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Re: Finding Caregivers in the 21st Century: Using Craigslist

Cheva — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:03:41 GMT

The cities that charge are: $25 in Chicago, NYC, LA, DC, Boston, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, and San Diego, and $75 in SF.

Re: Finding Caregivers in the 21st Century: Using Craigslist

Beres — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:35:44 GMT

There's an article listing resources here--

able-mart.com/.../finding-care-for-your-elderly-parents

Re: Finding Caregivers in the 21st Century: Using Craigslist

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:19:10 GMT

I have successfully used Craigslist to post for caregivers in a large city and have never had to pay a fee.

Re: Ten Tips for Clients Hiring a Personal Aide

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:41:02 GMT

I am looking into waiver programs in either Alabama, or Nevada. Can anyone help me? I have a caregiver and just need to know if these states offer waiver programs for PCAs.

Debbie

re: Ten Tips for Clients Hiring a Personal Aide

benohio1 — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:04:44 GMT

Anyone live in Ohio or Indana? I just got on waivier and looking for providers. I'm just wondering what your experance have been?

re: Caregiver Burnout: What to Watch Out For and What to Do

welovematthew — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:37:48 GMT

This is some great information. My father is my brother's home healthcare worker as well as being his primary caregiver because he went into semi-retirement a couple of years ago. I'm glad this is here so i can take note of these suggetsions as well as pass them onto my father. Dad's already a workaholic so we don't want him to get too frazzled. Thanks again for a great article!!

re: Caregiving: The Challenge of Changing Roles, Faith, and Romance

benandtonysmom — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:59:57 GMT

Any advice for a slightly different situation? When we were 23(married 18 months)I had a disabling stroke during my second pregnancy. Sex has disappeared from our life. The problem is that physically I am not able to participate the way I did before. I am high functioning(almost fully independent)I know 23 is way too young to give up our sex life and I really miss the intimacy but can find no way to spark that interest in my husband anymore. It didn't help matters that the pregnancy is what triggered the stroke but he got past the (undeserved)guilt and had given up his interest on the activity altogether. In every other way he is the "perfect" mate but I still miss that contact. What can I do to seduce him again? There's always an excuse for why it's not a good time.

re: Caregiving 101: What You Need to Know

CaregiverTim — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:40:38 GMT

When you become the caregiver, don't be suprised if everyone else runs away from you. Family will seem to dissapear. No-one wants to come around anymore. They may show up for holidays, but they can't stay long. You are entering a time when your life is no longer yours. Your time and tallent belongs to someone else now. You must remember that it is not your fault that you are doing this alone. Most people can not handle being in the presence of someone that needs care. It takes a strong person to show gentle care for someone else. The mere fact that you have agreed to be a caregiver shows your own inner strength.

re: Caregiving 101: What You Need to Know

darlenegeorge — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:38:05 GMT

Verycoforting because I have been a caregiver to my husband that has been disabled for over thirty years. Due to a accident he has both bad legs wheelchair and crochets and then three years ago he had a trible py-pass. Curently he is doing better and can take care of all his personal needs. I take one day at a time and I feel bleseed to be given another day. I am ery proud of his he has had alot of chaleges . He can not read or whrite . I hope this will give you a little bit of my challenges .

Darlene

re: How to Recruit and Retain Personal Assistants in a Competitive Labor Market

choukchouka — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:29:38 GMT

I just wanted to know if overseas caregivers are welcomed.

re: Ten Tips for New Personal Care Attendants

kathymichaels — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:06:53 GMT

I care for a 95 year old friend. she is nasty. she wants to sleep 24/7. The doctor says she needs to stay awake a number of hours each day. I give her high quality of care. create things for her to do. Always groom her and fix her small pretty meals. whenever she does not get her way like going to bed after 9+ hours of sleep, she picks fighs and says mean, cruel things. any suggestions?

Kathy

re: The Art of Caring: The Personal Aide

bishopswife — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:36:05 GMT

I'm the wife of a very independent gentleman with severe cerebral palsy. He hired, fired, trained and supervised a varying fleet of personal assistants - and then we met and fell in love and I became his wife. This article does not address the role of the spouse of the client - and it really changes things sometimes. When Gordon was alone, his aides did EVERYTHING with and for him ... mopped his floor, did his laundry, changed his sheets, cooked his meals. Now he has a wife who is 'able-bodied' and suddenly NONE of those things are allowed to be on the table any more. I exagerate, of course - some aides are willing to be helpful and even continue to do some things for US that they used to do for HIM. His morning aide still makes OUR bed, bless her heart.

Someone needs to create a dialog about that other little sliver of care duties ... 'help me do my share of OUR home-making/house-keeping so that my spouse doesn't have to do it all' ... help the client and the spouse find a way to include some things in the responsibilities of the caregiver that would be his or hers if he did not have a disability. If it would be 'his' job to take out the trash, can't he ask his aide to routinely take out the trash. (We have and do - bless his helpful aides!) It gets delicate if the aide feels like the spouse of the client is requesting arbitrary housekeeping services of the aide.

Know what I want for Valentine's Day? I want for someone to come to our home and fix us dinner and feed Gordon and clean up after dinner, and then tiptoe away ... with the focus being to give us a romantic dinner 'alone'. How do I ask for that and how does my husband provide that?