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My mother is a fall risk in that she has bouts of vertigo and a blood sugar problem that causes her to pass out on occasion and some serious mental health issues. I am currently having to stay with her 24/7 and I need to get paid for it. How do I go about getting paid to be my mom's home Caregiver

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Correction: you are not "having to stay with her 24/7." You are choosing to give up your job and living arrangement to stay with her 24/7.

Is this what you want to do with your life, indefinitely? Do you have family or other relationships that you're putting on hold for this?

You can go to an Elder Law attorney and have a contract drafted for her to pay you out of her own money, complete with required taxes. Does she have enough money to pay you to make up for your lost income and to fund your own retirement savings?

Do you have siblings who might object and claim that she and you are spending their inheritance?

The reason for the legal contract is if she just gives you money for staying with her, it can be seen as "gifting" and disqualify her from having Medicaid coverage in a skilled nursing facility, should she need that down the road. There are others her with more information and experience with Medicaid than I have.

Just think this through carefully before you make this major commitment for the long term.

Think this through carefully.
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Either she pays you or you help her apply for Medicaid and then go through whatever process your state requires for you to become a minimum-wage caregiver who is on-call 24/7.

Please reconsider this plan. There is another solution: you contact social services to find out the process for getting her a court-assigned guardian. Many participants on this forum have had to deal with mentally ill and then demented parents. It will take years off your life and you will be beyond miserable. Please don't do it.
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