long distance caregiving
What can a Geriatric Care Manager do for You?
A geriatric care manager can bring your loved one the support they need without putting stress on your life!
Be a Caregiving Genius! Ten Easy Tips
Want to be a caregiving genius? Try these ten easy tips! How do I know so much, besides the fact that I’m a geriatric care manager? I like to listen to my clients, and yesterday one of them said to me (and I quote) “You are a genius!” Hey, cut my pay in half and sign me [...]
The Intimacy of Caregiving
I knocked on the door – no answer. I called – no answer. His newspaper was still by the door. I asked if the neighbors had seen him. No. I was checking in on a new 90-year-old client while his family was away for the weekend. On Saturday everything went as planned – he greeted me [...]
Joy with Our Mothers Now
I spoke on Jennifer Till’s radio show about how we can miss the joy of “now” with our mothers by relating to them based on past experiences. (Click here to listen to a recording of that episode of “Real Life with Jennfer Till.”) Perhaps we had difficult childhood experiences with our mothers that we haven’t fully [...]
11 Ways to Stop Caregiver-Related Depression
Don’t let depression get you! Care-giving is life-giving and love-giving. Don’t let it suck the life and the love out of you! At Care is There, one of our most important jobs is to support caregivers so they don’t burn out, get sick, lose their jobs, neglect their families and forget their own sources of [...]
How a Trip to the Hairdresser Can Change Everything
Today I took a client to the hairdresser. That was a giant victory because this very frail and very proud lady rarely lets anyone do anything for her. Then we had lunch (something she rarely does anymore) and picked up light bulbs for her nightlights and a battery for the radio beside her bed. So [...]
The Number One Reason Why Caregivers Get Sick
Stress is the number one reason that caregivers get sick: see this helpful article on caregiver stress. As geriatric care managers we see this all the time — caregivers wearing themselves out trying to look after their loved ones. Don’t fall victim to the “I have to do it myself” mentality. Services are available, volunteer [...]
Cell Phone Designed for Senior Citizens Includes an Emergency Response System!
“Just Five” is the next generation in cell phones for seniors. See the Independent Lifestyles Newsletter for a description and how to learn more. In order to age in place with excellence and maintain our independent living as long as possible, it make sense to leverage technology in addition to all the love and care [...]
The Hidden Costs of Caregiving, from the Wall Street Journal
At Care is There, we see on thing consistently after caregiving families start working with us. Relief! What a joy to know your loved one can receive what they need without you having to give up what you need!
Senior Citizens and Driving: Life After Driving
Losing the ability to drive can be a major turning point in a person’s life and can threaten their independent living and plans for aging in place. It means he must depend on other people or professional services for transportation, and he is subject to their schedules, routes, and destinations. There is the risk that after an older person loses the ability to drive, they will stop doing the things that keep them healthy and engaged.
Senior Citizens and Driving: The Process of Reporting an Unsafe Elderly Driver
The DMV has a process for evaluating the skills of elderly drivers that have been reported to them for review. This article describes the procedures and possible outcomes.
Senior Citizens and Driving: How Driving Skills are are Assessed for the Elderly
How Driving Skills are are Assessed for the Elderly Are you worried that your elderly parent can no longer drive safely? This series of articles tells you what you can do, including: What the law says about elderly drivers. The process and implications of reporting an unsafe elderly driver. How driving skills are assessed for [...]
Senior Citizens and Driving: What To Do When Your Elderly Parent Needs to Stop Driving
For your elderly parent, losing the ability to drive can seem like the first sign that they are losing their freedom and independence and they may feel it will threaten their ability to age in place. But if your loved one has become unsafe behind the wheel they are a risk not only to themselves but to other people’s loved ones that are sharing the road with them.
Senior Citizens and Technology: Eldercare Locator Publishes “Staying Connected: Technology Options for Older Adults”
Eldercare Locator’s “Staying Connected: Technology Options for Older Adults” guide takes users through the basic facts about how to use tools like Facebook, email and texting, including privacy and safety information. The guide also introduces YouTube, Twitter, Skype, Instant Messaging and blogging – all tools that older adults can use to stay connected. You can [...]
The Ten Commandments of Caregiving
Ten tips that will keep you from making care giving mistakes that stress you out!
A Poem of Thanksgiving for Long Distance Caregivers
A poem in honor of families who love each other across the miles.
Create a Long Distance Caregiving Team in Six Easy Steps
Long distance caregivers with elderly parents who are aging in place can worry less if they create a caregiving team managed by a geriatric care manager.
For many families, an in-home caregiving team can be a cost effective way to preserve independent living until assisted living becomes necessary. You can reduce caregiver stress while supporting your parents’ independent living by following these six easy steps to establish a caregiving team.
Are you Headed for Caregiver Burnout? Take this Quiz
Take this quiz to see if you are headed for caregiver burnout!
