He makes 31,000 a year and is on Medicaid. He wants me to take care of him. I have been doing this for sometime for free. All his cooking, house care, transportation, laundry, shopping, everything. How do I get paid for this service? I don't know where to start.
What are the details of yours and his situation? What is his prognosis?
Just because he wants you to be his caregiver doesn't mean that you have to.
Does your friend have a social worker helping arrange his care? If not I think contacting your county’s Health and Human Services department to get any possible help for him might be a good first step.
Best wishes to you and your friend!
What does he get now from Medicaid? It may work better if he gets a carer paid by Medicaid - even in a nursing home if he qualifies for that level of care - and you keep a job. How ill is he? Is your future going to include him in the long term?
You should tell him that it's way beyond your abilities to take care of him. It is, and he's going to get sicker, and then who helps you?
I'm sorry for his situation, but at this point you need to take care of yourself. It's easy to get caught up in "I'm a kind person, and this is what a kind person should do." Then you're trapped. Please don't let that happen to you.