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I feel your pain; watched my small business die to become a full-time caregiver... A few things I've tried:
1. LINKEDIN - I check here occasionally to see who needs a one-off project; just reached out to someone today for a ghostwriting project.
2. Despite the kitszy-sounding name, REAL WAYS TO EARN MONEY ONLINE takes time to vet each job listed. There are lists of phone, non-phone, part-time, and mostly virtual jobs with companies you've actually heard of.
2. FLEXJOBS tends to have few PT jobs, but most all are virtual. You have to register and subscribe to see jobs and apply.
3. Try ETSY if you're a crafty person or have some knowledge that you could provide - curriculum notebooks, printables, planners, etc.
Best wishes to your continued revenue generation while taking care of your LO.
Some colleges need customer service reps that take calls during the day with no travel required. If your mother is bedridden this could work well for you.
Thanks for your the suggestion, my mom is not eligible for Medi-care, her income for social security and some annuities puts her over the cutoff for eligibility. I am going to try the VA support center, my deceased father was a veteran
You should be getting paid by your mother, her estate, or the family caregiver program if she's on Medicaid. If you're caregiving duties for her are such that you had to quit your job, how will you be able to work another job and still do for her? Being the primary caregiver to a needy elder is like working two full-time jobs and one part-time one. Don't try to add another.
Caregiver burnout is real. If you want to earn money someone else is going to have to do caregiving duty for your mother during your work hours even if you get a job working from home. I don't recommend you take work-from-home employment because you should have time way from the person you're the caregiver to. Is there any family that can help out with some of the caregiving duty? Can your mother afford to pay for adult daycare if you get a part-time job? Does she have insurance that will pay for some homecare or daycare? These are all things worth looking into.
Does she have a POA in place? That needs to be you if you're the one who's going to be her caregiver. You have to be in charge of making decisions because a family caregiving situation when it's an adult child and a needy, elderly parent can get real stupid real fast if that adult child does not have medical and financial POA. Don't even consider caregiving if you don't have the POA and all legal matters taken care of. Good luck.
Thanks for your response. She is not eligible for Medi-cal, her monthly income put her over the limit. I do have POA over her. I have tried many caregivers and it costs more than I would be making a month. I have no other family to help out. Right now I am using some life insurance money to make up the difference at the end of the month. I am going to work with the social worker and see if I can find a care giver that will cover the day while I am gone at work.
Being a full-time caregiver for your Mother not only impacts your finances but also your social life and sometimes your mental and emotional well-being. Just read some of the posts on this forum under Burnout.
Please have your Mother pay you as mentioned by MG8522. And, make sure to pay for aids to give you a break so that you have a normal schedule: weekends and evenings off like the average person, and take vacations and look after your own health. You need to make yourself a priority if you're going to be the only solution for your Mother.
Don't go into this arrangment without your Mother assigning you as her durable PoA for financial and medical. Make sure to discuss Medicaid planning, even if you feel very certain she'll never be in a facility or run out of money -- it's better to have this figured out than trying to do it in a medical crisis or when you are running on fumes.
There are very few jobs that will pay enough yet all you to work from home. Your best chance is for your own Mother to pay you.
You could go to an Elder Law attorney and have him or her draw up a contract for your mother to pay your fair market wages for taking care of her. That is what you deserve. Make sure to set up tax payments also.
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.
I agree that:
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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.
C.
APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
D.
If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
F.
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.
1. LINKEDIN - I check here occasionally to see who needs a one-off project; just reached out to someone today for a ghostwriting project.
2. Despite the kitszy-sounding name, REAL WAYS TO EARN MONEY ONLINE takes time to vet each job listed. There are lists of phone, non-phone, part-time, and mostly virtual jobs with companies you've actually heard of.
2. FLEXJOBS tends to have few PT jobs, but most all are virtual. You have to register and subscribe to see jobs and apply.
3. Try ETSY if you're a crafty person or have some knowledge that you could provide - curriculum notebooks, printables, planners, etc.
Best wishes to your continued revenue generation while taking care of your LO.
Caregiver burnout is real. If you want to earn money someone else is going to have to do caregiving duty for your mother during your work hours even if you get a job working from home. I don't recommend you take work-from-home employment because you should have time way from the person you're the caregiver to. Is there any family that can help out with some of the caregiving duty? Can your mother afford to pay for adult daycare if you get a part-time job? Does she have insurance that will pay for some homecare or daycare? These are all things worth looking into.
Does she have a POA in place? That needs to be you if you're the one who's going to be her caregiver. You have to be in charge of making decisions because a family caregiving situation when it's an adult child and a needy, elderly parent can get real stupid real fast if that adult child does not have medical and financial POA. Don't even consider caregiving if you don't have the POA and all legal matters taken care of. Good luck.
Please have your Mother pay you as mentioned by MG8522. And, make sure to pay for aids to give you a break so that you have a normal schedule: weekends and evenings off like the average person, and take vacations and look after your own health. You need to make yourself a priority if you're going to be the only solution for your Mother.
Don't go into this arrangment without your Mother assigning you as her durable PoA for financial and medical. Make sure to discuss Medicaid planning, even if you feel very certain she'll never be in a facility or run out of money -- it's better to have this figured out than trying to do it in a medical crisis or when you are running on fumes.
There are very few jobs that will pay enough yet all you to work from home. Your best chance is for your own Mother to pay you.