Live-in Respite Care for Seniors – Temporary Caregiving Relief

 

ALHomecare provides both long term and short term (i.e. respite) live-in care.

ALHomecare’s long-term live-in homecare service is our most affordable option starting at 599 euro per week with accommodation and food for the carer. This is our most popular option for families who are looking for ongoing care for their elderly loved one. Please see the Our Prices page for full information on the costs.

If you only need a carer for a week or two (or up to 12 weeks) then our live-in respite care service is the best option for you. With live-in respite care from ALHomecare, the older person can avoid the need for nursing home or residential care. They can stay in the comfort and familiarity of their own home with the one-to-one care of a live-in carer or live-in nurse from ALHomecare, the live-in care specialists.

The carer or nurse is there in the house at night for the older person’s comfort and reassurance and in case of an emergency and then by day they do house-keeping, meal preparation, companionship, personal care, medication supervision etc.

Live-in Respite Care

This involves a live-in carer taking care of an older person while their long term carer takes a holiday or just has a rest. Sometimes the long term carer is a professional carer. Other times it is a relative of the older person who is the long term carer. In any case, every carer needs a break. This is why holiday cover and respite care is so important and ALHomecare is glad to offer this service to families.

Live-in Convalescence Care

This involves a live-in carer taking care of an older person who has just been discharged from hospital and needs care at home for 1 week up to a few months to fully recover.

These short respite/convalescence placements are 1 to 12 weeks in duration. Minimum is 5 days. Carer sleeps in every night of the placement.

Important

All our carers are Garda-vetted, reference checked and provided with ongoing training and support.

Key Advantages of Our Live-in Service:

  1. The older person can continue their normal routine in their own home.

  2. Family and neighbours can come and visit as usual.

  3. No anxiety connected with moving into unfamiliar surroundings.

  4. Visiting HSE Home Support service continues as normal.

  5. If the older person has a pet, then everything continues as normal there also.

  6. One-to-one, person-centred care from a professional live-in carer or nurse.

  7. Carer lives in and is there in case of an emergency at night and provides active care by day.

The Costs Involved

Note: Up to 40% Tax Relief is Available on the Following Costs if the Older Person is Incapacitated

Part 1: Live-in Respite Carer’s Salary:

Respite Carer: 1- 12 weeks:

  1. Respites up to 30 days duration:

  1. The rate of pay for the Carer for Respite/Cover Placements which are up to 30 days in duration is €125 gross salary per day for 7 hours work. The overtime rate of pay is €18 gross per hour for any additional hours worked in the day.

  2. Care of 2 elderly people: 15% supplement on the Carer's salary


  3. Respites 31 days to 12 weeks duration:

  4. The rate of pay for the Carer for Respite/Cover Placements which are 31 days to 12 weeks in duration is €95.55 gross salary per day for 7 hours work and €14.65 gross per hour overtime. This Carer will have between 1 and 3 years caring experience.

  5. For a more experienced Carer i.e. a Carer with more than 3 years' caring experience it is €103.60 gross salary per day for 7 hours work and €15.80 gross per hour overtime.

  6. Care of 2 elderly people: 15% supplement on the Carer's salary if it is partial care of the second person (i.e. excluding personal care) or 25% supplement on the Carer's salary if it is full care of the second person (i.e. including personal care).


  8. Additional costs for all Respite/Cover Placements:

    Accommodation and food provided by the family. 

  9. No utility bills for the Carer to pay

    Employer PRSI is 11.25% extra on top of the Carer's gross salary.

    Paid holiday entitlements that the Carer accumulated during the placement.

    Work on a Sunday is subject to a 10% supplement on the Carer's salary.

    Public holidays are double pay if the Carer works on a public holiday.

    If the Carer is not required to work on a public holiday, then they should be paid at the normal rate of pay for that day.

    The Carer's travel expenses to the client's home should be refunded.

    If the Carer is coming from abroad (within Europe) the inbound flight should be refunded.

Part 2: ALHomecare Placement Fee

This is the fee for setting up the placement and is payable before the placement starts.  Vat is extra at 23%

  1. Up to 1 week cover/respite: 265 euro

    Up to 2 week cover/respite: 450 euro

    Up to 3 week cover/respite: 650 euro

    Up to 4 week cover/respite: 795 euro

    Up to 5 week cover/respite: 895 euro

    Up to 6 week cover/respite: 995 euro

    Up to 7 week cover/respite: 1,095 euro

    Up to 8 week cover/respite: 1,295 euro

    Up to 10 week cover/respite: 1,495 euro

  2. Up to 12 week cover/respite: 1,695 euro   

Note:

If a cover converts into a long term placement, then the difference between the cover placement fee and the long term placement fee of 1,895 euro including VAT must be paid by the family to ALHomecare before the cover/respite placement finishes.  ALHomecare's monthly training and support programme and related monthly fee come into effect when a cover/respite placement ends and the long term placement begins. The monthly training and support fee is 295 euro per month and this is payable for the full duration of the remainder of the placement on the 1st of every month.  

Part 3: Payroll Service Cost

You, the family, must register as the Carer's employer and arrange for payslip(s) to be issued. If you don't have an accountant, we can recommend a very good payroll service that can take care of this payroll admin for you.

  1. The payroll service will do the following for you:

  2. - Register you as the Carer's employer,

  3. - Issue the payslip(s),

  4. - Organise the Revenue returns

  5. - At the end of the placement, close off the employment and de-register you as the Carer's employer.

  • There is a once off set up fee of 75 euro plus VAT at 23% to register you as the Carer's employer and then 60 euro plus VAT at 23% per payslip issued. You can deregister yourself as the employer at the end of the placement or the payroll service can do this for you for 50 euro plus VAT at 23%.

Note:

ALHomecare’s 3-week trial period doesn’t apply to holiday cover or respite placements.

Our placement fee and payroll fee are non-refundable once the placement starts.

A non-refundable deposit of 50% of the placement fee is required when the respite cover request has been accepted by ALHomecare. This deposit is discounted from the placement fee. The balance of the placement fee i.e. the other 50% is payable before the carer starts the placement.

To apply for a live-in carer, go to the Get Started page of ALHomecare.ie and fill in our online application form and send us a photo of your relative and photos of the inside of their home.

The lead in time is normally 2 to 4 weeks but please give us as much notice as possible.

You are very welcome to call us on either 087 991 6791 or 087 744 0729 for further information.

Thank you!