Caregiver Information
Handicapped Parking Plates Tags by State (updated)
Caregivers often provide transportation to doctor’s offices, grocery stores, pharmacies and the like. When a parent has difficulty walking even short distances, a driver without a handicapped card, or tag, is often faced with dropping them off at the curb, parking the car and then running into the building in order to catch up. For [...]
Great Caregiving Resources to Recommend to a Friend
We’re always looking for the best resources on the Web that can help the busy, perhaps harried, caregiver do what they need to do with confidence and compassion, while maintaining a balance in life. Sometimes it’s not easy. One thing working in our favor is that we do have the Internet and its abundance of [...]
Altzheimer’s Programming on HBO
Last week, I posted information on an upcoming series that HBO will be airing on Alzheimer’s Disease. I have been back to the HBO website several times since posting the story. For any of you who are interested in educating yourselves, I think you will find their dedication to this devastating disease impressive. Click here [...]
How to reduce stress while helping your parents
If you’ve been helping your parents sort out the vagaries of Medicare, or with their prescriptions, or running errands, or…you know the time it takes out of the day. If you’re of the sandwich generation and are managing kids schedules too, you either have the constitution of Martha Stewart, or don’t feel like you’re doing [...]
A Simple Way for a Caregiver to Save Money
We ran across The Caregiver’s Marketplace a while back and wondered if it was worth the effort. After looking into it, I think that depending upon your financial situation, it could very well be a help to the everyday household budget. The Caregiver’s Marketplace is a rebate program for a good number of products that [...]
How do you pay for respite care?
Respite care is the provision of short-term, temporary relief to those who are caring for family members who might otherwise require permanent placement in a facility outside the home. Unfortunately there is no default easy way to find funds for respite care. Much of it depends on your unique situation. This post will focus on [...]
Two Tools for Getting You and Your Parent Organized
If you’re like many of us who are helping with our parent’s care, managing our own lives and possibly those of our children, anything that can save time, minimize effort and reduce the chance of a regrettable error is something worth considering. I ran across these, as with most things, while looking for something else. [...]
Caregiver Burnout: The Warning Signs
According to WebMD “sometimes, the pressure of caring for someone who is elderly or who has a chronic illness can lead to stress and a condition called ‘caregiver burnout.’ To prevent this, it’s essential to know how to manage your stress.” The site provides the following warning signs: Feelings of anger Difficulty concentrating Unproductive worrying [...]
Handicapped Parking Plates Tags by State
Caregivers often provide transportation to doctor’s offices, grocery stores, pharmacies and the like. When a parent has difficulty walking even short distances, a driver without a handicapped card, or tag, is often faced with dropping them off at the curb, parking the car and then running into the building in order to catch up. For [...]
Alternative Transportation
According to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), (December 7, 2005), more than eighty two percent of Americans “age 65 or older worry that they will be stranded and unable to get around when they can no longer drive.” In addition, the APTA reports that “nearly all of the respondents (98 percent) said that maintaining [...]