Health & Fitness
Sage Advice: Skype, Live Chat, Phone and Email Bring Social Workers to Your Home or Office
Social workers turn to social media to reach family caregivers who are concerned about or caring for a loved one who has memory loss.
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If you're concerned about or caring for a loved one who is experiencing memory loss, you'll probably be pleasantly surprised to learn that a website known as Care Crossroads offers free access to "online" social workers ready to answer your questions and hear your concerns.
A unique offering of by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, the Care Crossroads website provides guidance, support and information from social workers via live chat, email or Skype. Or if you prefer, you can take the more traditional route and phone 866-AFA-8484.
Care Crossroads social workers are available from 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Eastern time.
In addition to offering a "visit" with a social worker, Care Crossroads also offers online support groups, teleconferences, webcasts, blogs, forums and community message boards which bring together health professionals as well as family members and friends of individuals who are experiencing memory loss.
An especially unique offering is a virtual home tour which takes visitors on a "room by room" overview of how to create a safe home environment as well as deal with various challenges in daily living.