Care from another city or country

The hard part of caring for parents from another country is not arranging help — it is knowing that the arrangement is working while you are asleep. Everything here is written for that problem.

It covers the remote-care setup: your parent’s consent before any camera, a daily call at a fixed hour, an emergency contact tree with someone who can physically reach the flat, a local person as a second pair of eyes, and a payment trail you can audit from abroad.

It also covers the practical question families ask first — agency or direct hire when you cannot supervise weekly — and the questions that separate an agency you can rely on from one you will regret.