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INDEX Page Written for Alzeheimer's but excellent information. Click on section to be taken to information.
The Caregiver's Handbook
It is therefore suggested that the HB be referred to as a general guide, and specifics checked, as appropriate, with physicians, healthcare providers, state and community social services, and caregiving resources generally for more up-to-date information.
Contents
- You, the caregiver, are very important
- Check list
- List of Needs
- When community agency help is needed
- Services available to impaired elderly
- Caregiver's self-rating scale
- What can I do to help myself
- Seek Information
- Join a caregiver support group
- Set realistic goals
- Practice good communications skills
- Communicate with your family and friends
- Use community resources
- Use respite care services
- Maintain your health
- Relaxation exercise
- Laughter is the best medicine
- Avoid destructive behaviors
- Seek help
- Build your self-defense
- Caregiver's bill of rights
- Bathing, shampooing and shaving, skin care
- Toileting, constipation or irregularity
- Assisting with eating, transferring, rest and sleep, tips for encouraging self-care
- Nutrients listed on food labels
- Adapting meals for people with dietary restrictions
- Four food groups
- Common problems interfering with good nutrition
- General tips for helping the older person to eat well
- Encouraging routine physical examination
- Keeping records and managing medications
- Choosing a doctor
- Depression: signs and causes
- Suicide prevention
- Promoting emotional well-being
- The importance of lifetime learning
- Memory problems
- Sensory problems
- Confusion
- Behavioral problems
- Mental stimulation
- Compiling an inventory
- A will and managing financial affairs
- Durable power-of-attorney for health care decisions
- Conservatorship of estate and/or person
- Selecting and attorney
- When is it time to stop caregiving
You, the caregiver, are incredibly important!
AppendicesAppendix A: Selected community resources
Appendix B: Selected readings and references
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