Prepare for Care at Home eBook
Plan your caregiving journey itinerary with a guide that will help
you consider what resources you have, what you need, and how to
locate services and support in your community.
Whether your care recipient is living with you, you are 15 minutes away
or across the country, with preparation and planning,
you will be empowered to manage care for your family member.
Prepare for Care at Home helps you get organized and includes topics such as:
- The questions to ask that will help you and your family members coordinate care
- The decisions that need to be made before the commitment to care at home is finalized
- The importance of consulting with an elder law attorney
- Potential resources to help cover the cost of care at home
- Clarification between home health care and home care
- Considerations when choosing a home care agency
- The pros and cons of using a home care agency vs hiring a private aide
- How to overcome your family member’s resistance to accepting outside assistance
- Managing and coordinating care with agencies, aides, and family members
- The benefit of including an Aging Life Care Professional on your care team
- Understanding palliative and hospice care
- How your local Area Agency on Aging can support you and your family member as they age in place
- The value of adult day centers
- How local community services can take over tasks so that you can better balance competing priorities
- The value of respite and how to create space from the responsibilities and worries of caregiving
- How to fill the training gaps needed to provide care to a family member
Life is like a river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.
Emma Smith
Prepare for Care at Home
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Navigating the Caregiver River: A Journey to Sustainable Caregiving is available on Amazon. Also, check out the Self-Caregiving Strategies Podcast.
Schedule Theresa Wilbanks to speak on caregiving and empower the caregivers in your workplace or community with the 12 Sustainable Caregiving Strategies.
Advice offered is for general information only; please contact your healthcare team, legal or financial advisors to guide your particular situation.