I have been using my daughter and niece to watch Mom while I run errands but now my sister will be out of work and could help but will need money since she has bills to pay. Do I need to have Caregiver contracts on everyone? Who says you have to have one?
The caregiver documentation will also serve to reduce income for VA purposes.
I can only speak as an R.N. who deals with this as a living.
So much depends on the state you live in as to the Medicare laws. Times are changing so fast with the Obama Care. What is here now may be gone tomorrow I am experiencing.
Your sister will have to become a certified care giver if you wish Medicare to pay her.
If $ is not a huge issue??
Do not jump on the legal train-$$$$
You can go to a Para-legal at a fraction of the price & get the same information.
Been there & I continue to do it.
I also am dealing with a husband with Solvent Dementia.
I do not understand your last 2 sentences. I can tell you the you make the decisions with the physician's help.
For other items such as you mentioned, a state could also take that position, that the items were furnished out of love and a delayed reimbursement is now a gift. You would have to argue with the state why you were not paid on the spot, as a normal business transaction would have insisted upon.