Funding Caregivers. (Medicaid, aging, attention, mother)

[Sunbiz1]

This article had my undivided attention, it is rather long; but I feel it addresses pressing issues.
It also tells some very compelling stories that need to be heard, so am posting in hopes you all will share it as well; perhaps in this fashion we can elicit some positive change.

"Simply raising awareness is a first step, Scott added. “There will be more and more people who need caregivers,” she said, whether or not we like to think about it. “We’re all aging.”
Scott sees financial support for informal caregivers as a huge opportunity to keep care recipients out of much more expensive, tax-funded care. She would like to see this on a national level, rather than a patchwork of state and local programs that provide uneven coverage. And now is the time for these changes, she said: “Why not be preventative, like preventative medicine, as opposed to waiting until later?”.

https://www.vox.com/22442407/care-fo...=pocket-newtab

[OnProbation]

Here in California, that picture shows someone who qualifies for SSI ($954 a month) Medicaid, and IHSS. IHSS pays the care provider, which in Calif, can be the mother. I assume other States are not so generous.


A foster care program such as we have for kids might work great. No need to create a new program. Paid $1200 stipend a month + They pay a professional caregiver to come in one weekend a month. No real $ is made but as a care-giver, at least you are not loosing $ to care for mom.