My mother lives alone and has limited mobility, barely able to walk short distances. She should be in assisted living. She had a 2 person cleaning company but due to extended time in the hospital/rehab they no longer had a slot for her. I visited my mom and she was telling me all about the PT's life. This person also works as a house cleaner and Mom hired her to clean the house. Is this out of line by the PT? Should I notifiy the agency?
As long as the house is getting clean as it should be.
Is there a contract for the house cleaning, a schedule as to what is done and when then I do not see a problem with this arrangement.
The Boundary that may get crossed her is if this person becomes a "friend" and not a PT and House cleaner. If that happens then both jobs my slip.
And if this reaches into other territory like the cleaning lady/PT getting access to personal account information or if mom 6 months from now wants "Mary" to become her POA......
Keep lines of communication open
Maybe give her a shot saying Mom is waiting for her old cleaning agency to have a spot open up. That way if it doesn’t work you have an out. Don’t overthink it. Talk to PT apart fr Mom to make sure this was really offered. Also, the Physical therapist has been vetted by her Medical Agency. Still ask for references and info as if she was a stranger.
So PT is an assistant. This makes sense - PTA also does shifts for home care, cleaning, maybe personal care too. (I have the relevant certificates to do those if I chose).
While I am 'chatty' I only discuss personal info, family, finances etc with trusted friends - certainly not with every new work contact.
Maybe your Mom got this chatty new assistant & is a little lonely so enjoys her tales?
But maybe the assistanct could take advantage, either financial or emotional, with or without meaning too.
It can happen that if someone is lonely, they can start to rely too much on their care workers for all their social & emotional contact. A one-sided friendship can grow. When the staff members move on (as young & eager people do) it can leave their client without their 'friend'. A big loss.
I would start to research Assisted Living options too. Could hopefully offer your Mom more two-sided friendships with folk her own age.
If the house is getting cleaned who cares who she pays to do it , unless you find out it’s a ridiculous fee and Mom is being taken advantage of.