Nebraska
Nebraska programs that pay family caregivers
Nebraska pays family members through 2 Medicaid programs. Each has its own rules for who qualifies, who can be paid and what it pays.
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Personal Assistance Services (PAS)
Personal Assistance Services (PAS) is a regular Nebraska Medicaid benefit that pays for hands-on help with daily tasks like bathing, dressing and eating for people of any age who live at home. You choose your own provider, and a family member who is not legally responsible for you (for example an adult child, sibling or grandchild) can enroll as a Medicaid independent provider and be paid for the hours DHHS approves. The published state rate is $3.75 per 15 minutes, which works out to $15.00 an hour.
$15/hr ($3.75 per 15 min)
How it works →Aged and Disabled (AD) Waiver
The Aged and Disabled (AD) Waiver is a Nebraska Medicaid home and community-based waiver for people 65 and older and people of any age with a disability who need nursing-home level of care but want to stay home. It covers services like personal care, companion, chore, respite and adult day health. Relatives such as adult children can be hired as paid providers for most services, and a spouse or the parent of a minor child can be paid only through a narrow service called LRI Personal Care, which requires 'extraordinary care' needs, is capped at 40 hours a week, and is normally done through an agency.
Rate negotiated per provider
How it works →The overview: the Nebraska caregiver program · Nebraska caregiver pay · spouse rules
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States that border Nebraska
Each state writes its own rules, and they differ more than people expect — a spouse who can be paid on one side of the line often cannot be on the other.