Live-in aides provide a valued service to senior citizens, Disabled persons, and people with limited mobility. The definition of live-in aide is someone who live-in with one or more vulnerable adults, disabled people, or other vulnerable persons, and who:
” vicariously” – someone who acts in a capacity that contributes to the care of another; someone who shares the duties and responsibilities of another for the benefit of that other. An example might be a maid who works at a nursing home and takes care of the elderly, but not the patient. She would be considered a live-in aid, because she provides a companion to a senior citizen, but not a direct physical support. A live-in aid might also provide companionship for a patient in a mental health hospital, but not the direct care of that patient.
