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.
If your name is on the bank account, you are the co-owner of the account and you can do what you wish with the money. However if you apply for medicaid to pay for the her nursing home care, there is a time limit that has to be adhered to before medicaid will pay the bill.(I believe its 3 years prior to applying for medicaid that land transfers has to occur or money being gifted to someone, but you can check that).ou need to be careful about moving your mother's money out of her name, especially if you are considering getting her on Medicaid to pay for the nursing home. Medicaid has a five year look back period for transfers of assets.