I think your expectations are perhaps too high that your wife can be placed as a permanent caregiver when she is not available a number of days each week. Clients looking for a senior companion usually expect a degree of consistency with an individual, absent some unusual need (illness, etc.) that causes the companion to need a replacement. It's important for elderly people to develop a consistent relationship with caregivers, especially because often when that service is needed there is often some degree of mental deterioration that can make it scary for them to have different people all the time.

I think you need to make a decision here: beg out of the jury service and commit to the agency full time; or continue to accept the replacement assignments.

fear is that even after proving the issues they still won't let her out of this.

and I would plead this to them.

She plans on explain the whole issue.

Good luck.

responding here instead, some thoughts,

I definately feel your wife needs to bring this to the attention of the grand jury foreman and let the judge figure it out. I'm sorry that it won't do any good on the unemployment but it may give the cause for her to be relieved from jury duty.

As for the agency, that's tough. Over the last year, Act 22 which changed the way the state of PA reimburses agencies for their Medicaid Waiver consumers has had a huge impact on many providers (as well as AAA's). If your wife works for a small, mom and pop type, their barely surviving. Rates have been increased, but the damage has been done. There is also a parallel with state funding also, there has been no increase in rates over the last several years but costs continue to rise.

I'm just wondering if the agency your wife works for is losing consumers or is losing money to the point where they aren't making ends meet, but don't want to lose aides, especially ones that are reliable. I'm just wondering if your wife's supervisor isn't giving her a vague heads up?