Athome1961: Since your mother is only 62, perhaps she can pay you from her own financials. OR contact - Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio in Cincinnati, OH. 175 Tri County Parkway, (513) 721-1025.
Check this out: https://www.joingivers.com/how-to-get-paid-caregiver/ohio
Is there a program that pays you to take care of your parents?
Medicaid Options. Of all the programs that pay family members as caregivers, Medicaid is the most common source of payment. Medicaid has eligibility requirements that apply to the program participant and it has rules that dictate who is allowed to provide them with care. Gena / Touch Matters
HI, I'm not sure how it works in Ohio but here in New York I am in the process of becoming my sister's caregiver. And it is a process. First she needs to qualify for Medicaid. She is still married so they separated her financially from him as he still works. and qualified her with a small "spend down" amount each month. Then we had to contact our stats Clinical Assessors Office. They did two assessments of her to see if she qualified for long term home care. Then we waited for their decision. Once she is accepted we have to pick a long term managed care plan!! We have 6 in our County. Then once we pick a plan the administrator decides how many hours my sister is allowed to have for home care. Once we get that decision, I can start to proceed applying to local home care agencies as her personal care aide. The minimum in New York is $16.07 per hour. It is not much at all. In New York City it can be as high as high as $28/ hr. But it's all relative to cost of living...supposedly. If only. Good luck with your decisions.
This is a possibility if your Mom receives Medicaid. Call your state's medicaid offices and ask for an advisor. Do know if your Mom needs 24/7 care and it is your plan to move into her home to give her care that you will not be able both to do that, and to keep a job. Often on AC we see stories of those who moved in, gave up work and work history, received very little compensation, and were left homeless and jobless without a history at the end of the parent's life. We have had to go so far as to recommend a shelter and minimum pay job until there could be savings enough for shared rooms in someone else's home. So if this is your plan I would go slowly and carefully with great consideration.
If you do own your own home, and are thinking to bring your mother to live with you, do see an elder law attorney to make a shared living costs contract.
Please know that it would be better for your Mom to pay you (with a written contract and not in cash sot that she can qualify for Medicaid later if necessary). You won't have to qualify if you work directly for your Mom and you'd make more money. Any other state programs will pay minimum wage and it wouldn't be for full-time.
Is there a program that pays you to take care of your parents?
Medicaid Options. Of all the programs that pay family members as caregivers, Medicaid is the most common source of payment. Medicaid has eligibility requirements that apply to the program participant and it has rules that dictate who is allowed to provide them with care.
Gena / Touch Matters
If you do own your own home, and are thinking to bring your mother to live with you, do see an elder law attorney to make a shared living costs contract.
Please know that it would be better for your Mom to pay you (with a written contract and not in cash sot that she can qualify for Medicaid later if necessary). You won't have to qualify if you work directly for your Mom and you'd make more money. Any other state programs will pay minimum wage and it wouldn't be for full-time.