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Caring for Your Older Parent and Avoiding Caregiver Burnout

Some older adults need more help than others, and over time an older person needs increasing help from caregivers. Caring for an older parent can be one of the most rewarding experiences of a lifetime, but it can also be stressful and frustrating and can lead to "caregiver burnout." It's best to get help before you are overwhelmed.

Get information
Help your parent help themselves
Ask family, friends, and neighbors for help
Take care of yourself
Get help from professionals

Online resources
•An easy to read guide, called "Eldercare at Home": http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/eldercare/
•More tips available from the Foundation for Health in Aging: http://www.healthinaging.org
•Maryland Alzheimer's Association: http://www.alz.org/maryland/
•Maryland Department of Aging, with links to local agencies: http://www.mdoa.state.md.us/aaa.html
•Eldercare Locator, national public service helps people locate aging services in every community throughout the United States: www.eldercare.gov
•Family Care Resource Connection, online database of resources for caregivers: www.caregiving.org
•National Family Caregivers Association, advocacy group for caregivers: www.nfcacares.org
Johns Hopkins Memory and Alzheimer's Treatment Center: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/specialty_areas/neuropsychiatry/mem...

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Education

Tags:

• geriatrics
• older adults
• gerontology
• seniors
• elderly
• caregivers