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T
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Asked February 2010
Who is responsible for hiring a full-time caregiver for a bedridden elder?
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Carol Bradley Bursack, CDSGF
Feb 2010
That would depend. The home health nurse may be the person coordinating care, but the person with the POA is has control of the finances. It seems to me it would be a team effort.
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