Caregiver Support
January 2012 Caregiver Newsletter
The Family Caregiver Support Program is designed to benefit you in your caregiver role. Services are designed to meet the individual needs of caregivers and their situation. This program connects you with the right information and available community resources for your particular caregiving needs. Services include information and assistance, respite care and other supplemental services.
AVAILABLE
SERVICES
Information
Assistance
Education / Training
Social Support
Resources
OFFICE
HOURS
Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
CONTACT
NUMBERS
812-948-8330
888-948-8330 Toll Free
812-542-6895 TTY
877-641-5826 TTY Toll Free
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WHO
IS A CAREGIVER?
A caregiver provides assistance to another who is experiencing limitations
in one or more daily activities. These activities may include: bathing, grooming,
meal preparation, grocery shopping, transportation, medication management,
feeding, and/or walking – mobilization. Caregivers are also providing
kinship care and raising children not their own.
Caregiving
may be short term or it may happen over a long
period of time. Some people become caregivers gradually
while to others, it happens overnight. It depends
on the disease, disability, or the reason a child’s
parents may no longer be able to care for them.
Those
caring for another in the above situations who
are unpaid are considered Informal Caregivers or
Family Caregivers. These individuals provide help
or arrange help for another. Assistance can be
provided on a full-time or part-time basis, and
the caregiver may or may not live with the person
requiring help.
If
you have identified yourself as a family or informal
caregiver, help is available through the Family
Caregiver Support Program to assist you in your
role.
INFORMATION
The Caregiver Support Coordinator is available to listen to concerns, answer
questions and provide information about elder care resources in Southern
Indiana. A caregiver presentation is available to local groups and agencies
to increase knowledge of caregiver needs and existing caregiver resources.
ASSISTANCE
Access to services and community agencies can be accomplished thru the Caregiver
Support Coordinator. The coordinator is available to assist you with making
telephone calls, advocating for your needs, and by referrals to appropriate
agencies.
EDUCATION / TRAINING
Understanding the emotional strain and stresses of caregiving, the Caregiver
Support Coordinator can provide materials on coping strategies for caregivers.
Local training and conferences will also be developed to meet the needs of
caregivers.
SOCIAL SUPPORT
Support groups are a valuable tool to caregivers that enable them to meet and
discuss with others the rewards and stressors of caregiving. The Caregiver
Support Coordinator is available to help start a support group and will also
provide information on current groups and other social activities to relieve
caregiver isolation.
RESOURCES
The Caregiver Support Coordinator has many pamphlets and brochures available
on a range of topics.
Helpful
web page links:
AARP www.aarp.org
AARP Grandparents www.aarp.org/grandparents
Administration on Aging www.aoa.gov
American Medical Association www.ama-assn.org
American Society on Aging www.asaging.org
Benefits Check Up www.benefitscheckup.org
Breaking New Ground www.ecn.purdue.edu/ABE/Extension/BNG
Caregivers-USA.org www.caregivers-usa.org
Children of Aging Parents www.caps4caregivers.org
Eldercare Locator www.eldercare.gov
Eldercare On-Line www.ec-online.net
Family Caregiver Alliance www.caregiver.org
Family Care America www.familycareamerica.com
Generations United www.gu.org
Grand Parent Again www.grandparentagain.com
GrandsPlace www.grandsplace.com
National Family Caregivers Association www.thefamilycaregiver.org
Rosalynn Carter Institute www.rci.gsw.edu
The Caregivers Marketplace www.caregiversmarketplace.com
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