We were getting home attendants through an agency, but I couldn't set the hours. And the agency was taking about half the Medicaid money allotted for home care. So we moved to a different Medicaid program that gives me an annual budget and I can hire whoever I want for whatever hours I want. But I can't used an agency for this program. So I put out an ad on Craig's List. But I am reading warnings online that using Craig's list can be dangerous. While I was trying to find my way on their web site, I found myself suddenly looking at photos of nude young women. I guess prostitution is now being arranged on this site. I read somewhere that thieves use this website to gain access to people's homes. So I'm kind of scared to hire through it. I tried to use Care.com, but I could not successfully use the website. My Internet skills are that poor. I couldn't seem to stay logged in to it.

I didn't understand how difficult it can be to recruit caregivers.