Hiring acquaintances to care for the elderly – short-term benefits but long-term risks?
When starting the journey taking care of elderly parentsMany Vietnamese families often choose a very familiar solution:
- 👉 Hire an acquaintance
- 👉 Thanks to relatives
- 👉 Or find someone who came from the countryside.
The reason is very simple:
- Trust
- Easy to talk to
- The cost could be lower.
Initially, this seemed like a reasonable option.
But after a while, many families began to realize:
- 👉 Taking care of the elderly is not as simple as we think.
And the hardest part… wasn't the care itself, but dealing with the problems that arose.
1. The "reluctance to give feedback" mentality – the biggest risk when hiring acquaintances.
When hiring strangers:
- 👉 Not suitable → can be exchanged
But when hiring someone you know:
- 👉 Inappropriate → very awkward
❗ Very common situations:
- Hardworking people who don't do it the right way.
- Lack of sufficient skills in caring for the elderly.
- Working habitually, without standards.
But family:
- Reluctant to give feedback
- Afraid of offending others.
- Afraid of affecting the relationship.
👉 And the result:
- I know it's not perfect... but I still have to accept it.
2. Acquaintances who are not trained – mistakes happen every day.
Job caring for the elderly and sick. not just:
- Feed
- Remind me of my medication.
And also:
- Observe the signs
- Provide the right support.
- Handling the situation
❗ Common mistakes:
- Helping elderly people with incorrect posture → causes pain
- Failing to recognize abnormal signs.
- Uncontrolled diet
These are the mistakes:
- No immediate consequences
- But it accumulates over time.
👉 And it directly affects health when taking care of sick parents
3. There is no system – everything depends on "individual consciousness".
When hiring someone you know:
- 👉 Do not have:
- Procedure
- Standard
- Monitor
This leads to:
- Do a different style each day.
- No consistency
- No one checked.
👉 With long-term care for the elderly, this is extremely dangerous:
- Small deviations accumulate into major problems.
4. When it comes to making substitutions – it's almost an "unsolvable problem".
One of the most difficult situations:
- 👉 The family is no longer happy.
But:
- Cannot say it directly
- It's not easy to find a replacement.
- I don't want to lose the relationship.
👉 Result:
- Accept to continue
- Or interruption of care.
👉 Neither is good for caring for the elderly
5. SAN – an alternative to the “emotional” model
After experiencing these difficulties, many families began to realize:
- 👉 You can't rely on emotions.
- 👉 There must be a system.
And that's where SAN's apps for caring for the elderly and the sick become a clearer option.
6. How does SAN address these issues?
🌟 1. Not dependent on personal relationships
- Don't hesitate to give feedback.
- Not bound
👉 Everything is clear and transparent.
🌟 2. Trained caregivers
- Knowing how to care for the elderly
- Knowing how to care for elderly and sick people.
- Follow the established procedures.
🌟 3. It has a monitoring system.
- The work is being monitored.
- There is a reminder.
- There are reviews
🌟 4. Players can be substituted at any time.
👉 This is the huge difference:
- Not "stuck"
- No interruption in care
🌟 5. Ensuring humanistic elements
Caregiver in SAN:
- Not just work
- But truly caring and supportive.
7. Conclusion
Hiring someone you know could:
- 👉 Suitable in the short term
But with the following:
- caring for the elderly
- elderly care
- caring for parents with long-term illnesses.
👉 This is the model:
- very difficult to control and unsustainable.
👉 What the family needs is not:
- acquaintance
- or cheap people
👉 Instead, it is:
- a professional and stable care system
SAN is that solution.
📲 Call to action
If you're struggling to care for elderly parents or are "stuck" with the arrangement of hiring someone you know:
- 👉 It's time to move on to a better solution.
📞 Hotline: 1900.0666.88
📲 Download the app SAN Start today to find a suitable caregiver who is properly trained and supervised.
