ARE YOU A CAREGIVER?

ARE YOU CARING FOR SOMEONE 60 OR OLDER?

You are a caregiver if you are:

  1. PERFORMING TASKS TO HELP: with shopping, cooking, errands, making or receiving telephone calls, transportation to medical appointments, paying bills, medication management, or home maintenance and repairs.
  2. PROVIDING PERSONAL CARE:  such as bathing, dressing, toileting, feeding or laundry
  3. CHANGING ROLES and beginning to think of your care receiver as depending on you for making decisions for them regarding healthcare, finances and legal matters.
  4. SEEKING ASSISTANCE AND FORMAL SERVICES of others to stay with or provide care for your care receiver.
  5. ARRANGING AND COORDINATING OUTSIDE SERVICES.
  6. CHANGING WORK AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS such as relocating or adjusting your work schedule to allow you more time for your care receiver.
  7. CONSIDERING LONG TERM CARE PLACEMENT such as trying to make a decision about a nursing home and how involved to be day-by-day.
  8. COPING WITH LOSS and dealing with difficult adjustments in your relationship.