Can I Get Paid to Be A Caregiver For A Family Member?

​Here in New York in order to be a paid caregiver for a family member you cannot reside at the same address. A friend helps his parents out in caring for his brother and is able to be paid by an agency as he lives separately.
 
OK, flame suit on.......I take issue with that . Some how / someway tax-payers, or other insurance holders, are going to pay for that. Why should [we] pay for someone caring for a loved-one ? Shouldn't that come from the heart ??
 

rgp said:
OK, flame suit on.......I take issue with that . Some how / someway tax-payers, or other insurance holders, are going to pay for that. Why should [we] pay for someone caring for a loved-one ? Shouldn't that come from the heart ??
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It usually DOES come from the heart. It takes a lot of love to take on the care of a cranky demented elderly person or someone with alzheimers.

The Spousal Equivalent's brother gets $1000 a month from the VA for keeping their mother in his home. He provides a tremendous amount of care for her. The equivalent would be putting her in a nursing home for $5000 to $8000 a month or more, which would be paid by Medicaid. So would you rather have your taxes paying $1000 a month or $5-8000 a month?

Most people who are still in their working years can't afford to stay home and take care of their elderly family members. But if they got some sort of pay, perhaps they could. The nursing homes wouldn't be as crowded and at $1000 to $2000 a month stipend for home care, Medicaid would sure save money. If Medicaid saves money, you save money.

In other words, you're going to pay one way or the other. Nursing home or a much cheaper amount to keep the elderly at home with their family.
 
My husband's father was half paralyzed and bedridden from a major stroke. We moved him into our home along with his elderly and sickly mother so he wouldn't have to go to a nursing home. We cared for him day and night, cleaning him, feeding him, lifting him into the wheelchair, etc.

Luckily at the time, I worked a day shift and my husband worked nights, his mother was able to do small things for her husband, but she also used a walker and wheelchair at times. If we didn't work odd shifts like that, we would have done something to make it work out. I never even thought of getting paid for taking care of family, but that was in the 90s, maybe some things have changed.
 
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