QUESTION
When you care for an elderly family member in your own home, is there a legal amount that you can receive from them as a stipend.
Asked on Dec 06th, 2014 on Elder Law - New Jersey
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If a small stipend is recieved, say monthly, to decrease the burden of care on the ceregiver, will this amount have to be returned, say to the government or a nursing home, if that person should eventually have to go to a nursing home.
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Yes - there is a legal amount, and you should have an agreement for same also. You should contact your local board of Social Services in the county in which you live and ask about a Medicaid Care Agreement. You can get paid the "going rate" for that county pursuant to the agreement.
Answered on Dec 08th, 2014 at 6:44 AM
Diana L. Anderson, Certified Elder Law Attorney This response is not legal advice and does not establish any form of attorney/client relationship