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Becoming a Family Caregiver

Family Caregiver helping spouse enjoy time with grandchild
Family Caregiver helping spouse enjoy time with grandchild.

Becoming a Family Caregiver

Feels

Overwhelming –  Much of the Time

Rewarding –  Some of the Time

Exhausting –  All the Time

Becoming a Family Caregiver Membership Provides
Becoming a Family Caregiver Membership Provides 1. Help with Getting Started as a Caregiver 2. Reinforcement for Complex Home Care 3. Links to Helpful Resources 4. Ideas on Handling Difficult Situations 5. Answers to Questions Between Medical Appointments
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Caregiver Fundamentals
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Caregiver Fundamentals
Being a caregiver involves more than just knowing how to take a blood pressure or understanding a disease process. Learning all you need to know takes time and energy most caregivers don’t have. Caregiver Fundamentals covers topics on a variety of topics from insurance to mobility, infection control to living wills. Save precious time and frustration looking through these topics.
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How to Do Things
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How to Do Things
Caregivers usually receive home discharge instructions one or two days before their family member goes home from the hospital. They get to practice new nursing care procedures needed for their family member one or two times before they’re doing them alone. Home health may check in but who is available between visits? Becoming a Family Caregiver can help bridge the gap between healthcare and homecare. If you need help with how to do something, you can look up the information here or give me a call
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Caregiver Resources
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Caregiver Resources
Caregiver Resources I have assembled a list of resources for disease and condition-specific organizations and agencies with links to their homepages. Using this list can save you time and frustration as you quickly access information, assistance, and other needed support. In addition, there is a similar list for government and state-run organizations and agencies caregivers often need to contact. If you’re ever looking for a contact link, look on BFC first!
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Requests for Help
Requests for Help If you need help understanding information about your family member’s condition or need more information about it, I have two options available. Option 1 – If you have a simple question where you just need me to explain what something means or to help you find a website, send me an email request explaining what you need. I’ll clarify specifics with you to be sure but there will likely be no charge. Option 2. If you need me to gather information for you because you don’t have anything yet or you need me to research the answer to a complex issue, then after we talk about your needs and how long the project might take, I’ll give you a cost estimate and you can decide whether you want me to do the research.
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Children using handicap accessible sidewalk for stroll with attached medication supplies.
Children using handicap accessible sidewalk for stroll with attached medication supplies.

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