Rich Herman asked:


There are many different elder care options available today. One option that you may want to consider is elderly home care. It allows parents or a loved one to remain at home, in familiar surroundings, and still get the assistance that they need. Often, caregivers include family, friends, or caregiving professionals that provide a wide range of senior home care services. This can be an ideal situation if you are caring for elderly parents or overseeing their care, where their primary needs are non-medical care.

In this type of setting, care can range from someone stopping in periodically, to a live-in caregiver that provides 24 hour care. Some examples of non-medical elderly home care may include: preparing meals or help with feeding, assistance with bathing and grooming, light housekeeping, assisting with medication, grocery shopping, bill paying or running errands.

In our particular caregiving situation, family members have teamed up to provide much of the home care for my mother-in-law, who has advanced Alzheimer’s disease. However, at times, we have enlisted the help of friends, our church family, and companies specializing in elderly home care services to provide for her needs. Even if your family is well equipped for caregiving, its important to be familiar with some of the senior home care services that are available today. Taking advantage of these services may give you the occasional day off or vacation that you need, without putting undo stress on your family or friends.

Even if you have other family members or friends that assist you in caring for a loved one, there are times when they are not available. At these times, being familiar with companies or caregivers that specialize in providing elderly home care can be important. Each local area normally has companies that offer a wide range of elderly assistance services. Normally, you can find these online by searching for the word “caregivers.” However, here are some nationwide, senior care service providers, that you may want to consider.

Visiting Angels - Specializes in non-medical home care services for the elderly, allowing them to maintain as much independence as possible in familiar surroundings. They have over 300 offices across the country. Their website is: www.visitingangels.com.

Cargiver Needed - Search by state for caregivers, nurses, and sitters. They offer both non-medical and medical care for the elderly and for children. Both live in and live out caregiving options are available. Their website is: www.caregiverneeded.com.

Right at Home - They can provide home health care from as little as a few hours to 24-hours a day. Services include: caring companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, bathing assistance, respite for family caregivers, and much more. Their website is: www.rightathome.net.

These are just a few of the many resources that are available for today’s caregivers. Over the years we have been blessed to have family members and close friends that have teamed up with us to care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s. However, utilizing other caregiver resources has given us much needed breaks, while still providing excellent care.

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Mary Ellen

isotope2007 asked:


How many of you found yourself having to care for elderly parents which ate up your retirement funds and left you in serious financial trouble?

My sibs managed to do nothing for my mother except trick her into signing her investments over to them the week after my dad died, while she was signing other papers.

I am disabled and ended up caring for her and paying her bills. Although my parents made me their sole heir, (both my sibs are wealthy), I also ended up paying funeral expenses because they drained the estate before mom even died.

Every lawyer I talked to wanted a $30,000 retainer before they would go to court over misappropriation of funds, so they got away with it. (I live in Canada)

At the end of August I will probably be living on the street. I am down to $2000 and no income, aged 55, partially disabled and unable to work because of a chronic pain condition, and upper body disability, Hoping to qualify for subsidized housing, theres a waiting list for it though

Jayden

maisie asked:


If you’re an adult only child caring for elderly parents, what successes have you had and what pitfalls would you point out? I would really like to hear from people who have found a way to make this work without losing their sanity.

I’m a 41 year old single woman without children and I work full time. I’m hoping to make smart choices with all the information I can get. Thanks for answering!

Mackenzie

Blessed, Fortunate, Envied! asked:


Does anyone know of any chat rooms available to just share stories and ideas about caring for elderly parents? One with Alzheimers?
You too, huh? What’s up? Email me! I’d love to chat… I have IM - but don’t advertise it here.

Samuel