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.
To write an authorization letter for your salary to be claimed by  your mother, simply address it to the person in charge of  distributing the payroll. State that your mothe â¦ r will be picking up  your pay, provide your mothers name, your name and a telephone  number where you can be reached.