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May a legal guardian of an elderly parent with Alzheimer be paid for their “Guardian Services” if the parent is in a specialized facility for care? If so where would I get a sample of such an agreement?

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kindness, read the court order. Here in NY the Guardian is allowed billable hours, sent in with the annual report. Also refer to your state's Guardian Manual.
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My parents are now in an assisted living facility. I am their legal guardian. I manage all of their finances and estate. I have been reimbursed for my expenses during the time I was moving them, selling their house etc., but now I have to pay their bills, manage their bank accounts and discuss any problems with their doctors to make sure they have the proper medical care.
Can I charge the estate a monthly fee for taking care of all this?
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yemaya, a judge might consider it a conflict of interest for you to be both the employer (guardian) and employee (caregiver). In cases like this the court would prefer an independent conservator. The court also does a fingerprint and background check and a credit check. They are very fussy.
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I am a paid caregiver to my mother, who is a recipient of the age waiver program (COSA) in state of PA. Can I be appointed as her legal guardianship
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ONLY the JUDGE decides what if any payment you receive. Read your court order thoroughly.
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My mother resides in a skilled nursing facility and I am her daughter and legal guardian with full powers. My daughter and I reside in her home. Can I be paid any kind of fee for being her guardian? Michigan
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Apex - do you mean you have been appointed guardianship or are you POA??

If you are their legal guardian via a court ordered guardianship or conservatorship, then within the documents you got in court (probate court) there should be the information on reporting and documenting expenses and probably a sample document. If there doesn't seem to be one, then first I'd try going on-line to the courthouse to see if one's available and then download it. If not, then you kinda have to go to the courthouse to get it. You need to make sure that the reports are done & presented to the court according to the schedule required. My experience is that probate judges have limited humor if stuff isn't in & done right.

If the person has the funds to pay for the guardian as well as the costs of the facility, then you can charge a fee for being guardian. The amount tends to be based on community standards AND your level of expertise. So if you have a CPA or other degree (even if it was ages ago), then you can get paid a higher rate that someone with just a h.s. diploma. Now if they have no money, you basically do it for free. If you find that don't want to or it's not feasible, then you can ask the court to have the person become a "ward of the state" and the court will then appoint an outside temporary guardian who is paid by the state to do this. This gives you time to work with the court named guardian to come up with a plan on how to deal with guardianship issues so the family has input with the court appointed outside-the-family guardian.

BUT if you are asking this as a POA, then that's very different. If they are in a facility, then there should be no need to pay for services for care. This is what YogiBear was talking about. The facility is providing for care. If they have a ton of $$ & there is an estate, property, etc to manage, then you can be paid to do that but usually if there is real $$, their attorney or financial advisor is being paid to do so along with a family member with the agreement done by the attorney.
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I'm not sure I understand your question. If you are a legal guardian for someone and that person is being cared for by people in a specialized facility for care, why would you get paid??? Or are you saying that you provide care as a legal guardian in the facility? Sorry I'm so dense.
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