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.
Report Abuse. Well my mom had a cleaning lady and she would only charge my mother about 100 dollars but i kno it is not hourly for the majority of the places.marie m Â· 8 years ago.Thumbs up.ell my mom had a cleaning lady and she would only charge my mother about 100 dollars but i kno it is not hourly for the majority of the places. marie m Â· 8 years ago. Thumbs up.