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Guide for Caregivers of People with DisabilitiesNew Horizons Un-Limited has written this guide to provide information on how to be a caregiver of a person with a disability. Becoming a caregiver may be something that just happened to you as a parent, grandparent, sister, brother, uncle, aunt or other relative or perhaps it started as a helpful neighbor or friend. It is important however, to consider and investigate how to be a good caregiver and how to take care of yourself as caregiver before you assume the role as caregiver of a person with special needs or disabilities. Being informed may assist you in avoiding stress and burnout, both common hazards of caregiving. When you take care of yourself, you insure your caregiving for the person in need. The guide offers many resources on training, caregiver tips, how to find someone for respite care and financial resources for caregiving.
New Horizons Un-Limited has written this guide to provide a clearer picture on how health care reform will impact individuals with disbilities. This guide is intended to clear away the confusion and provide the facts as they are supplied by the legislative committees themselves. You will be provided with a clear picture on what is and is not included in the reform bills as well as an overview of how the bills can benefit those with disabilities.
A new guide for caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's Disease submitted to New Horizons Un-Limited from a caregiver whose wife has been experiencing Alzheimer's Disease for several years.
Guide to Searching for and Selecting a Home Health Aide
[Created January 30, 1998 (Updated ]
The Crisis Clinic has developed this guide to assist caregivers in planning for future care needs, to provide information on educating oneself about the disability and to encourage caregivers to seek outside support.
Choosing a Caregiver: A Guide for Individuals and Families with Special Needs
This guide, published by the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs offers hiring tips for consumers and families, an interview checklist, safety tips, information on developing an emergency plan, as well as a number of helpful checklists and worksheets.
To check out other helpful publications, visit the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs: Publications
Exceptional Parent Magazine has developed this guide to list and define common terms and issues related to managed care.
Hiring and Management of Personal Care Assistants for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
This resource, written by the Spinal Cord Injury Project of Santa Clara Medical Valley Center, offers an introduction on personal assistant hiring options and includes the hard-to-find background information and forms for screening, interviewing, and hiring (and keeping) a personal care assistant.
Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. wrote this very informative guide in 2003. It covers just about anything you need to know about Medicaid eligibility. It also provides a very good summary of the Medicaid program in general.
Medical Debt and Seniors: How Consumer Law Can Help
National Consumer Law Center Inc. has written a guide outlining strategies for dealing with medical bills before consumers are sued. While the guide was written with Seniors in mind, the advice applies to people of all ages.
This guide is on the American Heart Association website from the National Family Caregivers Association and written with the health of the caregiver in mind.
Transition to Adult Care: A Training Guide
This guide, published by The Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin, serves as a reference for anyone interested in helping young people with special health care needs and their parents prepare for transition to adult health care.
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities
While issued in 2005, this call to action is still very relevant today. The Call to Action calls on health care service providers, community leaders, advocates, and the public to work together to address the challenges facing people with disabilities in accessing health care and wellness services so that all people live long, healthy, productive lives. To read the Call to Action report in its entirety, visit www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/disabilities/calltoaction.
Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Healthcare
Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has published this guide which covers such issues as obtaining proper health care, how to find a doctor, dentist or hospital, paying for care, insurance options, dealing with problems with your health care, who to contact if you have a complaint, getting the most out of your health care, self-care help and tips on talking to doctors, learning and coping, finding information, and getting help and support for your situation.
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