Get paid to care for your family member in Louisiana
You're already doing the work. Louisiana has programs that can pay you for it.
Key facts
- Program
- Monitored In-Home Caregiving (Community Choices Waiver)
- Typical pay
- a daily payment passed through a provider agency (rates vary by care level)
- Spouses?
- Ask before assuming — Louisiana's MIHC has specific rules on which relatives can be the principal caregiver.
- Live-in required?
- Yes — caregiver and care recipient must share a home.
How it works
Louisiana's Monitored In-Home Caregiving (MIHC) service, under the Community Choices Waiver, pays a live-in principal caregiver a daily rate through a licensed provider agency. The agency supplies a registered nurse and care manager who monitor care through home visits and an electronic care log — documentation is literally the mechanism that keeps the payments flowing.
Steps to get started
- Confirm Louisiana Medicaid + Community Choices Waiver eligibility (waitlists can apply).
- Live in the same home as the person you care for.
- Enroll with an MIHC provider agency.
- Use the agency's daily electronic care journal — it's required.
We'll find the money your family qualifies for
cares-ai is building a Caregiver Money companion: answer a few questions, see every program you may qualify for (Medicaid, VA, tax credits), and keep the care log these programs require — in one place. Join the waitlist and we'll email you as soon as the Louisiana eligibility checker opens.
Common questions
Can spouses be paid caregivers in Louisiana?
Ask before assuming — Louisiana's MIHC has specific rules on which relatives can be the principal caregiver.
How much does it pay?
Monitored In-Home Caregiving (Community Choices Waiver) pays a daily payment passed through a provider agency (rates vary by care level). Exact amounts depend on assessed care level and current program rates — treat published figures as estimates until confirmed in writing.
Do I have to live with the person I care for?
Yes — this program requires the caregiver and care recipient to share a home.
What documentation is required?
Nearly every caregiver-pay program requires ongoing documentation — daily care notes, timesheets or electronic visit verification, and periodic assessments. Missing or sloppy records are the #1 reason payments get delayed or clawed back. (Keeping this record effortless is exactly what cares-ai is building.)