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Life Journeys - Solutions for Caregivers
 
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Program 1

Overview

Guests

Are you a caregiver? Effective communication Legal issues
 
 

Are You a Caregiver?

Everyone you talk to has a story.

If it's not you, it's your best friend or your neighbor.

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Are you a caregiver?

 

What are some of the first things we can do? In some ways, it depends on how your journey starts. It can be an immediate crisis that you are thrust into (tragic accident, stroke, etc.).

 

More often than not, it happens over time. People can identify themselves as caregivers earlier in the process and take the time to prepare themselves. Just checking in is the beginning of caregiving.

Ask yourself the following questions. Do you:

   
  • Take a friend to the doctor?
  • Order and pick up medication?
  • Go shopping?
  • Prepare meals?
  • Mow the lawn, shovel snow, rake leaves?
  • Call to check on a friend or family member?
   

If you answered yes to these questions, you are a caregiver. Here are two resources to assess the level of care that may be needed by your love one.

   
Caregiving Resources
   

AARP Caregiving Resources

Family Caregiver Alliance

Rosalynn Carter Institute For Caregiving

Are You a Caregiver for Someone 60 or Older?

Are You A Caregiver?

   

 

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Caregiver Advance

   
 

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