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Age with Ease Today
Long-Distance Caregiving
Long-distance caregivers may have moved away many years ago – and now see their loved ones declining. Long-distance caregivers are often called upon during an older adult's health crisis and may be at a loss of where to begin to assist their loved one due to living at a distance and other constraints. As a result, long-distance caregivers are faced with the difficult task of coordinating and providing care to a loved one from afar.
Long-distance caregivers may experience difficulty:
- Assessing the day-to-day needs of their loved one
- Understanding what services exist and how to access them
- Coordinating medical care and appointments
- Organizing their loved one's daily household needs
- Overseeing finances and legal matters
- Communicating with their loved one from afar
- Determining if and when their loved one should move to another setting
- Disagreements with family members who also are providing care
- Guilt due to inability to “be there”
- Stress from juggling work, family, and self-care
Providing care to a loved one from a distance can be extremely challenging! Age with Ease will assist you with care management to give you guidance and support, and make sure that your loved one's needs are met.
Age with Ease offers a number of services to support you providing care to your loved one from a distance.
Facts about Long-Distance Caregiving
Research estimates that there are over 6.7 million long-distance caregivers in the United States, and this number is growing.
By 2012, there are estimated to be 15 million long-distance caregivers.