I was laid off during the pandemic because my job shut down due to covid. I wasn't receiving unemployment because they were behind paying. I lost my home, so she gave me a place to stay. We became very good friends. Her daughter and boyfriend also lived there. When I moved out, hours later they abused her very badly. She asked me to move back in and be her caretaker, so I did and love every minute but I need some financial help.
Typically how this goes then is that the property heirs step in with their money to pay someone if the elder cannot, or via volunteering, normally with inheritance being a concern. Or the elder sells and goes into a private pay al and in time on their Medicaid list or moved to snf.
To get paid now, you’re going to have to work for an employer who can pay you now. Or do a 200000 market job, three frosted, for about 15k worth of board and care.
A Caregiver Contract should be drawn up. It should specify what you do. How many hours. Your rate of pay.
It should also be determined who pays taxes and reports your earnings so that your work hours will count toward your potential Social Security quarters.