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Social Work Breaks Barriers
The month of March is a time we celebrate the social work profession.
There’s no real training program for family caregivers, but there are things you can do to make it easier when the time comes that you need to step in to help your parents.
There’s no real training program for family caregivers, but there are things you can do to make it easier when the time comes that you need to step in to help your parents.
November, which is National Family Caregiver Month, is a good time to go through what they are.
The simplest, but perhaps most useful thing is to get a looseleaf notebook. Into that book you will enter all sorts of information you will eventually need to know. In so doing, you will have conversations with your mom and dad on vital topics that typically never get raised until it is too late.
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So what should go in the book? Start with the basics:
Now that you have done such a good job getting ready to take on your parents’ affairs, is it time you did the same thing for yourself?
The month of March is a time we celebrate the social work profession.
Landmark physicians and care team members are going door to door conducting home visits to address the social determinants of health in the Detroit area. Dr. Gale Darnell shares her experience of community care from the sidewalks.
Advantage Plus Network–Connecticut, a partnership of Optum and Hartford HealthCare, has teamed up with Landmark to deliver in-home medical care to members with multiple chronic conditions.