Getting paid to care for a family member in Georgia
Yes.
In Georgia, a family member can be paid to give care through Structured Family Caregiver (SFC).
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Medicaid waiver
Elderly and Disabled Waiver Program (EDWP)
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Who qualifies
The criteria include being 21 or older, having a functional impairment caused by physical limitations (the fact sheet counts Alzheimer's and dementia as physical conditions) and an unmet need for care, being approved for an intermediate nursing home level of care, and being Medicaid eligible or potentially eligible after admission. The person must also choose community services over a nursing facility, and their physician must approve the care plan.
The waiver has two programs, CCSP and SOURCE. A person can be in only one waiver program at a time, and does not have to be homebound. The fact sheet lists other criteria too, such as services falling within the average annual cost of Medicaid nursing facility care.
EDWP members who receive Personal Support Services and choose consumer direction. The member hires and supervises the workers they choose, and must pick a Financial Management Services provider that issues paychecks and handles taxes.
Depends.
Yes, under conditions. Relatives by blood, adoption or marriage (out to the third degree, such as a son, daughter, grandchild, sibling, niece or nephew) can be paid when they meet the provider qualifications and training first. For self-directed care, there must be a written agreement before services start, the pay cannot be more than a provider of a similar service would get, and the service must not be something the family would ordinarily do.
Spouses, legal guardians and parents of minor children are covered by a stricter rule: see the next answers.
No.
No. Georgia Medicaid will not pay for personal care services or any waiver services provided by legally responsible relatives, which the policy names as spouses, legal guardians or parents of minor children, when the services are those they are already legally obligated to provide.
No.
No. Georgia Medicaid will not pay for personal care services or any waiver services provided by a legal guardian, when the services are those the guardian is already legally obligated to provide.
Wages for more than 40 hours a week to one consumer-directed worker are paid at one and a half times the normal hourly rate from the member's budget, unless the worker is exempt from overtime as a live-in caregiver.
EDWP members whose family caregiver lives in the home with them. A Structured Family Caregiver agency gives the live-in family caregiver coaching, support and a daily financial stipend.
Yes.
Yes. The agency pays the live-in family caregiver a daily stipend. The relative must meet the provider qualifications and complete the required training before becoming the paid caregiver.
No.
No. Georgia Medicaid will not pay for personal care services or any waiver services provided by legally responsible relatives, which the policy names as spouses, legal guardians or parents of minor children, when the services are those they are already legally obligated to provide.
No.
No. Georgia Medicaid will not pay for personal care services or any waiver services provided by a legal guardian, when the services are those the guardian is already legally obligated to provide.
The agency's Medicaid rate is listed at $110.39 per day, effective 7/1/24, and the stipend it pays the live-in family caregiver must be at least 60% of that rate.
Read from the rate table in the policy manual. The Structured Family Caregiver row, a per diem paid to a third party, lists $110.39 (eff 7.1.24) after earlier rates, and its earlier entries show the caregiver's share inside the full rate (for example $59.83 of $99.72).
Contact your Area Agency on Aging for an EDWP assessment. If you already have full Medicaid, you can contact the Area Agency on Aging or a SOURCE site. If you are not on Medicaid, you apply at your county Division of Family and Children Services office. If you qualify, the care coordinator works out with you which services you need.
Contact your Area Agency on Aging for an EDWP assessment. If you already have full Medicaid, you can contact the Area Agency on Aging or a SOURCE site. If you are not on Medicaid, you apply at your county Division of Family and Children Services office. If you qualify, the care coordinator works out with you which services you need.
Contact your Area Agency on Aging for an EDWP assessment. If you already have full Medicaid, you can contact the Area Agency on Aging or a SOURCE site. If you are not on Medicaid, you apply at your county Division of Family and Children Services office. If you qualify, the care coordinator works out with you which services you need.
