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Member Experiences . . .

Caregiver - Tools
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1   Link   Air Charity Network
An affiliation of pilots and air member organizations who make possible flights for those who travel for medical or emergency need at no cost or low cost to the patient and/or family. Phone number 877-621-7177.
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2   Link   Canine Partners for Life
Canine Partners For Life works to increase the independence and quality of life of individuals with mobility impairments by providing professionally trained service dogs and support services.
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3   Link   Caregiver Coaching
I am a certified coach whose practice focuses on helping family caregivers maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle while they provide care to their loved ones. Taking care of your loved ones will be enhanced when you take care of yourself and life coaching will focus on what you do now, how to move forward, and how to live your life purposefully and fully. Donald Rai.
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4   Link   CarePages
Keep Them in the Know – visit the WSA area on Care Pages and use it to inform others about your Ill Spouse and your caregiving. From CarePages.com you can use your very own private area to publish information for family and friends about the situation for you and your Ill Spouse.
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5   Link   Caring Bridge
CaringBridge(R) is a nonprofit organization offering free personalized websites that allow people to stay in touch with family and friends during a health crisis, treatment and recovery. The goal of the service is to ease the burden of keeping friends and family updated, while also providing a way for them to send their love, support and encouragement.
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6   Link   CaringToday
Caring Today—through its magazine and this website—is the leading provider of practical advice and knowledge for family caregivers.
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7   Link   Dignity Resources
Dignity Resources is a nonprofit organization created to help people understand the assets and financial options available to them during serious or life threatening illnesses, and to assist them in making the most informed choices possible, given their particular situations, assets, and needs.

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8   Link   Eldercare Locator - US Admin on Aging
Welcome to the Eldercare Locator, a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging. The Eldercare Locator is your first step for finding local agencies, in every U.S. community, that can help older persons and their families access home and community-based services like transportation, meals, home care, and caregiver support services. To begin, enter your criteria below.
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9   Link   Faith in Action Network
Faith in Action brings together people of many faiths to help their neighbors in need. Faith in Action volunteers shop, cook, drive or just check in on the millions of Americans with long-term health needs.
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10   Link   Five Wishes - Living Will
Five Wishes lets your family and doctors know:
- Who you want to make health care decisions for you when you can't make them.
- The kind of medical treatment you want or don't want.
- How comfortable you want to be.
- How you want people to treat you.
- What you want your loved ones to know.

Five Wishes has become America’s most popular living will because it is written in everyday language and helps start and structure important conversations about care in times of serious illness.
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11   Link   How To Care.com
How to Care is here to help you manage the realities of caring for others and yourself by supplying practical, portable information on the issues we know you will confront.
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12   Link   LotsaHelpingHands
“What Can I Do To Help?” - Lotsa Helping Hands enables you to set up a private group calendar, specifically designed for organizing helpers, where everyone - friends, family, colleagues and neighbors - can pitch in with meal delivery, rides, and other tasks necessary for life to run smoothly during a crisis.

Information is kept private to yourself and your invitees only. They are notified of your updates by e-mail and must then click on a link in the private e-mail and log in to go to the site to read the latest news. A feature of these two partnerships is that you and your invited visitors will also see the WSA logo on your pages, and can click on it to go to the WSA site.

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13   Link   Patricia McGettigan, M.S., Psychologist
Offers individual, couple and group therapy, with specialty areas of: Depression, Anxiety, Adult eating disorders, Relationship issues, Grief/Loss, Stress management, Life transitions, Emotional issues related to coping with a chronic or terminal illness, Work and career issues, Conflict resolution, Parenting support

The Yardley Center for Psychology, Washington, PA
215-321-9653 x6, patmcgettigan@verizon.net
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14   Link   National Patient Travel Center
This organization makes sure that no patient is denied access to medical treatment because they can afford to fly there. Phone 800-296-1217.
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15   Link   Next Step in Care
Next Step in Care provides information and advice to help family caregivers and health care providers plan safe and smooth transitions for patients.

Transitions occur when patients move from one care setting to another, for example, from a hospital to home or rehab facility, or when home care agency services start and end. Patient transitions are often complicated, rushed, and beset by errors or misunderstandings.

Next Step in Care helps with the keys to smooth transitions: careful planning, clear communication, and ongoing coordination.
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16   Link   Preparing Caregivers.com
Devoted to preparing caregivers today for tomorrow's challenges. Our professional services promote a healthy, effective, and supportive individualized approach to caregiving.
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17   Link   Share The Care
Share The Care shows friends, neighbors, work colleagues and acquaintances how they can create their own "caregiving family" to help, whether it's rehabilitation, illness, aging or any situation where the primary caregiver is unable to carry the load alone.
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18   Link   Shirley Board
The ShirleyBoard is an online community for people caring for aging loved ones. It allows you to: Store important caregiving information; Give access to friends, family and healthcare professionals – and decide what they can view; Keep a record of your caregiving journey - for years to come; and Network with other caregivers.
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19   Link   Stay Happily Married (Coping with Illness in Marriage)
Website from Rosen Law Firm, dealing with marriage and divorce.
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20   Link   United Way-AIRS Info & Referral Search
Sponsored by the United Way this information hotline for Health and Human Services information is operating in many cities around the country. Search online or call 2-1-1!
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21   Link   Don Wendorf, Psy.D., LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Gives staff practice and referral information, services provided for private practice of Psychologists, as well as articles archived from our newsletter, including my article about caregiving. There are pictures and bio’s of each of us.

Pitts and Associates, Inc.
2700 Rogers Drive, Suite 101, Birmingham, AL 35209
205-870-3520 don_wendorf@yahoo.com
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22   Link   WSA Checklist of Important Papers
If your spouse had a medical emergency, would you know where to find all your important papers?

In many households, there tends to be one spouse who is the "paperwork person"- the one who pays the bills, files the statements, and handles the important documents. This is even more prevalent in the homes of spousal caregivers!

If you are a well spouse, and your ill spouse is unable to handle these duties - who would help you in case of emergency? Some records may be kept at home, others may be stored in a safety deposit box, a bank, or even a lawyer's office. You need an easy checklist someone can access in case of emergency that would tell them where to find your important information, if needed.
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 My husband John’s disease erupted like fireworks in the afternoon of my New Year’s Eve birthday seven years ago. I went out for the afternoon and returned home to find a stranger who only looked like John, talking gibberish and tearing our house apart at the seams. The siege lasted 16 hours.I thought of survival, not of Canada. As it turned out, survival and Canada would become one and the same.
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