Acute/Immediate Caregiving
- When someone is in the hospital, recovering from short term illness or surgery.
Intermittent Caregiving
When someone requires some care, or is expected to make a full recovery.
Long Term/Intense Caregiving
- When someone isn't expected to make a fully recovery. It could be several months or several years. This level of caregiving is all encompassing.
Post Caregiving
- After your loved one no longer requires help, navigating the world again can be hard.
Gifts for Caregiving
Caregiving Gifts
Taking care of someone is tough work. It can be a rollercoaster...
Blog posts
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You Might be an Intermittent or Occasional Care...
When people talk about family caregiving they usually talk about immediate caregiving, like a hospital stay. Or they talk about the intense type of caregiving, like cancer or dementia. There is...
You Might be an Intermittent or Occasional Care...
When people talk about family caregiving they usually talk about immediate caregiving, like a hospital stay. Or they talk about the intense type of caregiving, like cancer or dementia. There is...
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Common Caregiver Tasks for Intense or Long Term...
When someone requires constant care it often can be overwhelming for the family caregiver. People are quick to offer support in the beginning, but sometimes you may not even know...
Common Caregiver Tasks for Intense or Long Term...
When someone requires constant care it often can be overwhelming for the family caregiver. People are quick to offer support in the beginning, but sometimes you may not even know...
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Common Caregiver Tasks for Immediate Caregiving
When someone requires immediate care such as coming home from a surgery or hospital stay it often can be overwhelming for the caregiver. People are quick to offer support, but...
Common Caregiver Tasks for Immediate Caregiving
When someone requires immediate care such as coming home from a surgery or hospital stay it often can be overwhelming for the caregiver. People are quick to offer support, but...
Additional Resources
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Open Arms Minnesota
Go to OpenArms websiteIs a non-profit that prepares medically tailored meals for critically ill individuals and house bound seniors (and caregivers) at no cost. There is no income requirement.
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CaringBridge
Go to CaringBridge WebsiteFamily and friends want to be updated on surgery, progress, or how to help. Instead of texting, emailing and calling a long list of family and friends, create a free CaringBridge site.
Tara has done it both ways texting/calling individuals and using CaringBridge. She highly recommends using CaringBridge to update everyone. It's saves a lot of time and reduces your stress level.
Pro tip: Ask someone else to help maintain the site, it's a huge help. Especially day of surgery or right when they come come home. -
Caregiver Action Network
Go to Caregiver Action Network websiteCaregiver Action Network (CAN) is the nation’s leading family caregiver organization working to improve the quality of life for the more than 90 million Americans who care for loved ones with chronic conditions, disabilities, disease, or the frailties of old age. Resources to family caregivers across the country free of charge.
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AARP
Go to AARP Caregiving websiteAARP has some great resources for caregivers. Including lots of helpful blog posts on their site.
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Canadian Home Care Association (CHCA)
Go to CHCA websiteA Canadian caregiving resource for my Canadian folks.
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Care.
Go to Care. websiteIs an international site that connects people to local senior caregivers, child caregivers, house keeping and pet care services.
