Caring for people in their homes (or in your home) has special challenges. Isolation, cramped rooms and doorways, steps, individual personalities and histories, reduced services, and balancing caregiving with work and other relationships and responsibilities are not all "fixable." These Next Step in care guides and forms can help you, the family caregiver, manage these challenges.
The First Step in Care: Becoming a Family Caregiver
A Family Caregiver's Planner for Care at Home
Health Care:
HIPAA: Questions and Answers for Family Caregivers
Keeping organized:
Your Family Member's Personal Health Record
A Family Caregiver's Planner for Care at Home
Home Care:
Home Care: A Family Caregiver's Guide
Working with Home Health Aides
As you think about the next steps, guides in these other categories may also help: