When to contact us
Clients:
- When you see that
your family and circle of friends
find themselves increasingly overwhelmed by the time
and forethought required to care for you safely at home.
- When you find yourself
becoming increasingly perplexed
or frustrated by the medical, physical, emotional, or
psychological challenges you and your family are facing.
- When you realize
that you need more dedicated help
than family or friends can provide in researching and clarifying the options
and consequences of serious decisions about your care.
- When you becoming
increasingly anxious about how your
care will be managed, now or in the near future, so that you
can maintain a substantial degree of independence and the
assurance that others will appreciate and honor your situation.
Families and Friends:
- When you find that
your own efforts on behalf
of a family member are drawing you away from other,
equally important, ongoing obligations.
- When you find that
the medical, physical, emotional,
cognitive, and/or psychological issues you must confront
each day with regard to the care of a family member are
beyond your sphere of competence or just plain getting
out of control.
- When you suspect
that the close relationship you have
with a family member is deteriorating due to the stress,
anxiety, and hours of work entailed by the care you provide.
- When you realize
that the growing complexity of a situation
demands more of you (emotionally, physically, medically)
than you are able to handle on your own.
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When you and other family members have begun to doubt
your own capacities to continue to keep on top of things (doctor’s appointments,
specialist referrals, second opinions, medication refills and drug interactions,
pain control, housecleaning and home repairs, food shopping, cooking, sheet
changing, laundry, clothes mending, occupational or speech or physical therapy,
gardening, license renewals, bills, taxes, insurance premiums, correspondence,
e-mail connections, computer maintenance and program updating,
legal arrangements, travel planning, outings, anniversaries).