Un/Paid Labor: Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waivers that Pay Family as Personal Care Providers

There are a number of benefits to allowing family caregivers to serve as paid personal care providers, including better health and satisfaction outcomes, expanded workforces, and cost effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to examine how Medicaid HCBS Section 1915(c) waivers for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities allocate personal care services to pay family caregivers.

https://indigo.uic.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Un_paid_labor_Medicaid_Home_and_Community_Based_Services_waivers_that_pay_family_as_personal_care_providers_/10753793