[Zeke]

I would have recommended looking for a physically disabled person. If this person is on your books, as "she' should be, you would get a tax credit for employing such a person. The employee doesn't have to be a wheel chair user, so your house doesn't have to be fitted with disability apparatus of that type.

Some disabled work from their home. I don't know, but you might be able to get the credit if you work it right.

In the long run, I would have hired a book keeping service. I think there are some that can send an employee out to an office. Again, I don't know about working in a private residence. They would, of course, be insured by the service and bonded.