For LW1 who owns his own business. If Dad needs something to do and is semi-mobile and you own your own business... isn't there a job that he can do for you in your company?

All businesses can use a little extra "grass roots" marketing... projects that take more time than money. Perhaps you can put a project together and put Dad in charge of it.

My niece needed a job over the summer and we put together a marketing campaign. She had fun designing flyers on the computer (I pulled some examples that I liked to give her some guidance), I showed her how to use the database from the Public Library online to pull lists of other businesses to market to and she mailed out flyers with lovely handwritten envelopes which greatly increased the number of our pieces that were opened and responded to.

When new clients responded we handled the first few calls together till she felt comfortable, but after that she did a great job by herself handling those calls. By the end of the summer my business was up over 20%.

It sounds like Dad needs to feel useful. He was competent enough to get this far in life... surely there is a project that he can tackle for you and if he has his days busy, then perhaps he will be tired enough at night to give you privacy with your family.