Hi, my wife currently has a personal assistant ¶ for 10 hours a week. However, for some time now, she has expressed that when she asks the PA to do specific tasks, they are not completed properly. Over the past 10 years, I have often stepped in to handle these responsibilities myself. I don’t provide personal care for my wife, but I find it challenging to assist her with cleaning and toileting. My question—though it might sound awful—is whether my wife can have me as her PA to take care of cleaning, ironing, and shopping, which are tasks that her current PA should be managing. I am 74, and my wife is 70. Thank you
hi @subops1 , it a hard one to say as it depends on what you had written as the job description. My advice is contact the people who you get the PA from and speak to them otherwise it is social services.
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10 hours a week really doesn’t sound anywhere near long enough. Ask Social Services to update your wife’s Needs Assessment. Whilst you can be a PA under certain circumstances, you really need a third party involved so that if you are suddenly ill there is someone your wife knows who could step in.