Balancing Alzheimer’s Caregiving & Your Job
June 16, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Jugging caregiving of an Alzheimer’s family member with working at a job outside the home becomes a great challenge to many.
The income is needed while the care for one’s parent or spouse increases. What are we to do?
Carol Bradley Bursack mentions The Employed Caregiver on her blog, Minding Our Elders and refers us to a very informative article on this topic, Caregiving Issues and the Workplace at AgingCare.com .
Caregivers are the most effective and efficient [at home and in the workplace] when they arm themselves with as much information as possible about their aging loved one’s current situation- both financial and medical.
At the above resources you’ll find specific information that should inform and help you. I wish I’d had easy access to the assistance we now find on the Internet and in support groups (both online and off) when Mother and Auntie experienced this illness. I had a considerable juggling act with my outside-the-home work along with my husband’s and my business.
Do you have suggestions for managing caregiving and your job?
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
