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Family Caregivers are often put in the position of missing a family event or vacation as they are caring for a spouse who is unable to travel for either physical or cognitive reasons. Boca Home Care Services offers a solution to allow Mom or Dad to be in the family photos while a trained and experienced caregiver provides care and companionship for the family member at home.

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Primary Caregivers Can Get Away - With Fill In Care

?I want to go to Boston for my grandaughter?s Operatic debut, but I can?t leave my husband?. This is a common reframe?of family primary caregivers. But there are some options. Depending on the degree of the illness or?incapacity, older people with a physical condition or an Alzheimer?s?dementia can travel. It just may take more detailed planning.

Planning is key, what special needs must be addressed such as medications and equipment to be ordered. Travel arrangements for people with disabilities. Perhaps a family?member will fly or drive down and take both parents back to the family event or vacation.

Another idea is to have an aide hired to care for the aging parent at the destination.? Or, and more caregivers seem to be doing this, hire a caregiver to stay with their loved one while the caregiver goes away. They may only go for a weekend or a few days but it IS POSSIBLE.

Family milestones such as christenings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, graduations or weddings are important family events. You need to be in the photos, not just for yourself but for your other family members. Grandma or Grandpa should be there whenever feasible.

It is important so that there are less resentments or feelings of guilt. Whatever the disease, it is taking away one parent, it need not take away both due largely to logistics.

A client years ago, granted he could afford to, would fly once or twice a month from Florida to Baltimore to see his son. He could actually get away more easily and he felt he needed to get away. He was an extremely committed caregiver to his wife who was lost in Alzheimer?s Disease. He would hire an aide, fly out in the morning and return in the evening. That is how important it was to him.

It would be terrible for this woman to miss her granddaughter?s first Operatic performance- a memory to be treasured forever.

Happy events and milestones are shared events and your presence means so much, it is a treasure to see 3 or 4?generations in one photograph. It would be wonderful if both parents could attend but if a choice must be made, find a fill in, whether a friend or hired caregiver, treat yourself to a few days away to share in your family?s joy. You will be happy you did.

Boca Home Care Services offers short or long term home care form four hours to twenty four hours (live ins). Certified caregivers with experience in working with people with all types of health conditions and especially dementia will allow you to leave your ?post? with the peace of mind that your spouse, parent or other family member is being cared for. Put yourself in the Family Picture Album.

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