Expert guides about caregiving in Nevada from Brevy Care.
Nevada 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.
If you are trying to get paid to care for your spouse in Nevada, here is the honest answer up front: Nevada Medicaid usually will not pay you, but the VA often will.
More than 55,000 Nevadans 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's, and a new Medicaid waiver can pay a live-in family caregiver.
Nevada pays many family members to provide care through Personal Care Services, and a 2023 bulletin lets some provide skilled care too. Add respite grants and VA benefits on top.
If you are caring for a parent or spouse in Nevada and running low on your own reserves, respite care is the funded break you may not realize you can already get.
In Nevada you usually get paid to care for a family member by becoming their Medicaid personal care aide, not by receiving a check from the state.