Expert guides about caregiving in Minnesota from Brevy Care.
In Minnesota, you can be paid to care for a parent, spouse or other relative at home through the state's Medicaid home-care benefits.
For Minnesota families caring for a parent or spouse 65 or older who needs nursing-home-level care, the Elderly Waiver and Alternative Care programs can pay family members to provide it at home.
Minnesota 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 Minnesota? The answer depends on the state, and in Minnesota it is yes, within limits.
Caring for a parent or spouse with dementia in Minnesota is one of the hardest jobs there is, and you do not have to do it alone.
Minnesota's CFSS program lets a spouse or the parent of a minor be the paid support worker, within hour and task limits, in either of its two models.
If you are caring for an aging parent or spouse in Minnesota and running on empty, funded respite care can give you a real break without draining your savings.
A family member caring for a parent, spouse or other relative in Minnesota can be paid through Medicaid home-care programs and, when the person is a veteran, through VA caregiver benefits.