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The family member that needs care will need to have a caregiving contract written up, including tax and other withholdings, and then write you a check or money order to pay the agreed amount from their own funds. You’ll likely need to meet with a professional to have the contract written out, but it should be fairly straightforward.
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Basically by getting the family member to pay you.
Not that easily done.
Moreover, you can never get from ANYONE what the job is worth what with the ramifications of in home 24/7 care of someone who often is sunk within dementia.

I would change your plans. Get a good job with benefits, get your own place to live with your own family, and begin saving. We see many who think they can live off what Medicaid pays, then get the elder into care because that is crucial, and then lose everything they hoped to get at death in a will to the clawback from Medicaid.

Take our advice. We have suggested to many that they go to shelter when they are evicted from the home with no job and no job history. It will take you a lifetime to save for your own aging. Start now. Get a good job. If you love caregiving there are tons of long term care facilities just waiting for you to walk in the door, and if you are great at whatever job you start with you will move up quickly.
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Vdale80, welcome to the forum. We need more information which will be helpful, such as are you currently working full-time but now need to quit to take care of a family member?


What are the health issues with the family member? Will this be short term, or long term? What type of caregiving are or will you be doing? Helping out a hour here to there, or will you be 24/7 and/or live-in?
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