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Your loved one may not require home care or assisted living services at this time. However, continue to monitor their condition for changes and consider occasional in-home care services for help as needed.
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Easiest: Your SIL has some sort of monthly income, like her SS income or a pension. That is her $ and she can use it to pay for a caregiver. Ideally she gets an elder law attorney to review this, so that it meets standards should LTC Medicaid get file for her within next few years; atty draws it up and everyone signs off on it. It is taxable income paid to you and usually it’s easier to have a payroll company do this as it has required FICA reporting. She can pay you to do it at whatever is market rate for private pay agencies in your area. Like my mom had an agency for a bit after rotor cuff surgery and it was $18-22 hr with a 4 hr minimum & this was years ago.
Now if this is SIL wants the State of TX to pay, that’s a community based Medicaid program that will need to be filed for. It’s TX IHHS program and availability varies by county as TX does the placement primarily through home health agencies that participate in community Medicaid. There will be an outside assessment done on SIL to determine # of hours needed. Tend to be 20-28 hr a week at best. Could be only 12 hrs a week. State will NOT pay beyond the # of hours as per the assessment. By & large waiting lists to get an agency caregiver as contractually it is tied into TX minimum wage plus a % for what the caregivers are paid. Tx is $7.25 hr min wage - like most Southern States are - so hard to keep staff @ $8.00 hr as they can go to Target and work for $15 hr plus employee discounts and get a red wardrobe to boot.
whatever SIL decides to do make sure she keeps all paperwork and pays taxes and FiCA for whomever she pays especially if it’s family. Caregivers are household expenses as per IRS rules. If this isn’t done, and should she need LTC Medicaid to pay in her future, it could be looked at a gifting of $ to family which causes delays in her eligibility. It can become a hot mess to unthread at a difficult time.
Very seldom do people get paid to care for a LO and if they do, its minimum wage and not many hours. Medicaid has an "in home" program. Call ur local Social Services to see how it works. Some States have deals with agencies where a person is trained by the agency, the agency hires them and then they are allowed to care for their LO.
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Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
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APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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Now if this is SIL wants the State of TX to pay, that’s a community based Medicaid program that will need to be filed for. It’s TX IHHS program and availability varies by county as TX does the placement primarily through home health agencies that participate in community Medicaid. There will be an outside assessment done on SIL to determine # of hours needed. Tend to be 20-28 hr a week at best. Could be only 12 hrs a week. State will NOT pay beyond the # of hours as per the assessment. By & large waiting lists to get an agency caregiver as contractually it is tied into TX minimum wage plus a % for what the caregivers are paid. Tx is $7.25 hr min wage - like most Southern States are - so hard to keep staff @ $8.00 hr as they can go to Target and work for $15 hr plus employee discounts and get a red wardrobe to boot.
whatever SIL decides to do make sure she keeps all paperwork and pays taxes and FiCA for whomever she pays especially if it’s family. Caregivers are household expenses as per IRS rules. If this isn’t done, and should she need LTC Medicaid to pay in her future, it could be looked at a gifting of $ to family which causes delays in her eligibility. It can become a hot mess to unthread at a difficult time.
https://www.agingcare.com/articles/how-to-get-paid-for-being-a-caregiver-135476.htm