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The roles of caregivers, providers, or personal care assistants vary by need and include both direct and indirect services. Direct services can include provision of personal care such as helping with bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting or health care tasks such as catheter care, giving injections, or monitoring medications, checking and monitoring, continuous supervision, regular checking, or telephone monitoring. Indirect tasks include locating services, coordinating service use, monitoring services, or advocacy. Household tasks include cooking, cleaning, shopping, money management, and transportation to medical appointments or daycare programs. Assistance can be provided by family, friends, a personal care assistant the individual with a disability hires or a home health care agency. Assistance can be provided on a paid or non-paid basis or by using a combination of both methods.
Caregiving
The American
Association of Retired Persons provides information on assessing
the situation, balancing work and caregiving, finding help, hands-on
care, involving others in caregiving, long distance caregiving,
managing stress when giving care, planning for caregiving, caring
for parents at home, who caregivers are, power of attorney, private
long-term care insurance, independent living, end of life issues,
coping with grief and loss, and grief and loss programs.
http://www.aarp.org/life/caregiving
National
Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
NFCA is a grassroots organization that was created to educate, support,
and empower caregivers.
http://www.nfcacares.org
Caregiver.com
You will find a resource directory, a discussion forum and a chat
room for caregivers. You can also order books, subscribe online
to Today's CareGiver magazine or Alzheimer's Caregiver, and/or sign
up for a free newsletter.
http://caregiver.com
http://caregiver.com/regionalresources/index.htm
Caring
for the Caregiver: Promoting Your Own Well Being
In this article, Joanne K. Singleton, PhD, RN, CS, FNP, gives suggestions
for caregivers to promote their well-being and how to deal with
stress. Dr. Singleton provides a list of resources, related articles,
and a recommended reading list.
http://www.ec-online.net/Knowledge/Articles/caringforthecg.html
