this post rocks and if i could boost it with some awards i would  when my income improves a bit im going to consider this a few years ago when my mother was living with me in her final days hospice at home we hired one of those cleaning crew companies to clean the house once a week the cleaners were women in their 20s and  i liked the fact that they worked in pairs seems safer for them not to mention faster unfortunately there are things their company policy forbids them to do namely dishes and laundry but those are my two biggies so while there are advantages to hiring a company you have to consider their limitations  hiring a private person like you did is really smart ill have to check out carecom