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Ask the geriatric care specialist a question or share experiences on our monitored message board.

 

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Access a variety of targeted Resources available to older adults and their families.

 

For those getting started or who have caregiving questions, visit the Frequently Asked Questions.

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Creating a Care Team is a good way to help you manage your caregiving responsibilities. Care Teams can assist with things like running errands, cooking meals, doing laundry, helping out with housework or yardwork, and even planning recreation activities. Informal Care Teams can include siblings, children, spouses, friends, neighbors, etc.

Click here to get information to help you build an Informal Care Team

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NEW TOPIC: SUDDEN CHANGES has two comments.

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: EMPOWERING THE PERSON YOU HELP has two comments.

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: BALANCING ROLES has two comments.

MEDICAL DECISIONS has four comments.

OPEN CONVERSATION has four comments.

HEALING has three comments.

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: WATCHING FOR CHANGES has eleven comments.

ANGER has two comments.

COMMUNICATING WITH SOMEONE WITH DEMENTIA has seven comments.

TOPIC OF THE WEEK: RESPITE has eight comments.

COPING has one comment.

FEAR OF FALLING has two comments.

MANAGING BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA has five comments.

TRAVELING WITH A LOVED ONE WITH DEMENTIA has seven comments.

LEAVING A LOVED ONE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S CARE has seven comments.

A Moment for Yourself

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New Frequently Asked Questions have been added.

June 15, 2007


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This site is brought to you by Council for Jewish Elderly. Since 1972, Council for Jewish Elderly has been providing quality programs and services to both Jewish and non-Jewish older adults and their families.

CJE is a partner in serving our community, supported by JUF/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.

CAREgivinghelp is generously sponsored by grants from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago's Fund for Innovations in Health, the Retirement Research Foundation, and the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Fund.

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