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Different personalities fit with different people.\u00a0 Some people want a Mary Poppins type figure, while others prefer someone that can do hard work like bathing, lifting, toileting, and cleaning.\u00a0 Mary Poppins may be good at baking cookies and chatting, but perhaps not so good in other more strenuous settings.\u00a0 In-home care agencies often have large rosters of employees and can find one that fits your needs as well as your personality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Different personalities fit with different people.\u00a0 Some people want a Mary Poppins type figure, while others prefer someone that can do hard work like bathing, lifting, toileting, and cleaning.\u00a0 Mary Poppins may be good at baking cookies and chatting, but perhaps not so good in other more strenuous settings.\u00a0 In-home care agencies often have large rosters of employees and can find one that fits your needs as well as your personality.<\/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-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat makes a good in-home caregiver? - Sutton In-Home Senior Care<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Different personalities fit with different people.\u00a0 Some people want a Mary Poppins type figure, while others prefer someone that can do hard work like\" \/>\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-makes-a-good-in-home-caregiver\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What makes a good in-home caregiver? 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