In today's world, it's common for family members to live in different cities and states. Sometimes it's the parents who move away from the place where they raised their family, perhaps to retire to a warmer or more appealing climate. Often it is the children who move away.

Everything's fine - and then something happens. A doctor calls in the middle of the night to say that your older parent 3,000 miles away has fallen and has been hospitalized. Or your mother, who lives several states away, calls to say she can no longer cope with your father's illness. Calls for help - from a distance.  Read more here!

Long-distance caregiving takes many forms-from helping manage the money to arranging for in-home care; from providing respite care for a primary caregiver to helping a parent move to a new home or facility. Many long-distance caregivers act as information coordinators, helping aging parents understand the confusing maze of home health aides, insurance benefits, and durable medical equipment.

Caregiving is often a long-term task. What may start out as an occasional social phone call to share family news can eventually turn into regular phone calls about managing health insurance claims, getting medical information, and arranging for respite services. What begins as a monthly trip to check on Mom may turn into a larger project to move her to a nursing facility close to your home.
If you are a long-distance caregiver, you are not alone.

 

Approximately 7 million adults are long-distance caregivers, mostly caring for aging parents who live an hour or more away. Historically, caregivers have been primarily mid-life, working women who have other family responsibilities. That's changing. More and more men are becoming caregivers; in fact, men now represent over 40 percent of caregivers. Clearly, anyone, anywhere can be a long-distance caregiver. Gender, income, age, social status, employment-none of these prevent you from taking on caregiving responsibilities.
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ElderCare at Home is South Florida's premier provider of geriatric care management and at-home assisted living services for patients and families suffering from Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other memory impairments. 

 

Elder Care is your single source for all of your senior care and geriatric care management needs. Whether you live across the street or across the country from your elderly family member, one telephone call will give you access to the finest elder careand geriatric care management services available.

 

All levels of in-home eldercare services, including nursing and homemaker/ companion care are available with a professional geriatric care manager coordinating, monitoring and implementing all needed services. We serve as an advocate for your senior loved one and a surrogate for you. For more information visit our site and be sure to click on Geriatric Care Management Services to learn how we can help you!