February 3, 2010
Here are 6 Useful Tips for Family Caregivers and Private Companions That can Help Find In Home Non-Medical Resources for our Healthy Aging Senior Citizens Within Their Local Community
By Carol Carbutti
When you’re the main homecare person responsible for providing senior care for your aging parents, life can become quite hectic. This situation is particularly stressful for family caregivers who have the dual responsibility of caring for their own children as well as their senior parents. One of the best ways to cope with elderly in home personal care is to find resources from within your local community. Here are a few good ideas for finding those resources:
1. Since many retired parents remain active in their local church, family caregivers and private companions might want to check with their church representative for some advice. A familiar clergy member may recommend someone who may have resources that will be extremely helpful for your healthy aging parents. A church minister is often very connected to the local community, and will know about a variety of services and programs that senior families may never have heard of before. Your senior client’s church may also have social workers and specialists on staff that can specifically help families with their elderly parents.
2. Private personal assistants can also research information in the yellow pages. If your senior parents live in a large community, there might be a wealth of resources for your aging parent right there in the phone book. These can range from senior community centers, day trip organizers, adult day care, home health aides and more.
3. Family caregiving members and close friends should try to find local support groups because as a homecare helper to an aging parent, your responsibilities can become vast. They’re also quite stressful, and many caregiving daughters particularly try to do everything themselves, and end up burning out from trying to do too much without any in home assistance. By joining a support group, you will have a large source of emotional support on hand whenever family caregivers need it, and that support will come from others who have gone through the exact same things you are experiencing.
In addition to the much needed emotional support you will receive, a support group often pools all their knowledge, experiences, and resources together for the general good of the entire group. During the meeting you can explain your senior mom or dad’s situation and maybe another member will have an idea that will help that they tried in the past.
4. Your elderly parent’s doctor and his personal assistants may also have knowledge of your town’s senior resources. Doctors who specialize in geriatric care will have the most information and resources for you about available community services. You can also talk with family practitioners who are also very well connected within the community, and they may have some excellent contacts for you to get started with.
5. Don’t forget to ask for help from your family and friends. If you have a large network of friends and family members nearby, they may know about resources in your community too. Friends, particularly, who have started caring for their own elderly parents, may be looking for or have already found community resources for their own needs and they’re more than willing to help you as well. If you and your friends are becoming caretakers for aging parents around the same time, you can split the work of finding community resources and share them with each other regularly.
6. Carol Carbutti, the owner of Comfort Keepers, in Wallingford, CT understands how hard it is for caregiving families who have a small network of helpers. Carol suggests that they may want to look for a local in home caregiving agency to help with some of your senior parent’s daily chores. Comfort Keepers is a franchise with over 600 offices nationwide and they offer help with housekeeping, cooking, running errands while promoting interactive care. This type of in home non-medical service may help relieve some anxiety due to safety issues and give family caregivers some extra time to unwind from their very hectic schedule. If this sounds like something that might interest you and your family members please view our website www.comfortkeepers.com for an office near to you.
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