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In addition, download the
United Hospital Fund’s “Home Care: A Family
Caregiver’s Guide” and “A
Family Caregiver’s Planner for Care at Home”.
Both are full of tips and strategies for running
a good interview, and for addressing the
challenges that could come with employing an
in-home caregiver.
Additional sources and resources
Web sites
AARP:
Needs Assessment checklists
Family Caregiver Alliance:
Hiring in-home help
Family Caregiver Alliance:
Handbook for long-distance caregivers
Books (all have excellent
sections/chapters on hiring in-home care)
ElderCare 911: The Caregiver’s Complete Handbook
for Making Decisions
Available here
The Caregiver’s Helpbook: Powerful Tools for
Caregivers
Available here
The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step-by-Step
Guide for Caregivers, 3rd Ed
Available
here
Eileen Beal is a
Cleveland, Ohio-based writer who has been writing
about caregiver issues for more than a decade.
This article was written with the support of a
MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellowship
grant administered through New America Media (www.newamericamedia.org)
and the Gerontological Society of America (www.geron.org)
