Help for Professional Caregivers
of the Elderly and Disabled
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The PositiveLights.org Web Site |
The professional caregivers working in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and retirement homes have the most direct impact on the quality of care of the elderly and the disabled. Positive Lights, Inc. wants to encourage those caregivers who exemplify "best practices" in the care of the elderly and disabled. We seek to publish stories of exceptional care by professional caregivers and we are developing an awards program to provide public recognition to professional caregivers who do more than merely attend to the minimal needs of those who depend on them.
We therefore welcome stories of exceptional care by caregivers and we welcome suggestions for potential recipients of recognition awards to help publicize best practices by concerned care givers.
Please send your story suggestions and award suggestions to editor @ positivelights.org.
Greg Gimlin
President
Reports
The Caregivers Handbook (Modern Maturity Magazine)
Caregiver Guide (Alzheimer's Disease Education Referral Center)
The Rush Manual for Caregivers -PDF Format (Rush University Medical Center)
Living With Vision Loss: A Resource for Caregivers (Canadian National Institute for the Blind)
Coping with Cancer: Help for Caregivers (OncoLink)
ALS Caregivers Guide (MDA Publications)
Articles
Nursing Assistants Need Their Own Brand of Help, by Marsha Kay Seff (San Diego Union, May 19, 2001)
Researchers Propose New Framework For Palliative Care Of The Elderly Aetna Intelihealth, January 28, 2004
Artificial Caregivers Improve on the Real Thing (Technewsworld)
Advice for Crisis Caregivers (National Ass'n of School Psychologists)
Lifting Techniques for Caregivers (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons)
What You Can Do to Be a Supportive Caregiver (HospiceNet)
Links to Professional Caregiver Resources
American Society on Aging (Membership fee required)
Senior Mag (Web Zine for Professional Caregivers)
National Family Caregiver Support Program (U.S. Department of Human Services; Administration on Aging)
Alzheimer's Caregivers (MedlinePlus, and NIH)
Alzheimer's Association - Caregivers
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