Community Services – Caregiving Articles

Elder Care & Elder Rage: Know The Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s!

Jacqueline Marcell barely survived caring for her elderly parents, both with Alzheimer’s which went undiagnosed for over a year. But after fighting through an unsympathetic medical system she figured everything out medically and behaviorally.

Family Caregiver Support Program Contacts – State by State Contact

By Guest Author

State by state contact details for family caregiver support programs.

AND THE BEAT GOES ON!

By Dr. Gema Hernández

The author proposes that necessary action be taken to correct the lack of accountability and proper fiscal controls with the Medicaid system. Medicaid fraud has negatively affected the lives of Floridians living in rural and metropolitan areas.

Getting Elders to Attend Adult Day Care

By Jacqueline Marcell

The author describes her fight to convince her parents to attend adult daycare.

Thoughts Of Peace From September 11, 2001

By Gail Mitchell

Love is from which we rise from our spiritual selves…we as a nation not only have become vulnerable as a result of the tragedy, but we have become more expressive and loving to those around us.

Getting Loved Ones to Accept Assisted Living

By Jacqueline Marcell

Convincing elderly loved ones to move from the comfort of the home they’ve known for years into an assisted living situation can be one if the toughest hurdles for families to accomplish.

Embalming

By National Funeral Directors Association

The practice of embalming has existed since early history throughout many lands and cultures. Embalming disinfects, temporarily preserves and restores, to an acceptable physical appearance, a dead human body.

Cash & Counseling: Consumer Choices, Family Reimbursements

By Gail Mitchell

Cash and counseling (C&C) is a program in which consumers are given the option of receiving cash payments to purchase a variety of support services or make household modifications. Learn more about this program here.

Caregiving and Teens: Caregiving? What’s it all about?

By New York Office on Aging

This guide helps teenagers understand the importance of their role and how to deal with this role when caring for an older adult, especially in their home.

Adult Day Care: One Form of Respite for Older Adults

By Terri Whirrett

Adult day care centers, also known as adult day services, have been providing a form of respite for caregivers for more than twenty years. Learn more about this form of respite and what you need to know before placing your loved one in a program.

Respite For Persons With Alzheimer

By Joyce Lewis

Various forms of respite care for caregivers of those with alzheimer’s and other dementias.

Siblings of Children with Special Health and Developmental Needs: Programs, Services and Considerations

By Donald Meyer

This article focuses on programs and ideas that include siblings of children with special health and developmental needs.