Private Home Helps
Watch this postDuring a conversation with a new member of staff I was utterly shocked when she told me that she and a friend work as private home helps for rich elderly people. They charge the clients £20/£25 per hour each that is they both attend and charge £40/£50 per hour. I think this is outrageous and wonder whether to report them but who would I report to? BTW these home helps are in their mid 50's!
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They got their money because either they inherited it,
or,
they were intelligent and earned it.
If the people doing the business were offering a service at a price which was agreed on and if the people were intelligent and had earned it where is the problem?.
I do not subscribe to the home helps discussion, these were cleaning ladies and doing something in their own time for extra income.
I suspect that there is a element of jealousy in the original comments
I'm not sure who you could report to and what would you be reporting? Age UK may be able to give advise.
Wished to goodness we were more like Spain and family look after their elderly more.