Family caregiving expert David Levy sets forth how to evaluate priorities, understand options, and face bedrock issues (legal, financial, emotional, social), so caregivers can make wise and informed decisions for their loved ones, while gaining peace of mind from knowing they did the best they could under the circumstances.
Family caregiving expert David Levy sets forth how to evaluate priorities, understand options, and face bedrock issues (legal, financial, emotional, social), so caregivers can make wise and informed decisions for their loved ones, while gaining peace of mind from knowing they did the best they could under the circumstances.
David J Levy, JD, CCE is a gerontologist and a recognized family caregiver expert. Levy holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence and is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator in family caregiving and a certified Family Conflict Dynamics Profiler. He is the author of teaching texts and digital tools for nonclinical family caregiving, and he facilitates weekly family caregiver support groups and counsels family caregivers, both pro bono and privately. Levy consults to professionals on complicated caregiving issues arising from aging, chronic illness, dysfunctional family dynamics, and disability, and is an expert witness. He engages with leading firms in healthcare and insurance on post-acute patient homecare strategies that integrate family caregivers into effective home care management and on workplace strategies for productivity losses caused by working family caregivers. Levy has founded a number of companies, including AdultCare (1990), the first national company devoted exclusively to the support, education, and well-being of informal family caregivers with a loved one covered through long-term care insurance. He helped design the first proprietary caregiver-specific software solution support program. Levy was instrumental in the creation of the first masters-level program for geriatric care management. He has designed nonclinical family caregiver training programs and teaches train the trainer intensives. He is founder and chairman of the American Association for Caregiver Education (AACE), a fifteen-year-old nonprofit organization devoted to creating education, teaching, and training modalities for family and professional caregivers. Levy founded two consulting practices: Family Caregiver Advocacy Group, for personal caregiving support, and CaregiverReality, Inc. for support of businesses and corporations. In 2013 he created and hosted the nationally acclaimed CaregiverReality Hour, a live-streaming radio program reaching a worldwide audience. Mr. Levy is currently working on a new collection of web-based caregiver tools and direct services. "
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Table of Contents Preface 1. Today's Family Caregiver: Are You a Family Caregiver? 2. Why Planning Counts 3. Positive Attitude = Success Overcoming Guilt and Resentment Letting Go You as a Caregiver Benefitting from a Support Group 4. Building a Successful Plan 5.Why Document? What Can You Learn? Does Everyone Need Legal Documents? Get It Organized 6. Critical Information: The Lists The Caregiver's List The List for the Person Needing Care Now or in the Future 7. Thinking about "What If . . . ?” Overcoming Objections When You Are Already Giving Care What Can You Do? Getting Things in Order Starting the Discussion about Care Needs Knowing When Care Is Needed You Are Planning, So What Else? Planning for Financial Needs Putting Care into Place Crises What You Need to Know in an Emergency 8. Practical Problem Solving Addressing Medical and Health Needs Questions to Ask the Doctor Overall Housing and Care Needs Security/Safety Condition Check Hiring a Paid Caregiver Fundamentals of Hiring and Managing In-Home Care Services Using In-Home Care from a Home Healthcare Agency Complaints Your Role When Someone Else Gives Care Advocate for a Person Living Away from Home 9. Someone Else Deserves Care-You Rate Your Caregiver Stress Your Plan for Stress Reduction 10. Understanding Continuum of Care How Much Care Is Needed? 11. Write Your Plan/Make It Work Sample Narrative and Plan 12. Additional Resources Appendix: The Family Caregiver Questionnaire
Table of Contents Preface 1. Today's Family Caregiver: Are You a Family Caregiver? 2. Why Planning Counts 3. Positive Attitude = Success Overcoming Guilt and Resentment Letting Go You as a Caregiver Benefitting from a Support Group 4. Building a Successful Plan 5.Why Document? What Can You Learn? Does Everyone Need Legal Documents? Get It Organized 6. Critical Information: The Lists The Caregiver's List The List for the Person Needing Care Now or in the Future 7. Thinking about "What If . . . ?” Overcoming Objections When You Are Already Giving Care What Can You Do? Getting Things in Order Starting the Discussion about Care Needs Knowing When Care Is Needed You Are Planning, So What Else? Planning for Financial Needs Putting Care into Place Crises What You Need to Know in an Emergency 8. Practical Problem Solving Addressing Medical and Health Needs Questions to Ask the Doctor Overall Housing and Care Needs Security/Safety Condition Check Hiring a Paid Caregiver Fundamentals of Hiring and Managing In-Home Care Services Using In-Home Care from a Home Healthcare Agency Complaints Your Role When Someone Else Gives Care Advocate for a Person Living Away from Home 9. Someone Else Deserves Care-You Rate Your Caregiver Stress Your Plan for Stress Reduction 10. Understanding Continuum of Care How Much Care Is Needed? 11. Write Your Plan/Make It Work Sample Narrative and Plan 12. Additional Resources Appendix: The Family Caregiver Questionnaire
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