Household chores are often where a family discovers that everyone assumed somebody else was doing them. Laundry is the clearest example. Bed linens, towels, and clothing pile up, the kitchen gets busy, and the question of who handles the wash can go unanswered until the bed is unmade on a visit day.
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Start with a plain list of the household chores that repeat each week. Write them down in one column: changing bed linens, washing towels, washing clothes, cleaning the kitchen after meals, taking out trash, and wiping the bathroom. Next to each one, write either family or aide. Do not write a task down as aide unless the written agreement names it. A task the family assumed was included but the paper does not mention is the most common source of a surprise.
Then count the visits. Note which days an aide is in the house and which days nobody is. Assign the wash to a day the aide is present if the agreement allows it, and assign it to a family day if it does not. Put the rotation on the same sheet as the visit log so each task has one owner and one day.
Review the rotation once the first full week has passed. Change one line at a time, and write the change next to the old line so nobody has to guess what changed.
What comes from a file here: nothing beyond the family's own agreement. What is editorial: the split between family and aide is a suggested method for sorting chores, not a standard any agency applies.