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Ladybug4ever7 Asked July 13, 2025

How can I get paid for caring for a client for 24 a day for 19 days until his family came to get him and the company knew that I was his caregiver?

My sister-n-law asked me to care for a friend of he's of 30 years since I was a care provider for my son. This elderly man was still in a rehab Facility one month before getting discharged. So my son and I moved into my brother's house where this gentleman was to get discharged into my care. I cared For him for 19 days , took him to his doctor's appointment. His family came to get him and moved him i to their home which I was never got paid . What can I do.

freqflyer Jul 13, 2025
The only way you can get paid is if you had a signed contract with the man's family. A contract that would state what are your duties, how many hours you would work, and the hourly rate.


If there is no contract, unfortunately there isn't anything you can do. It doesn't hurt to ask the family by sending a letter with a timeline of everything you did, and hope that they would pay you something.

JoAnn29 Jul 13, 2025
You should have had something in writing. Did your SIL say you would be paid?

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AlvaDeer Jul 13, 2025
Not much if you did this work without a paycheck at the time.
And if there was no contract.
If this is a substantial amount of money you can see an attorney to bring suit for the wages agreed upon, but this had better have been a witnessed agreement if verbal only.

JudyTeen30 Jul 13, 2025
Did you have anything in writing or even text messages to show you were asked to help ?

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