I have found several websites that discuss how Medicaid and Veterans pays family caregivers. Some websites even list the agency for each state that you need to contact about being a family caregiver.
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As far as I’ve read, mostly on this site, your best chance to be a paid caregiver is if the person you’re caring for is on Medicaid. Then, the pay’s not too bad. I’ve read $1500 a month. If they’re not in Medicaid, pretty much no one but the person you’re caring for is going to give you any money
You can set up a contract and the person you're caring for will pay you. If you are looking to get someone else to pay you for caring for this person that is a bit more difficult and a bit more complicated. Is this person a Veteran? if so the VA may have programs that might pay you as long as this person is not a spouse. I am sure 99% of the people on this site that are caring for family are not getting paid to do so. This is one of the problems when they spout the cost of dementia's I do not think they take into account all the unpaid caregivers, all the hours that we put in with no pay, no time off. And many give up paid jobs to care for family and loose health insurance, and are set back when they return to the workforce after years of care-giving.
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https://www.agingcare.com/articles/paying-for-home-care-155405.htm
https://careconversations.org/paying-care
https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/info-2019/personal-care-agreement.html
https://www.dementiacarecentral.com/get-paid-as-dementia-caregiver/
https://www.caregiver.org/personal-care-agreements
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol_37/issue_3_february2016/creating-effective-caregiver-agreements/
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If you are looking to get someone else to pay you for caring for this person that is a bit more difficult and a bit more complicated.
Is this person a Veteran? if so the VA may have programs that might pay you as long as this person is not a spouse.
I am sure 99% of the people on this site that are caring for family are not getting paid to do so. This is one of the problems when they spout the cost of dementia's I do not think they take into account all the unpaid caregivers, all the hours that we put in with no pay, no time off. And many give up paid jobs to care for family and loose health insurance, and are set back when they return to the workforce after years of care-giving.