousekeeping. Why do you need to clean both bathrooms? I can see maybe his but are you that messy? Straightening up Ok but really clean like running the vacume? Someone is a little OCD here. I think you may want to call an agency and see what a nighttime aides duties are and what they are being paid.

I read your last post. I think you are being taken advantage of. And if possible, I would move out. Your friend is not going to find any aide to do what he expects of you for what you are being paid. First, they don't do nails at all.
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Sky84ms Jun 2020
Thank you. I was wondering about that. I'm starting to look for a place to live and a new job.
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Way too much at night. Housekeeping is not usually part of a hired caregivers duty. He should be sleeping most of the night. I am with Joanne about being taken advantage of. At night turn every two to three hours and change, if warranted and of course if he is on pain medication. I would encourage him to go through an agency for help, if he is not satisfied with the night care that you are providing.
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My mom's night time caregiver worked from 11pm-7am. She would wash my mom off (with washcloth, in bed) and get her into her pj's and settled in bed. My mom can barely speak so she had a bell she would ring during the night if she needed something. We did expect the caregiver to check on mom during the night even without the bell ringing. We also had the caregiver mop at night, because no one was walking around. The caregiver was allowed to nap if she chose, as long as she could hear the bell.
For all that you are doing I hope you get paid really well!
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Did you take any of the advice given on your other post?

you are being used and abused by someone who is violating the state labor law as well as committing workers compensation fraud.
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Sky84ms Jun 2020
I did. Thank you. I'm looking for a new place to live and a new job. I'm taking the steps i have been advised to take. I was wondering since i was thinking of applying at an agency to be a caregiver for someone else.
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