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Featured Senior Care Resources
Tools, checklists, worksheets and other resources to help you care for an elderly person.
In this department we've collected many of the most popular resources available within eldercareteam.com and put them all in one easy-to-find place.
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Senior Home Safety Assessment
Home accidents are some of the most common reasons why seniors make trips to the hospital or need to move to an alternative living facility like assisted living or a nursing home. One of the first steps to good long-term eldercare planning is a thorough safety assessment of the older person's home. . . . keep reading
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Warning Signs - What to Look For
Because we love them, we don't want to embarrass our seniors or put them on the spot, yet we have real concerns about their safety and ability to cope. We're looking for clues to how things are going. Having a checklist of "What To Look For" gives us a tool to start with and helps us focus. . . . keep reading
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The Family Funeral Guide
When a loved one dies, grieving family members face the need to make dozens of decisions about funeral arrangements. Unless the family or the deceased have made advance funeral arrangements, these decisions will have to be made very quickly and while under great stress. What kind of funeral would the deceased want? What funeral provider should you use? What would your traditions suggest that you do, versus what you are legally required to do? And, as cold as it may sound, how much is it all going to cost? . . . keep reading
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Your Senior's Net Worth
Unless your parent is single (or divorced or widowed) and has few or no assets, you will have to know his or her financial situation before you can make long term care plans. Except for those with very low income and almost no assets, in the United States long term care is primarily a private pay affair. How do you know what your parent can afford? You calculate their net worth, and look at where the money is. . . . keep reading
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Family Meeting Guide
Organizing a family meeting to talk about caregiving can resemble herding cats. It helps to have a tool to get everyone focused and on the same page so everyone's time and effort in getting together for a family meeting will be worthwhile . . . keep reading
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What To Do When Someone Dies
When someone you're close to dies, there are several things that someone will have to do fairly quickly. Here's a brief list of the most important things you'll have to do right away . . . keep reading
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Medicare Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Handbook
The basics of how the Medicare skilled nursing and rehabilitation program works. This booklet thoroughly covers how a patient will qualify for Medicare skilled nursing and rehabilitation benefits, the costs involved as care progresses, and options when Medicare coverage ends . . . keep reading
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Caregiver Daily Log
Do you wonder what's happening with your elder if someone else is providing care when you can't be there? Does your caregiver forget to give you important or interesting information at the end of the day? Is communication between multiple caregivers not as good as you would like? When we can't be the one providing care, but we want to be "in the loop" about what happens with our elder every day, a Daily Record form is one of the easiest ways to keep track. . . . keep reading
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Medication Tracker
Doctors are always jiggering around with medications. Using a medication tracker and keeping it current is the easiest way to have all your elder's important medication information in one place. . . . keep reading
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Alzheimers Disease
