February 17, 2010

Comfort Keepers Of Wallingford, CT Would Like To Remind Our Local At Home Non Medical Senior Citizens, Their Family Caregivers and In Home Personal Care Family Companions, That There Are A Lot of Helpful Resources Within Their Community.

By Carol Carbutti

When you’re the main homecare person responsible for providing non- medical 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.

An excellent source of information can be found at your seniors’ doctor office.  The doctors may know of many community resources that can help you with geriatric care for your aging seniors.  You can also speak with their office family practitioner, who is often approached by a lot of excellent contacts, to get you started.

A good place to begin your search for homecare advice would be your retired parent’s local church.  Family caregivers can contact their aging mom or dad’s church representative who may have a lot of resources that will be extremely helpful.  A church minister is highly connected to the community, and will know about a variety of services and programs that senior families may never have heard of before.  Your aging parent’s church may also have senior social workers and specialists on staff.  They can specifically help families with healthy aging elderly parents.

If your seniors 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, personal care assistants, and more.

Always remember to ask for help from your immediate family and close friends.  If you have a large network of friends and family members nearby, they may know about resources in your community too. Caregiving friends, particularly those who have started in home care 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 friend 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

Carol Carbutti, owner of Comfort Keepers in Wallingford, CT would like to personally remind families of the overwhelming responsibility of caring for senior citizens.  Carol suggests looking for a local support group for family caregivers of elderly parents.  Family care helpers seldom realize that doing this alone can be very stressful, especially for women who try to do everything themselves, and end up burning out from trying to do too much without any assistance.  By joining a support group, you will have a large source of emotional support on hand whenever you need it.  That support will come from other caregivers who have gone through similar situations that you and your family are experiencing right now.

                       

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