Are you a nanny caring for young children or a senior caregiver caring for a frail adult? Do you employ a nanny or senior caregiver? Does this caregiver know how to reach important parties in an emergency? Every caregiver should be provided with an Emergency Contacts list at the start of employment.
Topics: senior care, nanny, emergency plans, caregiver, nanny tax case study
Quality senior care is a challenge millions of families are facing as our aging family members require increasing amounts of personal care services.
Topics: elder care, aging in place, senior care, companionship services
School is out, and families nationwide are turning to summer nannies to provide safe, individualized caregiving for their young children over the summer holidays.
Topics: nanny payroll, summer nanny, nanny taxes
The new 2014 Employee Benefit Research Institute survey found that 57 percent of workers have less than $25,000 in total household savings and investments. Two-thirds (68 percent) of those with annual household income of less than $35,000 report less than $1,000 in household savings.
Topics: nanny retirement, nanny savings
New York City's paid sick leave act went into effect April 1, 2014. This does apply in a limited manner to domestic service workers, such as a nanny, housekeeper or senior caregiver.
Topics: new york household employment
Topics: elder care, employment authorization, workers compensation household employees, Hiring Elder care
Navigating the roadmap of senior home care can be challenging, and the everchanging laws make it even more overwhelming. We are receiving an increasing number of emails regarding the so-called "Nanny Tax," and other concerns surrounding private household employment of senior home caregivers. In response to these questions, we decided to address the top three Elder Care FAQ’s
Topics: elder care, eldercare, household employee, nanny tax, Hiring Elder care, senior home care
Usually around this time of year we start getting worried phone calls from families confused by the household employee taxes or the "nanny taxes." We pulled together some more of the frequently asked questions our tax experts are getting in time for April 15th.
Topics: elder care, eldercare, household employee taxes, senior care, 1099 v w-2, senior home-care workers
Let’s face it: sitting your aging parents down to talk about their finances is about as comfortable as talking to them about sex (eons ago, they probably felt the same way you do right now!) But just as it was back then, the conversation- though difficult- is imperative to your future decision making.
Topics: elder care, aging in place, eldercare, senior care, hiring care for seniors, senior home care
Recently, Dr. Judith L. London published a book of 54 stories detailing the challenging and sometimes heroic lives of caregivers of Alzheimer's sufferers. And it's no wonder Dr. London found it compelling to collect a these stories in one place: in a study conducted by Stanford University and the Alzheimer's Association, more than 15 million people provide unpaid care for family members, or even friends, who suffer from the disease.
Topics: elder care, Alzheimer's, senior care
