Expert guides about caregiving in California from Brevy Care.
In most of the country, a wife or husband is the one relative Medicaid will not pay to provide care, but California is one of the rare states where you can get paid to care for your spouse.
California has no single senior-transportation program, so when an older adult stops driving, the real question is which of several separate systems covers the trip.
You are not alone. There are about 1.4 million of you in California. That is the Alzheimer's Association count of California family dementia caregivers, the largest in the country.
California is one of the only states that will actually pay you to care for an aging parent or spouse.
California caregiver programs can pay you, give you a paid break, or cover care your family cannot manage alone.
California caregiver resources are spread across dozens of government agencies, nonprofits, hotlines, and hospital programs, and the hardest part is often just knowing who to call first.
If you are caring for an aging parent or a spouse with dementia in California and running on empty, respite care can give you a real break, and in most cases someone else pays for it.
If you're caring for an aging parent or disabled relative and wondering how to get paid as a family caregiver in California, the good news is that you often can.