A quart is 2 pints. A pint is sixteen fluid ounces of water and weighs about 16 ounces (avoirdupois weight.) A gallon is 4 quarts (8 pints) and thus weighs about 8 pounds. Five gallons would be about 40 pounds.
In some cases, if your mother is on Medicaid, she can designate you as her personal home care aide and you can get paid a small amount through Medicaid. If your mother has her own resources, you can draw up a contract agreeing to work as her home health aide and she can pay you a salary that you both agree upon.
How We are Paid. A Place for Mom is paid by the more than 17,000 participating US and Canadian communities in our network, therefore our service is offered at no charge to families. Our Senior Living Advisors are passionate about helping families and committed to delivering best-in-class service.e help people with one of the most difficult decisions they will ever have to make: the process of helping an aging parent make the transition from living independently to accepting outside assistance or moving to a senior living community.