I need a caregiver willing to come to my home for an hour or 1 1/2 hour evenings 7 days/week. He has dementia, but very pleasant. Advice?

I live near Bethlehem PA. Thank you all for your answers! I appreciate your input!

I’m in California it’s about $52 for 1 hour but $112 for 4 hours. They prefer the staff get their hours even if it’s a couple days a week. You might find it difficult and costly to find professional care for an hour a day and private hired care can lead to theft or neglect. I would see if a neighbor or someone from a church could come by for a small fee?

The agency I used had a 3 hour minimum, but perhaps you could used the extra time to help him/you with dinner, or stay with him so you could run a errand or 2? I’m sure you could find something for them.

With an hour or hour and a half a week, agencies will not generally deal with you.  They generally look at minimum of 4 hour shifts.   I would suggest trying local churches, senior centers and colleges.

We use Visiting Angels in FL and for the minimum type of care (meaning, non-medical in any way) the rate is $22 p/hr. In my family's experience I highly recommend using an agency even though a private hire seems more cost effective until you consider the headaches involved in being an employer. You won't find it easy to get someone to come to your home 7 days a week for a measly 1.5 hrs of work at a weird hour of the day, but maybe an agency will be able to find someone. An agency has accountability for doing background checks and for any inappropriate behavior by their people and taking care of all related employment issues. Also, what will you do if your private hire gets sick or goes on vacation or up and quits? Through an agency you will get the "best" people if you can offer at least 4 hrs/5 days a week of work. It will still be cheaper than a NH, but once your caregiver needs to start giving out meds or one of you is a fall risk, the agency needs to provide someone with more qualifications and training, so the hourly rate goes up and up. But for someone to help with a bedtime routine, as long as they're not doing anything construed as "medical", you would probably pay the lowest rate. Good luck!