The National Institute on Aging has produced a booklet So Far Away: Twenty Questions and Answers About Long-Distance Caregiving that is packed with information for long distance caregivers.
Are you a long distance caregiver?
According to the NIA if you live an hour or more away from a person who needs care, you can think of yourself as a long-distance caregiver.
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If that describes your caregiving role, then you help with finances, or arrange in-home care or maybe serve as information coordinator who helps others address needs related to insurance benefits and claims, medical equipment, and more.
These needs can be hard enough to deal with as it is in today’s busy world, but to do so without actually being there in person? Yikes!
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According to the NIA, there are about 7 million long distance caregivers in the United States and many of them have the same concerns and issues that all caregiver’s have, such as knowing how much care a loved one needs and how to find the appropriate and necessary resources.
Luckily this NIA’s booklet, available online, offers sound advice and suggestions in an easy to read question and answer format that might help guide you towards making the best decisions possible for your particular situation. To download your copy, click here.
