<prompt> Human: My grandparents are in their late 80s living in central Iowa. The nearest family members are a 3 hour drive away. Lately, when we visit them its clear that they have challenges keeping their house clean and organized, taking care of their yard, doing laundry, and taking the time to cook meals for themselves. They are financially secure enough to where they could afford to pay for some support services 1-2 times per week to help with these above items, but as depression era babies they want to make sure they are getting a good deal. How can we go about finding and contracting for these services? Due to their age, we not only want to find a fair price, but also find a service that doesnt take advantage of them, steal from them, etc. At least for the time being, any type of assisted living care is out of the question, according to them. They want to stay in their house.Any help on the best approach to finding and contracting these services would be appreciated.  <response>: My .02My parents had been talking about downsizing for a few years but my father was extremely attached to the home that theyd built. Then he died suddenly and my mother struggled with the idea of selling the house theyd spent 40 years together in and that hed cared so much about. At the same time, the extensive landscaping, huge yard, tons of square footage to clean and maintain, etc was overwhelming her. Even when we hired help where we could.We finally talked her into looking seriously for a new home. She wanted a small house in town, but we steered her toward a duplex style condo. Everything on one level. We put a lot of time and effort into renovating it to her liking money we will never get back, as she pointed out over and over.The winter after she moved, she fell and broke her hip. Theres no way shed have been able to take care of herself in her old house. The condo was set up perfectly for her though. And she loves it there now. Tons of neighbors to gossip with and no stresses about all the home ownership stuff. She sometimes says she wishes theyd done it years earlier.So get them help where you can, but start planting the seed that their quality of life is way better when they dont have to think about that stuff. 