Expert guides about caregiving in Nebraska from Brevy Care.
Nebraska 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 Nebraska? Yes, through a Medicaid waiver service called LRI Personal Care, though not through the state plan benefit most families reach first.
More than 35,000 Nebraskans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's, and about 42,000 family members carry the work of caring for them.
If you are caring for an aging parent, a spouse, or an adult child with a disability in Nebraska, the state can pay you.
You can get paid as a family caregiver in Nebraska, and which door you use turns on one question: whether you are legally responsible for the person you care for.
Nebraska family caregivers can get funded respite care four ways: a Medicaid waiver, the state's Lifespan Respite program, free NFCSP grants, and the VA.