I'm hoping some of you wonderful providers on this board can tell me what you might do or have done if you've gone through this yourselves.

My father is not doing very well. He's in hospital now and he is battling a multitude of health issues. At this point, in the near future he will be most likely going into hospice/pallative care. I'm an emotional wreck, but aside from that I know I will need to be with my father in the days/weeks when it gets close to his time.

My first priority is to my family, however, I don't want to leave my clients in a bind and not knowing when I'll need time off, etc.

Has anyone hired an assistant (I have my SIL now but she is going back to school in January). Where do I go about looking for one and only one for certain days or a week, etc? This may not happen for months but I need to be prepared. I cannot afford to lose my business by taking days and weeks off here and there to be with him, and don't want to put stress on my clients.

What to do??