Caregiver's Corner - Tools
Caring for the Caregiver
- Special Help for the Holidays
Caregiving.com has a holiday survival guide with tips for dealing with “well-meaning but always out-spoken family members,” preventing emotionally difficult encounters and handling the “holiday meltdown.” Go to www.caregiving.com and click on Holiday Survival Guide. - Meuser and Marwit Caregiving
Assessment
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In the 2004 HFA teleconference, the panelists discussed the need to develop and expand the use of clinical tools to assess grief and bereavement in family caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. One such tool is the Caregiver Grief Inventory developed by Samuel Marwit, University of Missouri--St. Louis, and Thomas Meuser, Washington University School of Medicine. - Caregiver Self -Assessment Questionnaire: How are you? (American Medical Association)
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The American Medical Association has developed a helpful Caregiver self-assessment questionnaire on your well-being. There are also some helpful links and suggestions provided. - Caregiver Survival Tips (AOA)
The U.S. Administration on Aging's National Family Caregiver Support Program has an online resource room that provides family caregivers, professionals, and providers with tips, resources, and outlets for expressing their experiences. In several languages, you will find a wealth of information. A good place to start is by reading the Caregiver Survival Tips, which can be found in English, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese) - Preparing for death
The End of Life Info section of our Web site has helpful resources for anyone who needs information on what to expect before and after the death of a loved one or patient. -
Caregiver's Handbook
This is a 9-part online posting which provides suggestions for personal, nutrition, medical, emotional care. - The Dying
Process: A Guide for Caregivers
The Dying Process guide prepares caregivers by discussing both the physical symptoms of dying and the psychological issues that accompany the dying process. The guide can serve as a sensitive, helpful resource for families who are being served by hospice. Hospices and other end-of-life organizations can also use the guide as a helpful training aid for staff and volunteers.
The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
--Charles DuBois
I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
--Maya Angelou