Adding Elder Care to Nanny's Job

Here's our situation. Nanny of 11 months, cares for one school aged and one 15 month old. Nanny live out and works 7-6, M-F. Her year agreement ends next month. Meanwhile, my mother had a stroke 8 weeks ago and we are moving her here to live with us. We don't want two care providers in the house. Our current nanny makes $650 per week.

Stacey Torres

We had been in the process of renovations which included a game room off the garage. We are turning the game room into a mother in law style suite with bathroom, cupboards, microwave, sink, refrigerator. The bathroom is being modified for handicapped usage. These modifications will be completed June 30. My mother may arrive in advance of this due to discharge from her rehab facility. She will continue in home PT once she arrives here.

We would like to continue the job description as is with regard to the nanny, with a few modifications. We would like the nanny to stand by/assist bathe my mother during the 15 month old's naps. We would also like her to do her laundry and prepare her breakfast and lunch. The nanny curently makes dinner for the whole family, so I don't see increasing the portion size as being extra tasking. We were thinking of offering the job to our current nanny first at a rate of $825 per week, to go to $900 after one month of making this work. If she is not interested, we were going to advertise the position at $700-850 DOE. Does this sound fair?

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