La famille Trent de East Amherst, États-Unis recherche un(e) auxiliaire de vie pour Nettoyage et lessive, Se laver et s'habiller, Aide à la mobilité & Compagnie et conversation

Good day,
First- please note this is NOT a child care position. My 52 year old wife has a fatal condition known as ALS. She has deteriorated to the point of being completely immobile and can no longer speak and be understood by most people. Her prognosis is bad but her spirits are good. She currently lives with me and our younger son who is 20 years old. However, I work full time and he attends school and has a job outside of school. That leaves my wife home alone a majority of daylight hours during the week. She spends much of the day online with an eye-gaze assistive device- but as I said, spends it alone.

I take her to her parents home once or maybe twice a week during the day but I feel bad doing it because they are in their 70s and can not physically help her at all. She is 5'-1 (155cm) and 120# (54kg). If you can not lift that weight (not fully off the ground) to be able to maneuver her from, for example, her wheelchair to the toilet, I'm sorry but please do not apply. FYI, I do not always FULLY lift her- you can usually lift and pivot her from one to the other.

I am looking for someone, could be a live-in person, as a companion to her in the time she has left, take her to the bathroom during the day, occasionally dress/undress her, and to do light housework. Basic housework like laundry, vacuuming, loading and unloading the dishwasher when necessary, dusting- things get neglected with my work schedule and my sons school/work schedule.

ALS is fatal and my wife is completing her 3rd year with it. The average lifespan from diagnosis is 3-5 years but a few rare cases live for 10, 20, or more years. While I am hopeful, I highly doubt that will be the case with her given her decline. I need a person with a big heart, capable of simply being a friend who will also perform the above tasks, and cook some meals during the work week so I can spend that time with her when I get home, instead of in the kitchen making dinner. You will have the freedom to do whatever you wish from roughly 8pm to 8am during the week and whatever you want to do on the weekends is pretty much your time.