Im live in caregiver for a elderly couple with dementia,I get little breaks during the day long enough to walk my dog, no days off.The lady is up like a dozen times all during the night so i get little to no sleep, The man requires less care from me but i still do alot for him There son pays me $3,600 per month but i wonder if thats enough ?
Might be time to find another job, where you can actually still have a life and get the much needed sleep we all need.
Given that, and ignoring my opinion, if you are doing this then it is up to you to ask for the salary you feel is deserved. It will be up to the family whether or not they can afford it, and whether or not they continue to have you do this work, or decide to hire another.
I wish you the best.
There is too little information provided in your post to tell you if it is enough.
Are you a family member? If you are living on premise do you have a lease agreement for an exchange of service? I strongly suggest your have a private care contract established for the begining of the year if you do not have one currently. To many variables that can lead you to being homeless and jobless if you do not.
Your “free” rent is what it would cost to rent a room. Around here that’s 1000 a month.
Tell the son he needs to hire someone to give you relief so you can take regularly scheduled days off - you determine what that is for you, one day a week, two days? What days would those be?
or you need 4 hours break on some days, with someone to come in and help or take over so you can just get outside, or take a nap. You can't be at your best for this couple if you are so exhausted mentally and physically.
If the OP is under-the-table and paid in cash she can't sue for anything. She gets paid $3,600 a month. If there's no taxes getting paid on that the IRS will come after her. If she tries to get cute with her employer and threaten a lawsuit, all they have to do is claim they have no idea what she's talking about because if they literally pay her with the envelope system in cash, there's no paper trail or proof that she even works for them.
Now $3,600 a month has to be kept somewhere. So unless she's keeping it stuffed in the matress, it's in a bank. Like I said, if she tries to get cute with her employer and make lawsuit threats, they can easily put her on the radar of the IRS and or ICE if she's illegal. I certainly would if someone ever made a threat like that to me under such circumstances.