can i get compensated for time spent taking care of disruptive elderly gentleman, no contract but we had an understanding?

i took care of an elderly gentleman after sugery , at his home for three months. 24/7 i did keep notes daily or hourly the time i was there, after his sugery he refused to stay in dr. order rehab. the only way they would allow him to go home was if hw had a care taker . that where i came in . his family refused because he is Very hard to deal with. as i was to findout. he refused to follow dr. orders or orders from the professional care njurses who came to work with him 3 to 4 times a week. i had a very good repour with these people and they also included me in there notes as well. i did evthering for the gentleman . cook clean shop . put up with his heavy drinking listened to him lie to his health care workers and dr. for more pain med . cleaning the miss he left after lose his bowels after binging. i got fed up and told him if he didnt start folling his dr orders i would tell them and they would force him into a home or rehab. he througha fit fired me because i had threat