Try: Make sure you consider whether cr and his her spouse wants to move make sure your home is adapted to support cr’s needs for example ramps make sure there is someone at your home to care for cr and that this expense is something you can afford try to consider how the rest of your family feels about the move try to consider how this move will affect your job family and finances try to find out what respite services are available in your community to assist you with the additional stress of caregiving try to consider how providing direct care for cr will impact your own health

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Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Personal, Mobility, Needs Some Assistance, Needs Much Assistance, Independence, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: And keep it handy for example make sure you have contact information for physicians pharmacies care providers and neighbors as well as important financial and legal documents easily accessible in case they are unexpectedly needed try to give yourself a break living out of town does not mean you aren’t involved or that you don’t care try to get support by connecting with others who are long-distance caregivers through an online community or a local support group

References: Adapted from www alz org long distance caregiving by staff writer no date

Keywords: Moving in move in long distance caregiving

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed