free rent + $$$

Lincoln Trail near Route 48, Taylorville IL

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JOB: a very different situation: YOU need to be: -- NON SMOKER -- No more than a soft drinker -- FEMALE -- No guests -- Single, no kids -- Trustworthy -- Kind and caring -- have a car You get: -- FREE rent -- Garage space -- utilities included --$300 cash a month -- basically a private bath If you smoke, please stop reading. Even if you smoke outside, 3rd hand smoke still causes odors and dirties the house, bedding, rugs, etc. I'm sure you're a nice enough person, but allergies and simply hating the smell of smoke are not tolerable things. "Job" description. My mother is 83 years old. Very kind, friendly. She loves company. If you take this opportunity, you will hear the same stories repeatedly. You will also have free rent. You don't need to spend all of your time with her. I would like to make sure she has someone to speak with so she's not so lonely. Someone to watch some game shows with her. She turns the channels a lot. Maybe sit and put a puzzle together with her once a week. A couple of times a week, perhaps pick a topic and ask her about it. What types of pets she's had. Cats? Dogs? She loves those topics. And share your experiences. The Chicago Cubs. Her travels to different countries. If you pick a certain topic, you won't hear as many things repeatedly on the same day. LOL If you work days, dinner together would be great. Nights, maybe lunch together. You don't have to eat every day with her, just a fairly consistence in sharing simple meals. She'll provide most of the food that you'll prepare. Again, leftovers from one day to another are not a problem. If you drink a lot of soda, special beverages, etc., you should buy those on your own. If you drink just one soda a day, cool, I'm sure she can pay for that. She uses a seated walker to move around, and goes fairly slowly. She has a problem with her feet that they are not normal. She needs to have someone wash her sheets and make the bed. She needs to have someone to change out the pad squares she sits on so urine doesn't go through to her chair. Wash them when there are enough for a load. She doesn't wear anything below the waist. I know, gross. It's not like she's exposed when going through the house. She does have a house coat that she has on. She CANNOT put things on her as in all the way to her feet then pull them all the way up. So, she sits in her mechanical chair and has sheets or blankets covering her. She thinks people don't realize this..... One necessary thing to do is to help her get an adult diaper on every morning after she wakes up and uses the bathroom. Right now she can't pull the diapers all the way up, so she just goes without. She sits on either a puppy pad, which is annoying because the smell can get bad. We have the kinds of pads that a hospital puts on the bed to keep urine from going onto the sheets. She's been lazy at using them. Having someone live with her will make it possible to have them placed on and taken off the chair so that she can stay dryer. Make very basic meals. Mac and cheese, spaghetti, etc. You won't need to cook every day. If you make a big pot of spaghetti, you can reheat it for a few days. Same with mac and cheese. Make sure she gets some fresh fruit, a green salad often. She doesn't have to have salad every day, but maybe every other day. This is for when you would eat with her, or give it to her before you leave. My cousin usually does the grocery shopping. She lives in Springfield and comes once or twice a week. She needs someone to 'make' her take a shower. She showers once a week, if that. Every other day would be great, every third day, acceptable. You don't have to do it for her, but you would have to nudge, encourage, remind her, etc. She has some memory issues, and it's difficult to make her do it. Maybe have everything ready for her. A towel, soap in the right place. She can bathe herself, she just needs someone around when she gets up and into the shower and when she is done. While she is showering, you can wipe down the chair and quick mop around the chair. Housecleaning. You can run the vacuum once a week. It's only the living room, the hall, part of the kitchen and her bedroom. And your bedroom / bathroom as you like it. It takes about 5-10 minutes. You'd clean out the clumping kitty litter 2x a week. She only has one cat. And, the traditional cat puke. Ha. Just take a wet paper towel and wipe it up. Once every week clean the shower and toilet. Simple cleaners, brushes to clean, etc. And, keep the kitchen counters and stove clean. It's not like you'll be doing constant things with her. You can go to a job, to school, OUT with friends, etc. She just needs someone there to talk with and keep an eye on her. If you need to go away for a weekend, no problem, just have things set up. However, you need to be willing to stay at the house the vast majority of nights. However, and I need to be perfectly clear about this, coming home drunk is not ok. If you go out with friends, great. If you want to arrange staying with a friend one night, cool. But you need to be sober while in the house. Your room has a twin day bed, a wide wall closet and I think there's a small desk in there. The bathroom is yours unless I am down there to visit. My wife and I come down about every three months. Sometimes she has friends over to play cards, and of course they use that hall bathroom. Your bathroom doesn't have to be spotless, but keeping things in drawers and things off the floor is pretty necessary. Aside from the no smoking, the strictest part is that you may NOT have any overnight guests. At all. Even if she says you can, you can't. I'm sorry, but boyfriends here, there, drama, exe's, breakups, makeups.... No drama. If you have a boyfriend, of course you don't have to sleep at her house every night. But, this is a be around often situation that is designed to allow you to work and to allow you to save your own money by not paying rent. She has wifi. She has a smart t.v. so she has weird game shows, etc. She can't really pay attention to anything for too long, so watching a full movie with her is next to impossible. You can put a t.v. in your room. Now, finding out the wifi and cable information to get you hooked up? Ha. My cousin will have to help you, or she can call the cable company and identify herself, then you can ask them how to reset it. So.... If you want to make an extra $300 a month and have free rent, for what you need to do, is a pretty good deal. And you'll have no utilities to pay for. Heat, air, water, etc.: all included. Having some experience in taking care of people is ideal, even if it's just a grandparent that you've helped take care of. Please contact me at 815 585-3560 I'm Kelly. I live in Rockford, IL, about 4 hours from Taylorville. I'm Kelly, her daughter. My wife and I come to visit every 2-3 months. Thanks for reading!