Cohousing-L Mailing List: health care and guest room

[Sue Ellen Hiers (ncdl]

Hello,
I've been reading books and articles about co-housing and senior co-housing 
that mention one use for a guest room in the common house is for a health aide 
worker.  I don't understand how that would work. 

- Do agencies require you to provide a bedroom for their aide for 24 hour care?
- Does the person needing 24 hour care need to move into the common house to be 
near the aide?
- If this is not for 24 hour care then why provide a bedroom?
- Is there an expectation that a health aide would accept room/board instead of 
cash (or a small stipend)?
- I'm told trading room/board for care is common in south Florida, but does 
this work in areas where there are not a lot of undocumented people?
- What conditions are required to make this work?

I would love to talk to someone who is actually using the guest room in this 
way.

 
Regards,
Sue Ellen Hiers