In Home Care

• Article - How to Hire Urgent In-Home Care for Your Parent

  When your parent needs help at home right now, the ideal solution may be to hire an in-home caregiver. Follow these steps to find a good caregiver who can start right away.

• Article - Prepare a Personal Care Agreement With Your Parent

  If your parent pays you for the in-home care you provide, it's wise to prepare a simple written agreement detailing your care-giving arrangement.

• Article - How to Get Paid for Being Your Parent's Caregiver

  Find out if your parent is eligible for cash assistance for the in-home care you provide.

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - Cash and Counseling Program Offers a Paycheck for Care Giving

  Medicaid's Cash and Counseling Program lets recipients spend home-care benefits as they see fit -- including paying family members to care for them.

• Blog Post - Medicare Headaches

  Navigating the Medicare maze can be a headache, but here are resources to help you along the way.

• Blog Post - Day Services Really Help People With Dementia -- and Their Caregivers

  New research shows using day services for people with Alzheimer's or dementia helps both them and their caregivers.

• Blog Post - Farewell to Falls

  Seniors can prevent life-altering falls by doing balance training exercises.

Questions & Answers

• Question - Does my mother have to sign a home lien for short-term nursing home care?

  Medicare or Medicaid can cover all or most of short-term nursing home costs, but a nursing home might want a home lien from a private-paying patient.

• Question - Is there financial assistance when a parent lives in my home?

  A family caregiver can get paid to take of a parent by the Cash and Counseling or similar state program for low income seniors.

• Question - How can my mom get paid for providing home care for my dad?

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• Question - Does the person I take care of have to have Medicaid for me to get paid by the state?

  A family caregiver may get paid by the state if the senior has low income and assets at or near Medicaid eligibility levels.

• Question - How can I get paid for taking care of parents?

  Becoming a certified home care aide might mean some pay from Medicaid, or from long-term care insurance, for caring for parents.

• Question - Should one use Medicare benefits to pay for in-home care before long term care insurance?

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• Question - My Father is currently on Dialysis and has had Renal failure...

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• Question - How can I contact someone about in-home care?

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• Question - Are there listings, generated geographically, for in-home healthcare workers that include basic scope of services and budget figures?

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• Question - If I hire an aide for my father should I be responsible for payments?

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• Question - How much income is too much for a senior to receive in...

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• Question - My grandmother has become verbally abusive towards my mother, what can we do?

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• Question - Financial help when a parent leaves a nursing home to live with family?

  A low-income elder who leaves a nursing home to live with family may get help from Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid.

• Question - How can I get a list of in-home care providers in Miami, FL?

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• Question - Can my grandmother get a safety bath tub from Medicaid?

  Medicaid can provide special bathing equipment for someone who qualifies for home health care.

• Question - My grandmother has become very hostile and I'm afraid to even try to bring her to a doctor, is there anything I can do?

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• Question - Can you get financial aid for a caregiver?

  You may need financial aid to hire a caregiver for a parent, whether he needs hospice or home care. Do Medicare or Medicaid offer financial aid?

• Question - I would like to have someone visit my mom twice a week while I am gone for two months in January and February. Who do I talk to about it?

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• Question - Will Medicare help my client pay my salary and secondary insurance help pay for his care?

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• Question - Are there any agencies that can assist my wife with the in-home care of her mother?

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• Question - How do I find in-home care for my father?

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• Question - Is there a program that will pay me to care for my dad if I quit my job?

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• Question - Can my father's house be taken to pay for long term care?

  A house transferred out of an elder's name can't be taken by Medicaid but might disqualify the elder from Medicaid nursing home coverage.

• Question - What's the best way to deal with my dad, who has Alzheimer's, on issues such as bathing?

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• Question - Can I get paid to be my mom's caregiver?

  Can I get paid to be my parent's caregiver? There are some ways to get paid as a parent's caregiver, but they usually don't amount to full-time pay.

• Question - Can I take classes and become certified for home care for my mother?

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• Question - How can I get financial help for things like a ramp and hand rails to accomodate my disabled mother who now lives with me?

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• Question - How can I get my father, who lives with us, to respect the rules of our household?

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• Question - How can I convince my mother's doctor to keep her out of a rehab facility?

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• Question - How do I decide what is the best environment for my mother?

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• Question - Should I move my mother to a nursing home?

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• Question - How do you apply for the Cash for Caregiving program through...

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• Question - Is there a resource to find a nurse who will travel to rural areas?

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• Question - Who should you call first when someone suddenly takes ill or dies at home?

  Who you call first in case of illness or death at home may depend on whether it is expected or unexpected and whether the stricken person has directions about being resuscitated.

• Question - Will Medicaid or Medicare help pay for my mother's long-term care?

  Will Medicaid or Medicare help pay for my mother's long term care? Medicare will cover 100 days in a nursing home if certain qualifications are met.

• Question - Is there a time limit on making a revocable trust before entering a nursing home?

  A revocable trust does not protect assets from consideration by Medicaid regarding eligibility for nursing home coverage.

• Question - As a caregiver is there any kind of aid or tax breaks I can...

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• Question - My father has colon cancer. What's the best way to deal with his angry outbursts?

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• Question - How do I get my husband signed up for Medicare Part D?

  Medicare Part D drug coverage is very inexpensive for people eligible for Medicaid and in nursing homes.

• Question - Should I get a reverse mortgage or a bank loan for my elderly folks?

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• Question - How should my father balance estate planning, tax planning, and Medicaid planning?

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• Question - How can I make a hospital stay easier for my mother with dementia?

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• Question - How do I set up a conservatorship for my mother?

  I need to set up a conservatorship to use my parent's assets to pay for her nursing care. How do I set up a conservatorship to access her assets?

• Question - Does Medicare offer assistance for transportation equipment?

  Medicare Part B can pay most of the cost of wheelchairs and walkers.

• Question - What short-term in-house care options when caregivers need to go out of town?

  Some guidance for those seeking temporary in-house care for their aging parent.

• Question - What are my responsibilities if I hire a home health aide?

  What are my responsibilities when hiring a home health aide? I'm confused about payroll tax, Social Security tax and other benefits.

• Question - What can I do if my mom's nursing home is mistreating her and I live out of state?

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• Question - When is the right time to call in hospice?

  Hospice care is generally reserved for those who are diagnosed to be near death. But other options for help with care may be available.

• Question - Answer To When To Call Hospice Question

  Hospice care is generally reserved for those who are diagnosed to be near death. But other help with care may be available if your parent doesn't qualify for hospice.

• Question - Where do I get financial help for my 88 year old mother?

  A senior with low income and assets can qualify for SSI benefits of $600 to $800 per month, Medicaid and a very low-cost prescription drug plan.

• Question - My mother, who has breast cancer, asks me to visit her every time she thinks there's a crisis. What should I do?

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• Question - How can I find a new doctor and can my wife qualify for SSI?

  Medicare's web site has a tool to help you find a doctor who accepts Medicare patients. SSI is based on a couple's joint income and assets.