I am a caregiver to a 65 yr old disabled vet. He is in a wheelchair. I am required to make his breakfast whenever he gets up and that can be anywhere from 9 to noon. Empty urinals. Feed animals. Drive him to all his doctors appointments and wait till he is done and they usually last all day at VA hospital. Drive him to stores and anywhere else he wants to go. I do not have use of car for myself. Cook dinner every night. Do laundry. Trash. Clean house. Do dishes. Fix him a coke with ice about every hour it seems. I have removed and replaced flooring and put in wood floor. Wasnt paid for that. I have repaired dozens of things around the house. For free. A nurse comes and does his bath. And for my services all I get is room and board. So obviously I have to have a job to pay my bills. I have been going to interviews and was hired for a nice position making 40 an hour.. First day i am to start he has a doctors appointment. I lose job cuz I cant goto work cuz i have to take him to doctors. This has happened twice now. And i have been keeping track and he calls my name to do something like throw something in the trash, or pick up something he dropped at least every 20 minutes all day. Every day. This has gotten progressively worse.
My plan is to goto him and tell him that for room and board only he is allotted X number of hours a week of my time.
So my question is, how many hours a week should he be alloted for room and and board only? and
Should I be receiving some kind of compensation in addition to room and board? If so how much? I am in Texas.
If you sleep 8 hours a night, but are on duty the other 16 x $10/hr that would be $160 per day or $4800 a month. EEK you are underpaid by a LOT.
Personally, I think you should take that job at $40/hr and move on.