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November is National Family Caregivers Month (NFCM), a month to acknowledge and celebrate the 53 million* family caregivers in the United States. At Careforth, we deeply care about you, the nation’s caregivers, and applaud your dedication to caring for your loved one at home. We honor caregivers like you and celebrate the crucial…
In this article: Step 1: Determine Your Eligibility for Medicaid’s Self-Directed Services ProgramsStep 2: Enroll in a Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) ProgramStep 3: Determine Whether Your Loved One Is Eligible for Veterans AidStep 4: Determine Whether Your Loved One Has a Long-Term Care Insurance Policy That Provides for Caregiver CompensationStep 5: Determine…
A care manager, also known as a case manager or care coach, plays an important role in coordinating and supporting caregivers and their loved ones. They work with caregivers to develop and implement personalized care plans and create connections to support services. In some programs, the care management team visits caregivers in their homes, offering…
During end-of-life palliative care and hospice care, it’s typical for much of the focus to be on your loved one. However, anxiety, guilt, anger, and burnout are very common experiences for all caregivers. It’s important that coping with these emotions is made a focus as well, so that your well-being and the care…
When a loved one is diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, there is a wave of emotions they experience, but grief is often front and center. Grief for the life they may have lived without the disease, anticipatory grief, sadness, anxiety and much more. Regardless of your role in the caregiving journey, your…
It’s never easy to consider hospice or palliative care for a loved one, and it’s common for caregivers to experience stress and grief during this immensely challenging time. “When a loved one receives a serious diagnosis and members of the care team mention palliative or hospice care, it can be alarming, overwhelming and…
End-of-life planning is a part of an estate plan that caregivers are often in the position to help establish for their loved ones. It formalizes the wishes of the person you care for, documenting their desires for what they’d like to happen at the end of their life. In short, an end-of-life care…
Caring for a loved one is a position many caregivers simply “find themselves” in. Often, they have not made a formal decision to become a caregiver. In fact, some family caregivers initially may not even realize that they’re taking on that role. No matter how you find yourself in the role of caregiver,…
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