Expert guides about caregiving in Kansas from Brevy Care.
Kansas 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.
Can you get paid to care for your spouse in Kansas? Through Kansas Medicaid, the honest answer is usually no, but that is not the end of the story.
Dementia care in Kansas falls largely to family, and you do not have to carry it alone or pay for all of it yourself. About 55,000 Kansans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's.
Kansas caregiver programs pay family members to provide care through HCBS waiver self-direction, though under stricter rules than most states.
Caring for an aging parent or spouse in Kansas is exhausting, and you are allowed to rest. Respite care in Kansas can give you that break, and some of it is free with no income test at all.
Kansas pays family members to provide in-home care through the self-direction option in its KanCare HCBS waivers, where the person receiving care chooses and directs their own attendant.