Four Tips for Balancing Your Job and Your Caregiving Duties
Becoming a caregiver doesn’t automatically mean that your other responsibilities, like your job, become less of a demand. There are possibilities for creating a better balance between caregiving and other responsibilities, though, especially if you’re willing to bring in some extra help.
Elder Care Sebastopol CA – Four Tips for Balancing Your Job and Your Caregiving Duties
See What Your Employer Says
Your employer may be more understanding than you expect about what you’re going through right now. It’s a good idea to talk to your employer and figure out what options are available. There could be a plan in place already that you can take advantage of very quickly. Your immediate employer may even recommend that you contact your employee assistance program, if you have access to that type of service.
Stay on Top of Paperwork as Well as You Can
There’s a lot of paperwork involved in being a caregiver. There’s even more if you’re having to take time away from work or if you’re being the test case in working from home for your company. It’s vital that you’re able to put your hands on what you might need at a moment’s notice. Finding a way to organize and to keep paperwork sorted is going to help you to save your sanity.
Offer Ways to Be as Flexible as Possible
To get what you need, you might have to offer some concessions, too. That might mean being “on call” a little more than you expect or working slightly different hours than you’re used to working. But if those concessions allow you to spend the time with your senior that you need to spend, that might be worth the changes you’re experiencing. Iron out ways for you and your employer to get what you need.
Take Advantage of the Ways that Elder Care Services Can Help
A solution that caregivers don’t always know about is hiring elder care providers. You might not realize just how much elder care services can do for your elderly family member, which can free up time for you to do what you need to be doing. Elder care services may come in during your working hours, for instance, and handle all of your elderly family member’s needs until you’re able to spend uninterrupted time with her yourself.
You may find that you’re going to need to reassess the situation every so often. Your needs, your senior’s needs, and even your employer’s needs can all change very quickly, so it’s important to make sure that the solutions you’re using still fit.
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She became a discharge planner and immediately fell in love with the concept of home care and the autonomous clinical practice it affords nurses. Dr. Lucy was hooked and has been a strong supporter of home care ever since.Believing people need advocates in healthcare systems, she has championed that cause across the acute care and post-acute care setting.
Dr. Lucy has worked in every aspect of home care from Medicare Certified, DME, Infusion, Hospice and finally Private Duty/Private Pay services. She also works as a home care consultant across the country and as a legal nurse consultant for the home care industry.
Having worked in all areas of home care, Dr. Lucy has a well-rounded perspective of the challenges facing patients, families and the home care industry, and as a provider she advocates for patients through the maze of health care services. Dr. Lucy celebrated over 37 years as a nurse and patient advocate.
Dr. Lucy has a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois.In 1994, she received her Masters of Science in Health Service Administration from St. Mary's University, Moraga, California. Dr. Lucy received her Doctor of Nursing Practice awarded in 2016, graduating with Distinction and a 4.0 GPA.
She did her doctoral work on the global dementia crisis, aging and prevention strategies for healthy living. Developed dementia and Alzheimer's disease plans for aging patients leaving the hospital setting or entering long-term care or home health and hospice environments. She also developed a specialized program for those at risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
In 1992, Dr. Lucy was designated CAHSAH Certified Home Care Administrator in the inaugural offering of this designation through the California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH).
She is the founder and CEO of Creative Solutions Home Care Consulting Services and At Your Service Nursing & Home Care, a concierge nursing & home care agency that provides the services she believes are essential for seniors to age in place.She offers a higher level of care allowing people to be in their own homes with an emphasis on independence, safety, and quality of life.
Dr. Lucy is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) and sits on the Board of Directors for California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH).
She has served on the boards for both state and national board associations, and is currently on the following boards and committees: Board of Directors, California State Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH), 2002-present, National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC's) Private Duty Home Care Association Director, and multiple state and national home care committees.
Dr. Lucy goes to Washington, DC, several times a year to advocate for senior services and home care issues. She was past Commissioner for the Sonoma Commission on Human Rights.She is past chair of the local Senior Advocacy Services.
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