I have been staying with her since she found out. Helping her around the house. Now that she is getting worse, I barley get to leave the house, unless one of my siblings come over, which is hardly never. Hospice comes twice a week to check her meds, and see how she is doing, otherwise it's just me. My sister had told me that there might be a way I can get paid for taking care of her. Is this true?
AARP has a great article on this issue:
www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/info-2017/you-can-get-paid-as-a-family-caregiver
There are a lot of different requirements and different states have different rules. But it is definitely worth investigating. Good luck with it-I know it can be challenging to have the time to do the investigating when you are a caregiver. If you cannot do it, maybe ask your sister to do the research,
Best of luck,
Margaret
One option is to contact Medicaid [which is different from Medicare] to see if your State offers such a payment program..... but note the pay would be minimal. Unless your Sister knows of some program that I am not familiar with.