I've read about a job where you come in at 10pm for Alzheimer patient and and help him redirect him to bed or call staff to help him a few times if he ever tried to get up. So basically almost no work was involved. How do you get this kind of shift. Where do you look for it? He says that he worked for a home health company. Doesn't that not even require a CNA certificate? How does one find a job as described below?
When I was a CNA I worked for a home health company, and some of the overnight companion jobs allowed TONS of free time.
One job was come in at 10pm, sit in a dimly lit room (with book + book light) and monitor an Alzheimer patient during the night (in case he tried to get up). Only a few times did he wake up confused, and I redirected him back to bed or called staff to help him (the facility was responsible for changing him, we just prevented falls). That lasted about a year.
Another was an elderly paraplegic - I would arrive at his house at 8pm, watch TV with him until 10pm, do a twenty minute routine to get him to bed (bathroom, transfer, etc), then I went to my room (I had a private bedroom/bathroom/shower etc) and monitor him via baby monitor during the night. I was allowed to sleep (just turning the radio up high incase he yelled for me),,,usually I brought my laptop and talked online to my wife each night, then sleep at around 2am, wake up at 7am, shower, wake him up and the next shift would arrive and begin cooking breakfast.
Another had me driving someone who was post stroke to the gym each day for rehab - he got me a temporary membership, but I preferred bringing books and studying.
It was a very nice gig while it lasted (I became a nurse), base pay was $10 but went up to $15 depending. I worked with that company for about a year and a half.
I don't think I'll ever get paid to sleep again though.....
