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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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Simplest would be the family member or their POA does a detailed personal care agreement to pay you whatever the standard rates are for a caregiver in your area. Paid from their own assets and income. All done legit, drawn up by an attorney if need be; they pay FICA, do tax filings etc. If in your area avg hourly for caregiving is $22 hr, thats what you can be paid. Fair Market Rate. It a legit spend down of their assets to do this.
If you want the State to be paying for you to caregive, then the elder seeking InHomeHealthcare would have to be determined to be eligible for a Home & Community Based Services / HCBS waiver program done by Texas Medicaid. It’s an “at need” program for eligibility and TX looks at both the elders medical and financial situation to determine eligibility. HCBS does NOT have the strict max of $2,000 in nonexempt assets and income max of $2901 a month that Long Term Care / LTC Medicaid does but it does have an income max. The max varies as it’s dependent on which waiver is being sought and what the household is like.
Every County in Texas is in a Council of Governments region. Each of those Councils have their own Area on Aging which has staff that a pretty knowledgeable as to which waivers are available in your region. That is where I’d suggest that your elder or their POA goes to start getting info on all this if they or you are expecting the State to pay,
One thing you have to be aware of is….. for any State Medicaid HCBS or LTC program the elder will have an assessment done by an outside agency to determine the type of and level of care needed. That assessment will determine the # of hours per week and the type of care that the person is “at need” for. For in home it tends to be 18-22/24 hrs per week average. But it could be less, like 12 hrs a week. Last I looked TX paid $10.60 hr but slightly higher by dollar or two in the big 6. It is not viewed as a substitute for income from a full time job but more as supplemental income resource to a family member who lives in the house rent free and does not have a full time job. It can be viewed as taxable income but seems to be you can file an IRS exemption form when you do your federal taxes.
You do have to be mindful on that assessment. If the elder needs more skilled care type of services- like they are doing inhome dialysis, have a tube feeding, they are bedfast etc - their health history is reviewed more in depth to see if inhome is appropriate or if instead they should be in a skilled nursing facility or enrolled in PACE.
This is a question thatvis asked often. The only program that may do this is Medicaid and your LO must fit their criteria income wise. You may not be able to get 40hrs a week and it will be minimum wage. You can call your Office of Aging to see what resources your State provides.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
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.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
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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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
If you want the State to be paying for you to caregive, then the elder seeking InHomeHealthcare would have to be determined to be eligible for a Home & Community Based Services / HCBS waiver program done by Texas Medicaid. It’s an “at need” program for eligibility and TX looks at both the elders medical and financial situation to determine eligibility. HCBS does NOT have the strict max of $2,000 in nonexempt assets and income max of $2901 a month that Long Term Care / LTC Medicaid does but it does have an income max. The max varies as it’s dependent on which waiver is being sought and what the household is like.
Every County in Texas is in a Council of Governments region. Each of those Councils have their own Area on Aging which has staff that a pretty knowledgeable as to which waivers are available in your region. That is where I’d suggest that your elder or their POA goes to start getting info on all this if they or you are expecting the State to pay,
One thing you have to be aware of is….. for any State Medicaid HCBS or LTC program the elder will have an assessment done by an outside agency to determine the type of and level of care needed. That assessment will determine the # of hours per week and the type of care that the person is “at need” for. For in home it tends to be 18-22/24 hrs per week average. But it could be less, like 12 hrs a week. Last I looked TX paid $10.60 hr but slightly higher by dollar or two in the big 6. It is not viewed as a substitute for income from a full time job but more as supplemental income resource to a family member who lives in the house rent free and does not have a full time job. It can be viewed as taxable income but seems to be you can file an IRS exemption form when you do your federal taxes.
You do have to be mindful on that assessment. If the elder needs more skilled care type of services- like they are doing inhome dialysis, have a tube feeding, they are bedfast etc - their health history is reviewed more in depth to see if inhome is appropriate or if instead they should be in a skilled nursing facility or enrolled in PACE.