Family Helpers of Greater New Orleans

This is an agency focused on pairing caregivers with those who need care-​giving!
I worked here for about a year and a half before getting accepted to nursing school. There’s a pretty decent selection process — background checks, etc., etc. They only pay minimum wage, which was disappointing considering the work you do while taking care of your client. I really can’t complain about the pay though because I truly believe that if the owner made more, we would have received more.
We had a lot of Medicaid patients, and the government budget for the disabled is sorely lacking. The owner would occasionally pay out of her own resources for us to spend more time with the clients who really needed it but couldn’t afford for us to stay longer. I only saw the office staff every couple of weeks and they were always kind to me.
My only complaint here is that the required meetings were constantly being rearranged.
I can assure you that if you choose this company, the staff will hear and deal with any complaints you might have about their staff. We were reminded regularly that NOTHING was to ever be left undone. If the client was unable to keep up with their daily chores, their home needed to be as decent as we could get it during our shift without our being considered a maid service!
I attended a handful of the company outings, where the caregivers and clients would get together for a short trip in the city. We once met at City Park and took the streetcar down Canal, then walked to Café du Monde and listened to music in the Jazz park. We caregivers were exhausted, but our clients really had a great time!