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Daily support services provided to individuals who are unable to fully care for themselves due to a disability or functional limitation. These services can be provided informally by a family member or friend or more formally by a paid professional such as a home health aide, nurse or therapist.

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  1. Caregiver Self Assessment
    This assessment helps identify if caregiver stress is starting to take its toll on you.
  2. Tasks Worries Attitudes Worksheet
    National Family Caregivers Association
    This worksheet is useful in helping you identify and organize all the many things you do as a family caregiver and help you identify who can help you.
  3. Things to Think About
    By Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association
    What feelings and emotions do you associate with your caregiving experience – frustration, sadness, grief, love, kindness, compassion, anger, pride, or guilt? Have you talked to other people about them, your lo…
  4. Hiring In-Home Help
    Family Caregiver Alliance
    Most family caregivers reach a point when they realize they need help at home. Tell-tale signs...
  5. Caregiving - Comfort Care
    National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
  6. LightBridge Information Sheet
    LightBridge
    LightBridge is a provider of learning resources based on cutting edge Alzheimer?s research custom designed for the at-home caregiver.
  7. Learning Demo - Caregiver Perspective
    LightBridge
  8. Ten real-life strategies for dementia caregiving
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  9. Choosing to Take Charge of Your Life
    By Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association
    Often we become caregivers very suddenly, without warning-a husband is diagnosed with cancer, a child is in a car accident, a parent has a stroke. At other times, caregiving creeps up on us-we know mom is forgetting …
  10. Fact Sheet - Caregiver's Guide to Understanding Dementia Behaviors
    Family Caregiver Alliance
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