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Most agencies require minimums of 3-4 hours per shift and weekly minimums of 12-20 hours.\u00a0 While minimums may seem self-serving and only benefit the home care agency, shift minimums are in place to protect the caregivers.\u00a0 Good caregivers typically won\u2019t spend multiple hours of their day driving around town in between patients, which is time they would not be paid and would also incur considerable gas\/vehicle expenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most agencies require minimums of 3-4 hours per shift and weekly minimums of 12-20 hours.\u00a0 While minimums may seem self-serving and only benefit the home care agency, shift minimums are in place to protect the caregivers.\u00a0 Good caregivers typically won\u2019t spend multiple hours of their day driving around town in between patients, which is time they would not be paid and would also incur considerable gas\/vehicle expenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat are the minimum number of hours for a caregiver at my house? - Sutton In-Home Senior Care<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Most agencies require minimums of 3-4 hours per shift and weekly minimums of 12-20 hours.\u00a0 While minimums may seem self-serving and only benefit the home\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/suttoninhomeseniorcare.com\/elder-care\/what-are-the-minimum-number-of-hours-for-a-caregiver-at-my-house\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What are the minimum number of hours for a caregiver at my house? 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