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Jovenes De Antaño |
Providing Senior Services to San Benito County |
Family Caregiver Support |
~Close your eyes and take your thoughts to a place where enchanting evergreens offer shelter and blue skies bring the warmth of the sun. Remember, I am with you to guide you down this road . . . this road of Caregiving.~ |
What we do |
The Family Caregiver Support Program privides a Case Management approach to the provision of support through care planning and problem solving, facilitating caregiving training opportunities, resource building and arranging for respite for the primary caregiver in an individiual's life. |
Who can recieve help under the Family Caregiver Support Program? |
Under Title IIIE of the Older Americans Act, the term "family caregiver" refers to the following: An adult family member, or another individual, who is an informail provider of in-home and community care to an older individual (sixty years and older) OR A grandparent or step-grandparent or relative by blood or marriage, whi is sixty or older, livew with a child, is the primary caregiver, and has a legal relationship or is raising the child informally. |
The Case Manager's Role |
Through the Case Management process, the Case Manager Provides: |
The Case Manager assists the Family Caregiver in identifying his/her needs and in processing a vast amount of information about local resources to meet those needs. |
• Community Education; • Outreach; • A Comprehensive Assessment of Needs; • Information and Referral; • Assisted Transportation; • Respite; • The Services of an MSW: |
- Counseling - Caregiver Support Group |
• The Servies of a Registered Dietician: |
- Caregiving Training |
• Home Security and Safety; • Visiting for Reassurance and Comfort |