So where do
you turn first?
The first thing you must consider is separating what are your
caregiver needs and what are your general needs. For instance, there are many
things you can do to save time that actually have nothing to do with your actual caregiving responsibilities.
Consider the following suggestions to save time:
Hire someone to
clean your home or and/or run your personal errands.
Hire someone to
cut your grass and do other outside work.
Find a laundramat that will do your laundry and have your dry cleaning ready for you to pick
up later.
Use to Internet
for research, shopping and communications (e-mail).
What if the
above suggestions are unaffordable? You would be amazed at all the places you
can go for help that will not cost you very little money. Consider the
following:
Social
Service Organizations. Look in your phone book for the numbers of some local
social service organizations.
Places of
Worship. People want to help. Make some phone calls and investigate the
possibility of getting into some local church bulletins.
Family and
friends of the family. It sounds obvious but for some reason, we seem
uncomfortable asking those people that are closest to us for some help. Accept
the reality that these family discussions may be difficult and filled with
emotion. It is OK.
Do Not
Wait Too Long!
After you
realize that you need help, please do not wait too long to get it! It would not
be a bad idea to have regularly scheduled family-type meetings with your entire
support team. This way, everyone will have an opportunity to talk about his/her
situation.
Do not wait
for a crisis situation to occur. Be proactive. If you need help or if you
have specific problems that you want to address, the sooner you assemble your
support team, the better everyone will be. Time and time again we wait too long
to ask for help and we end up in a room full of very emotional people not
accomplishing much of anything. Organize regularly scheduled meetings and be
prepared to have a very intelligent dialogue with everyone. Give
everyone an opportunity to talk and listen to one another.
We will be pleased to accept your collect call if you are calling for
information about admissions.
- Telephone
- (330) 758-8106
- FAX
- (330) 758-7030
- Postal address
- 830 Boardman Canfield Rd.
- Boardman, Ohio 44512
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- Admission Coordinator: Pat Ivany (330) 758-8106
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- Electronic mail
- General Information:
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