Florida has several programmes that can pay a son, daughter or spouse to provide care at home — Medicaid's Long-Term Care waiver, VA Aid & Attendance, the Survivors Pension, PACE. Each has its own rules and its own waiting list. This pre-check tells you which ones fit before you spend a month on forms.
Free pre-check
Age, health and daily help needed, roughly their income and savings, whether they or a late spouse served in the military, and who provides care now.
Why this exists
Florida's Medicaid waiver can pay a relative as the caregiver — but it has a waiting list of tens of thousands and counts income and assets in ways that surprise people. VA Aid & Attendance pays a surviving spouse up to $1,558 a month. Families routinely miss both because nobody told them they qualified.
How it works
Care needs, income, savings, military service, who helps now. No names needed; nothing stored.
Each Florida programme that can pay a family caregiver, with the requirement that's most likely to be the sticking point for you.
What to gather, who to call (the Aging & Disability Resource Center for your county, a VSO for VA claims), and on a paid plan a dated roadmap.
Plans
The pre-check is free. The roadmap is for families who want the whole path laid out — and a script for the call that gets them on the list.
The full pre-check plus a dated application roadmap, document checklist, and call scripts for the ADRC and a Veterans Service Officer.
Re-run the check as things change — a hospital stay, a new diagnosis, money running down — all year.
For home-care agencies, ALFs and elder-law or Medicaid planners screening many families.
All prices in USD, handled by Stripe. Caregiver Pay Finder does not apply for benefits on anyone's behalf and is not a Medicaid planner, attorney or accredited VA representative. Accredited VSOs help with VA claims for free.
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