White Card · Family caregivers

Can a daughter, son, spouse, or other family member be paid to provide White Card care?

Sometimes. The important part is that the care has to be medically necessary and authorized first. Then the family member has to qualify for the role and work through the home health agency like any other caregiver providing covered care.

How it works

The family relationship does not create the benefit. The patient's care needs do.

Patient need
Start with what the patient actually needs help with at home and how that need relates to the accepted EEOICPA conditions.
Authorization
The Department of Labor decides what covered home-care services are authorized. Being a spouse, daughter, son, or other relative does not create additional hours by itself.
Caregiver eligibility
If a family member is going to provide the authorized care through Alara, that person still has to complete the hiring, screening, training, competency, and employment requirements for the role.
Agency oversight
Once hired, the family caregiver works within the same plan of care, scheduling, documentation, supervision, and quality expectations that apply to the authorized care.
Where Alara fits

If someone you trust is already doing the work, we can look at whether the formal care plan can include them.

We review the patient's accepted conditions, current authorization, day-to-day care needs, and the proposed family caregiver. If the arrangement fits the authorized plan and the caregiver can meet the role requirements, Alara can hire, train, schedule, and supervise that person as part of the care team.

What we will not do: promise that every White Card patient can put a family member on payroll. DOL determines what care is covered and authorized, and the caregiver still has to meet the requirements of the job.

For the longer explanation, read the family-caregiver guide →

Common questions

Paid family caregiving, answered

Can a family member be paid to provide White Card care?

In some authorized home-care arrangements, an eligible family member may be employed by a home health agency to provide covered care. The care must be authorized and the caregiver must meet applicable employment, screening, training, competency, and supervision requirements.

Does having a White Card automatically mean my family caregiver can be paid?

No. A White Card alone does not automatically create paid family-caregiver hours. The patient's covered care must be medically necessary and authorized, and the proposed caregiver must meet the agency and program requirements for the role.

Does Alara pay family caregivers directly from the White Card?

When a family member is eligible and the care arrangement is appropriate and authorized, the caregiver works through Alara under the agency's employment, training, competency, scheduling, documentation, and supervision requirements. DOL determines coverage and authorization.

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Already caring for someone with a White Card?

Tell us what care you are providing now, what is authorized, and who is helping. We can look at whether a family-caregiver arrangement makes sense for the case.

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