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Personal Care through Task Breakdown
Text and Video Included: Task breakdown is a communication technique designed to help a patient or loved one accomplish an activity one step at a time. It is especially appropriate for people who have dementia. This module will provide you with task breakdown examples, as well as tips for you to consider as you adapt the task breakdown strategy to your unique situation. The video is approxmiately 3 minutes long.
Lifting and Transferring
Text and Video Included: Lifting & Transferring is the process of physically moving a patient or a loved one. This module will provide you with step-by-step instruction for a variety of transfers, as well as a variety of tips for you to consider. The video is approximately 11.5 minutes long.
Identifying and Managing Depression
Text and Video Included: Identifying depression and helping a loved one to manage his or her depression is a challenge. This module will help you to learn how to identify whether or not your loved one is suffering from depression, as well as what to do if he or she is suffering from depression. The video is approximately 8 minutes long.
Helping Your Loved One to Avoid Falls
Text and Video Included: Falls are a real risk to older adults. This module will help you learn how to make your loved one's home environment safer. You alsowill learn what to do to minimize your loved one's risk of falls and what to do if a fall occurs. The video is approximately 7.5 minutes long.
Managing Day to Day Health Care
Text Only: One of the most important roles of a caregiver may be monitoring and managing the health of a loved one. In this module, you will learn some instructions for making these tasks more manageable.
Communicating with Visitors
Text Only: Visitors cannot always be expected to understand the needs or limitations of your loved one, especially since the situation or health of your loved may change from day to day or over time. This module will teach you how to communicate clearly with visitors about important needs and preferences in order to facilitate meaningful and more comfortable experiences for everyone involved.
Creating and Managing an Informal Care Team
Text Only: 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. This module will help you develop a Care Team of your own.
Hiring Help
Text Only: Hiring some in-home help, when you have the resources, can be of great assistance. The following module is based on materials from “Someone Who Cares: A Guide to Hiring an In-Home Caregiver,” published by Council For Jewish Elderly’s Center for Applied Gerontology, 1998.
Financial, Legal, and Health Care Decisions
Text Only: There are a wide variety of guides and tools available for individuals to plan ahead regarding legal, financial or health care issues, including end of life planning. This module includes a variety of tips along with links to resources and tools that can help you make sense of sometimes complicated issues.
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