| In-Home
Caregiver Education and Support Program
The In-Home Caregiver Education and Support Program is a free service that provides individual caregivers education/support at home that allows them to improve their ability and effectiveness as caregivers in the home. A Registered Nurse meets with the caregiver at home and does an initial assessment. With input from the caregiver, the Registered Nurse develops a teaching plan to meet the caregiver's needs.
The program allows for up to five professional home visits, Nurses, Social Workers, Registered Dietcians, Speech Therapists, Occupational Therapists and /or Physical Therapists may come to the home to provide the educational and support services. A Clinical Social Worker or an Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse may provide short-term counseling to help the caregiver with managing stress.The Caregiver is an unpaid person who assists the care recipients with managing life activities.The Care Recipient is anyone who is 18 years of age or older, impaired and requires assistance to adequately perform activities of daily living.
The caregiver will learn skills which may include:
- Lifting
- Transferring
- Bathing
- Personal
Care
- Nutrition
- Disease
Education
- Accessing
Community Resources
- Stress
Management
For information please contact the Sponsor
Agency in your county.
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Division of Aging and Community Services
