As a caregiver, here are some tips you need to know. Where you’re a full-time caregiver or finding it necessary to check in more often with your parents or loved one, you understand the worry and responsibility and physical demands required. Often caregivers overlook important considerations of how to provide more effective care while looking after their own health and well-being. A family caregiver who is being paid needs to make comply with certain tax and Medicaid requirements. This North Carolina Caregivers Resource Center offers suggestions and tips for caregivers so they can look out for both their loved one…and themselves.