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home care seems to practice: nurses, therapists and social workers each visit - usually a high level - and not the office of each professional home health. But the choreography a daily parade of health professionals is not suitable for family caregivers, the characteristic quarter of these services - especially if the caregiver works in this house.
Over caregivers stress can force
One of the main goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is older Americans to keep their long houses, assuming that it is cheaper and easier to "age in place" rather than in a nursing home to home or another Institution. Home care can save money for families - but it can be harmful to the added stress, time and attention supervisors.
Health experts say that caregivers need to know what they are getting into before the obvious comfort of home care to commit.
There is no manual to get started in the role of quarterbacks. "Caregivers their loved ones back home all the time and do not have enough information about what to do," says Toula Wootan, the Community programs to Elder Source runs a community-based organization in Jacksonville, Florida.
I recommend not to leave your job to take care of someone. a very high price is paid.
- Jo McCord, supervisor Alliance
And the paperwork can be unforgiving. Each visit must include both the patient are documented and the health professional. This means that a competent adult must sign professional host, know that services as planned and complete departure procedures have been made available.
not Expect the papers for each organization or company is shared or visible to any other organization or company, either. The vision of seamless electronic documentation remains a vision. "It is a legal work, administrative work, medical work, to ensure that the files are correct," says Wootan.
Here are three strategies for managing two jobs full - time in his career and care:
Resources and lawyers 1. Scope of the first.
home care transfers the responsibility of institutions for families. You are on your own medical services to bring and community, experts say, but you can get help.
First, determine what resources are available. Most communities have counseling about aging that you can at least be directed to organizations and home care services, said Laura Green, director of the Commission on Aging Traverse County, in northern Michigan. You can also see or Caregiver.org Eldercare.gov. The resources available will depend on where you live seniors and income.
"Remember that the resource is not based on income, but the income of their loved one," said Green.
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This is a revelation for caregivers often assume that their own income families disqualified to be used for the beloved work, says Green. Help for just a few hours a week, for example, household cleaners, can help to ease the burden for the whole family at no cost to the caregiver work.
Help find a professional local social workers or others with whom you can build a relationship, if you have listed aspects of the variables a contact. Do you know that quick phone calls can be processed during working hours.
2. Develop strategies in parallel: one for his career and the other for the provision of care.
His own work is number 1, said Jo McCord, an adviser to the Caregiver Alliance, Family, based in San Francisco.
It is discouraging demanding on the possibility ping pong between work and coordination of care second unpaid work. Some people simply decide to leave their desks. But certainly can derail your own financial security, McCord said.
"I do not recommend quitting your job to take care of someone," he said. "A high price was paid."
Work with your superiors and colleagues, McCord said, to predict how it handles emergency situations.
And McCord added, do not plan from home as a complete solution for work. Always have health and productivity Torpedo guests daily professional staff. "It will be constantly interrupted," he said. "And the work remains to be done."
It is possible to take into account short-term assumption of unpaid leave under the Law on Family and Medical Leave: meet the professionals who will visit your home; receive the first round of full documentation; install guest in your home and establish a new routine with his beloved.
Do not forget to organize supportive care for those days when you have meetings, business or delivery, also.
And check to see with the human resources department of your employer, whether they are the lucky few for older people have access to health services. According to the Society for Human Resource Professionals, 6 percent of employers Recommendations for care for older people offer; about 1 percent of the offer backup and related care.
3. Generate in supportive care and breaks you -. Also
"Do not try to do it yourself," Wootan said. "If anyone can help achieve. It exhausted and carrying".
So you get the structure of the relay system in the budget regularly days helping the lover.
Also look at the adult daycare. Generally, programs provide transportation for participants, but McCord observed that a sick elderly need a paid caregiver, enter the vehicle program. Some work supervisor carve a daily program, which is started at a half-day program with the client file, she said. Then I paid caregivers or she meets him at home, providing meals and personal attention for an hour or two. This leaves only three hours or more before the end of the workday.
Finally, discussions have family as often as possible - and the role of the nurse is actually happening, says Wootan.
"Who can do what? What will each of its functions is?" He said. "Find out what are your expectations of each other and their parents."
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