“Caregiving 101” Blog

Selecting the Right Personal Care Home for Your Loved One:

One of the reasons personal care homes are difficult to locate is because they don’t have the budget to run large ads in the newspaper, and most don’t have the resources to advertise on the internet. The Alzheimer’s Association provides families with a list of personal care homes, if they feel that this option is best for them. Most senior citizen centers and social workers at almost any nursing home maintain their own lists of referral sources. The best way to find exactly what you’re looking for in a facility is to “do your homework.”
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If you are like most people you probably have put off collecting and categorizing vital information that your adult children will need to have on hand in the event of incapacitating illness or your death.

This month I have put together a list of questions for you to answer that they will most likely need to know. It may take you a couple of weeks to accumulate all of the information below but it will be well worth it. This will give you and your children peace of mind.
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“It’s Okay To Laugh!”

In our weekly radio segment and our TV segment called “The Lighter Side of Caregiving” we have a guest share their humorous story of caregiving for a loved one on the air.
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