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In 32 states SSI recipients are automatically enrolled in Medicaid, or will be accepted when they apply. Medicaid does cover some in-home caregiving costs. Be aware that they do not cover 24 hour in-home care, because in most locations it is more cost-effective to place the recipient in a suitable care center. Also the pay for this job is fairly low. Would your friend be better off in a care center, with you visiting him often?
To pursue more information about being his paid caregiver, make an appointment for his Medicaid case manager to come out to his home and discuss what is available, with you and your friend.
If your husband qualifies for Medicaid, the State might allow a trained Caregiver from an Agency to come in to help a couple hours a day.
Check to see if your State has “Cash and Counseling” program that might give you some funds for Caregiving. Note that each State has their own rules, regulations, and programs. Some have waiting lists.
Good luck!
PS. My brother provides housekeeping services for our mother under this arrangement. Works great for both of them. He is handicapped and this provides him some spending money, he does a super job, and my mother is very comfortable with having him in the house. He spends more time with her than he is paid for, by choice. Being accepted by the agency was just a matter of the county telling them to go ahead and put him on -- they had an assignment for him. He went through some training. I think the qualifcation might be a little stiffer if he wanted to do this in other people's homes as well, but just the one assignment is perfect for him. I say this just to encourage you that it is possible to get paid through a county program.