pages cm, Includes index, Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Diagnosis -- Marshall your energy -- Step 1: research the diagnosis -- Step 2: contact a member of the clergy -- Step 3: organize your thought, build a tentative plan -- Step 4: explore mobile apps to help -- Step 5: take care of yourself -- Do you need a second opinion? -- Build your patient and family records -- Begin building your technology plan -- Day to day tools -- Healthy living tools and mobile apps : getting you teched-up -- How technology can support caregivers at home -- Manage medical bills -- Know the laws that support you as a caregiver -- Legal and ethical planning -- Putting your communication plan to work for you -- Risk management and documentation plan -- When to call for help -- Dealing with death -- Know when to say goodbye -- Planning the funeral -- Closing out accounts -- Reclaim yourself -- Glossary -- Index

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Caregiver's toolbox : checklists, forms, resources, mobile apps, straight talk, and a prayer to help your provide compassionate care

Senior activity box : caregiving resources

Carolyn P. Hartley, MLA, and Peter Wong

Hartley, Carolyn P.; Peter, Wong,

Taylor Trade Publishing Distributed by National Book Network

Globe Pequot Press, The

Muddy Boots Press

Lyons Press

Lanham Maryland [Place of distribution not identified, 2015

United States, United States of America

Lanham [Lanham Maryland, 2015

First, 2015-08-03

First, FR, 2015

2021

Includes index.

Millions of Americans are or will be amateur caregivers for ill spouses, parents, or friends. Caregivers today, more than ever, use technology to help manage schedules, medication routines and pharmacy reminders, legal and financial affairs, as well as travel and expenses. Yet recent insurance options and health care s emerging digital world make for an overwhelming, complex process. If you are one of the 64 million current caregivers, could you access your parents critical documents in an emergency, using their user IDs and passwords? Do you know how often your parents or parents-in-law are taking medications, how often your loved one goes to the doctor, and how to be involved in medical and life decisions? Statistics show 85 percent of caregivers are not trained in caregiving, so many people are likely winging it, picking up pieces of information here and advice there.The Caregiver s Toolbox is your guide to cool apps and online tools, insider tips on how to reduce your medical bills, your privacy rights as a caregiver, where to go for free and low-cost help, and much more. It clearly shows which tools will relieve your stress, and those that may add stress. The authors dedicate much of their professional lives to helping people navigate the health care matrix. For updates on tools, applications, and emerging technology, visit the authors website, (http://www.caregivers-toolbox.com) www.caregivers-toolbox.com . "

Millions of Americans are or will be amateur caregivers for ill spouses, parents, or friends. Caregivers today, more than ever, use technology to help manage schedules, medication routines and pharmacy reminders, legal and financial affairs, as well as travel and expenses. Yet recent insurance options and health care’s emerging digital world make for an overwhelming, complex process. If you are one of the 64 million current caregivers, could you access your parents’ critical documents in an emergency, using their user IDs and passwords? Do you know how often your parents or parents-in-law are taking medications, how often your loved one goes to the doctor, and how to be involved in medical and life decisions? Statistics show 85 percent of caregivers are not trained in caregiving, so many people are likely winging it, picking up pieces of information here and advice there. The Caregiver’s Toolbox is your guide to cool apps and online tools, insider tips on how to reduce your medical bills, your privacy rights as a caregiver, where to go for free and low-cost help, and much more. It clearly shows which tools will relieve your stress, and those that may add stress. The authors dedicate much of their professional lives to helping people navigate the health care matrix. For updates on tools, applications, and emerging technology, visit the authors’ website, www.caregivers-toolbox.com.

"Millions of Americans are or will be amateur caregivers for ill spouses, parents, or friends. Caregivers today, more than ever, use technology to help manage schedules, medication routines and pharmacy reminders, legal and financial affairs, as well as travel and expenses. Yet recent insurance options and health care{u2019}s emerging digital world make for an overwhelming, complex process. If you are one of the 64 million current caregivers, could you access your parents{u2019} critical documents in an emergency, using their user IDs and passwords? Do you know how often your parents or parents-in-law are taking medications, how often your loved one goes to the doctor, and how to be involved in medical and life decisions? Statistics show 85 percent of caregivers are not trained in caregiving, so many people are likely winging it, picking up pieces of information here and advice there." --Amazon

"Caregivers today, more than ever, use technology to help manage schedules, medication routines and pharmacy reminders, legal and financial affairs, as well as travel and expenses ... if you are ... [a caregiver], could you access your parents' critical documents in an emergency, using their user IDs and passwords? Do you know how to get a second opinion? Do you have a communication plan to keep family engaged in caregiving?ARe you managing schedules and special diets, plus overseeing treatment plans and medications from multiple providers? Statistics show that 85 percent of caregivers are not trained in caregiving, so many people are likely winging it, picking up pieces of information here and advice there. [This] is your guide to cool apps and online tools ... and much more"--Publisher's description.

The Caregiver's Toolbox is your guide to cool apps and online tools, insider tips on how to reduce your medical bills, your privacy rights as a caregiver, where to go for free and low cost help, and much more. It clearly shows which tools will relieve your stress, and those that may add stress.

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