A growing list of states now pay wages, not just protect a job, when an employed adult child steps away to care for an aging parent. Here is what three of them actually pay.
Denise found out her Area Agency on Aging could fund respite care and counseling for free, through a federal program with no income test at all.
When Maria’s mother was hospitalized after a stroke, Maria learned her company’s 38 employees meant no FMLA protection at all. Here is who the law actually covers, and who it leaves out.
Maria assumed respite care meant giving up on caring for her mother herself. It doesn’t, and a federal program has been funding it for decades.
Maria spends $8,000 a year on her mother’s home care. She assumed her mother’s Social Security check made her ineligible to claim her as a dependent.