AVOIDING Attendants from HELL
A Practical Guide to Finding, Hiring and Keeping Personal Care Attendants
June Price
 

 

Table of Contents

Introduction

Who Should Move Out

CHAPTERS:

1. Getting Started (Determining needs)
2. Electronic Advertising
3.Preliminary Screening for Live-In (Telephone screening)
4. Initial In-Person Interview
5.  The Job Application
6. The Interview — In Depth (What to ask and listen for)
7. Final Interviewing Phase (Identifying true personality)
8. “It’s Shhhow-time!” (Training new PCAs)
9. The Live-In Contract (In detail)
10. “Say, What?” (Communication techniques and pitfalls)
11.Neither a Borrower, Nor a Lender Be (Lending food and money)
 12.Sex, Drugs and PCAs (Keeping sex and drugs out of the work place)
 13. Perks for Live-Ins (Extras to entice live-ins)
14. The "Live-Out" Live-In
15. The Consumer’s Responsibility (Being a responsible employer)
16.The PCA’s Responsibility (Avoiding bad employers)
17.  The Real ER! (Being medically savvy)
18. Good Care Gone Bad (Mediating disputes and firing PCAs)
19. Rare Pairs (When pairings work)

 APPENDIX:

Appendix A (Sample live-in flyer)
Appendix B (Sample help wanted ad)
Appendix C (Sample employment application)
Appendix D (Sample live-in contract)
Appendix E (Sample medical information sheet)
Appendix F (Resources)
Magazines for People with Disabilities
Independent Living Center
About the Author

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