Expert guides about caregiving in Utah from Brevy Care.
Utah 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 Utah? One Utah Medicaid program says no in writing, the rest do not say, and the VA says yes. Utah does pay family members to provide in-home care.
Tens of thousands of Utahns are living with Alzheimer's, and family members provide most of their care.
In Utah, family members can be paid to provide care, and respite for a worn-out caregiver is free through the state's Area Agencies on Aging with no income test.
If you are caring for an aging parent or a spouse in Utah and running low on your own reserves, respite care is the funded break you may not realize you already qualify for.
Utah pays family members to provide in-home care, but the route a paid family caregiver takes depends on whether the person receiving care is employed.