For love, she wakes at 7am each day to toilet, shower, dress, feed and care for of her 36-year-old daughter, Kerry.
For love, she and her husband sacrifice holidays, outings and financial security.
But Mrs Jones is fed up with being forced - along with thousands of others - to care for family members simply for love as the Government refuses to acknowledge the unpaid work they do.
"I love her, but it's exhausting. It's like having a child for ever," she said.
She works three days a week to supplement her husband's income, but only during the school term when Kerry attends adult classes for the disabled.
More than 420,000 New Zealanders care for ill, frail, injured or disabled family members and friends, performing humane and necessary work with an economic value of more then $7 billion.
A group of parents won a recent court case seeking reimbursement to care for their adult children, but the Government is appealing the decision.
Health Minister Tony Ryall has said paying parents to care for their disabled children would cost $640 million a year, a sum the nation could not afford, while independent assessments put the figure at $17 million, she said.
"I'm sick of this Government. They are paying millions to appeal this decision and it's crazy."
Mrs Jones believed $200 a week would suffice to "give me that freedom".
"I don't know if I would actually claim it, but I think other parents should be allowed to.
"It's not a case of us actually wanting the money; it's a case of being able to have a break," she said.
During her protest, she distributed postcards for the We Care carers campaign lobbying Prime Minister John Key to provide better recognition and support for family carers.
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