Hiring Parent Care Management Great Help with Long-Distance Care

Photo credit Sergey Zolkin Dear Carol: My parents are in their 80s and beginning to have occasional problems with managing their medical appointments and medications. Since I live and work nearly 1000 miles away, I can’t be with them enough to handle this. Thankfully, my parents have been realistic and proactive when it comes to legal work and bill paying. Still, the physical distance between us is a worry. They have a decent income and some savings so I’m considering hiring an in-home care agency, but I feel disadvantaged by the distance since I can’t closely supervise the care. If I hire a caregiver to spend time with my parents and manage some of their living issues, how can I monitor them? What arrangements do others who are geographically distant from their families make? — DS. Continue reading on Inforum to learn more about how to hire some who can locally oversee your aging parents' needs: Support a caregiver or jump-start discussion in support groups with real stories - for bulk orders of Minding Our Elders e-mail Carol                  Related StoriesUncooperative Parent Doesn’t Want To Work With Physical TherapistSandwhich Generation Mom Anxious About Everyone Needing HerLanguage Matters When Approaching Parent About Moving Closer to You 
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