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Trained caregiver consultant can assist in assessment, planning, referral resources, on going education and support to those providing care to an older adult or persons living with dementia.

Provides resources for older adults living alone as well as caregivers needing support. Services are designed to help maintain independence as long as feasible. Home-based services are provided according to the availability of volunteers and staff: - Homemaking: Indoor light housekeeping services include mild laundry services, floor care, kitchen/bathroom cleaning, and other indoor help. Light "fix it" services (i.e., changing light bulbs, smoke detector batteries, etc.), meal preparation, menu planning, picking up groceries and medications, help with organizing bills, etc. Supportive programs: - Caregiver Consulting: Helps caregivers manage and live their lives while caring for another person, develop individualized plans, and connect with resources in the community - Caregiver Support Groups: Professionally facilitated, confidential environment for caregivers to share concerns, feelings regarding their role as caregiver, and to learn from each other

Provides Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH). This program is an approach used by caregiver consultants to support family members and others who are caring for someone with Alzhiemer's disease or a related dementia. The goals are to teach caregivers how to reduce stress, solve problems, and manage difficult behaviors the person with memory loss may display; as well as to help caregivers feel confident in the care they provide and improve their ability to cope. After the caregiver completes the REACH assessment, 4 core sessions are offered and tailored to what the caregiver most needs. The caregiver consultant holds the sessions in person (though alternative service options may be available via phone) typically over 2 - 3 months.

Provides the following services to all those in both family and professional roles that are in need of assistance to learn how to effectively communicate and meet the emotional, spiritual and physical needs of a loved one, client, resident with dementia including those with a history of repeated hospitalizations and dismissal from facilities for challenging and aggressive behavior. Services include: - Conference presentations - Group family consults - Ongoing support to caregivers - Private telephone family consultations - Specialized and appropriate dementia training for both families and professionals

Caregiver Services: - Caregiver consulting, information and referrals - Caregiver support group - Educational program for family caregivers ?- Memory care caregiver education and networking - Respite care and companion services ?

Designed for people who choose to remain at home with families and loved ones. Provides structure, guidance, and ideas to help the individual while supporting health and safety needs. Also offers services and training to aid family members and caregivers. In-home support topics and training services include: - Academics - Behavior support and intervention - Community participation - Crisis and safety planning - Effective communication - Financial planning - Individual and family resilience - Parenting skills - Peer relationships - Risk and safety - Self-advocacy - Self-control - Skill, behavior, and risk assessments - Transition

Short-term relief for caregivers while they are absent or unable to provide care for their relatives or friends. Provides non-medical, in-home services for persons 60 years of age or older in their home: - Caregiver coaching and counseling - Caregiver support groups - Group respite care - In-home respite care - Workshops, classes, retreats, and other activities

- Hosted Foot Care: by appointment for a foot soak, trim, and callous care - Walking program: at the community center for individuals to walk in a temperature controlled environment - Exercise program: based on Pilates and yoga; open to anyone interested; a variety of exercises are done with both video and volunteer guidance - SAIL: Stay Active and Independent for Life: groups meet either in the morning or evening to focus on exercises that strengthen bone density, improve balance, strength, and fall prevention - Matter of Balance: an 8-week, 2-hour fall prevention class held once per year that focuses on improving flexibility, strength, confidence, and skills in fall prevention - Powerful Tools for Caregivers: a 6-week, 90-minute annual class for family caregivers focused on care for themselves while caring for a loved one Offers an annual health fair providing: - Health screenings - Flu shots - Information booths on aging and health resources

Education, respite services, and support groups for caregivers

Individual support for seniors, 60 years and older - Transportation - Education (Powerful Tools for Caregivers, Matter of Balance, etc) - Information and referral services

- Aging Mastery program - Arthritis Foundation exercise program - Chronic disease self-management program (18+) - Chronic pain self-management program (18+) - Fit & Strong!: arthritis exercise class - Matter of Balance: program to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels in older adults - Powerful Tools for Caregivers: a self-care educational program to provide caregivers with tools and strategies to handle caregiving challenges - Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL): exercise focused on strength, balance, flexibility, and basic aerobics

Caregiver Support Services provide individualized coaching and counseling to help caregivers develop caregiving skills, connect with resources, and maintain a healthy, balanced lifestyle.?? Caregiver Respite Services provide safety, companionship, supervision, and other nonmedical services that allow the primary caregiver time away for other activities. - Respite services are usually provided in the care receiver's home using a care plan specific to their needs. - Caregiver respite services provided temporary relief and support to primary caregivers who bear the responsibility of caring for their loved ones with physical limitations, cognitive impairments such as dementia, or chronic Illnesses. - Caregiver respite services offer a vital break for caregivers, allowing them to tend to their own needs, recharge, and prevent burnout.

Provides a free online platform to coordinate caregivers who are concerned about an older adult in their lives with shared calendars, communication tools, document center, and more.?? Services include: - Access to supportive resources for caregivers - Building a caregiving team online, including family, friends, professionals, and volunteers - Finding and comparing local, community-based resources - Help with tools, tips, and resources on transportation, wellness, safety, security, and more - Managing care schedules and communication with the care team online

Provides the following support services: - Caregiver Consulting: Professional assistance providing information, assessment, education, coordination, and training for caregivers and care receivers - Caregiver Relief: Coordinates volunteer help for the person who cares for a chronically ill home-bound loved one. Allows the caregiver time to attend to other tasks and provides contact for the home-bound person - Caregiver Support Group: Helps spouses and family members with changes in the family unit; once a month in both Ely and Babbitt - Friendly Visits: Volunteer visits for area residents who might be homebound or just alone and want or need contact with the greater community - Grocery Delivery: Available for those who find it difficult or unsafe to navigate local grocery stores. Volunteers will deliver groceries to the home - Northwoods Memory Care Program: Guides clients and their families through Alzheimer's by helping to reduce stress and increasing family support - Tasty Tuesday: Provides a class to older adults at no cost at the Ely senior center. The class provides healthy recipes, food preparation, and more. Availability is limited. - Volunteer Rides: Coordinates rides that are not available through other services for local and long distance medical appointments, meetings, errands, and social events.

- Physical Therapy - Occupational Therapy - Speech Language Pathology - Assessment for risk level and prevention of falls - Assistance with cognitive issues - Balance training - Care plan to improve Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) - Family/caregiver training - Home safety evaluation - Maximizing mobility and functional independence - Recommendations for adaptive and assistive devices and equipment - Prenatal massage therapy to support the physiologic, structural, and emotional well-being of mother and baby

Provides or arranges support for elder neighbors to assist them in living at home as long as possible. This support, which may otherwise not be available, uses the program's small staff, volunteers and/or paid nursing staff. Services include: - Caregiver coaching and support groups - Community Gardening - Door-to-door transportation, both assisted and non-assisted, provided by volunteers. There is no charge, but donations are accepted. Accessible vehicles can be requested. - Elders resource list of meal and grocery delivery, handyman services, modifications, etc. available by phone or Internet - Exercise classes - Friendly visiting - Health education classes and events - In-home eldercare assessment and resource recommendation - In-home Internet/computer tutorial - Linkage to county services - Nursing referrals - Phone visiting - Respite care - Seasonal raking and snow shoveling - Shopping assistance up to twice a month - Spring/Fall yard clean-ups - Volunteer opportunities

Workshops and monthly support groups help caregivers manage the caregiver burden, link with other caregivers, and find help and encouragement.

Supports and cares for individuals who are dying of incurable disease so that people may live as fully and comfortably as possible. Services provided in the hospital or in a patient's home include: - Companionship from volunteers - Education - Family support - Medical supply, equipment, and medication management - Nursing care - Nutritional support - Pain and symptom management (also known as palliative care) - Physical, occupational, and speech therapy - Spiritual counseling Support for caregivers: - Education and information to make difficult end-of-life decisions - Emotional support - Help caring for a loved one at home or in the hospital - Respite services

The program's purpose is to support and empower older adults and caregivers by addressing their individual needs and preferences, enabling them to live safely and independently in their own homes, for as long as possible. Services include: - Assistance with MNSure - Confidential home visits - Eligibility Determination and Form Assistance: Help complete forms for county benefits, Energy Assistance (EAP), Medicaid/Medical Assistance (MA), Medicare D, home delivered meals, home phone discounts/free cell phones, prescription drug discount programs, and SNAP/EBT program - Help caregivers identify and meet needs of care receiver - Information and Referral: Offers resources to financial, legal, insurance, health and safety resources, housing, long-term care consultation, resources for respite care, and companionship ?- Ongoing contact and support - Training for caregivers

The program's purpose is to support and empower older adults and caregivers by addressing their individual needs and preferences, enabling them to live safely and independently in their own home, for as long as possible. Services provided: - Assistance with MNsure - Confidential home visits - Eligibility Determination and Form Assistance: Help complete forms for county benefits, Energy Assistance (EAP) Medicaid/Medical Assistance (MA), Medicare D, home delivered meals, home phone discounts/free cell phones, prescription drug discount programs, and SNAP/EBT program - Help caregivers identify and meet needs of care receiver - Information and Referral: Offers resources to financial, legal, insurance, health and safety resources, housing, long-term care consultation, resources for respite care, and companionship - Ongoing contact and support - Training for caregivers

Provides resources for older adults living alone as well as caregivers needing support. Services are designed to help maintain independence as long as feasible. Home-based services are provided according to the availability of volunteers and staff: - Homemaking: Indoor light housekeeping services include mild laundry services, floor care, kitchen/bathroom cleaning, and other indoor help. Light "fix it" services (i.e., changing light bulbs, smoke detector batteries, etc.), meal preparation, menu planning, picking up groceries and medications, help with organizing bills, etc. Supportive programs: - Caregiver Consulting: Helps caregivers manage and live their lives while caring for another person, develop individualized plans, and connect with resources in the community - Caregiver Support Groups: Professionally facilitated, confidential environment for caregivers to share concerns, feelings regarding their role as caregiver, and to learn from each other

We provide support, resources and counseling to Caregivers so that you can take care of yourself while caring for your family member or friend. CARE also helps connect caregivers and seniors with services in the community to meet their individual needs, thereby maintaining and extending independent living.

Provides resources for older adults living alone as well as caregivers needing support. Services are designed to help maintain independence as long as feasible. Home-based services are provided according to the availability of volunteers and staff: - Homemaking: Indoor light housekeeping services include mild laundry services, floor care, kitchen/bathroom cleaning, and other indoor help. Light "fix it" services (i.e., changing light bulbs, smoke detector batteries, etc.), meal preparation, menu planning, picking up groceries and medications, help with organizing bills, etc. Supportive programs: - Caregiver Consulting: Helps caregivers manage and live their lives while caring for another person, develop individualized plans, and connect with resources in the community - Caregiver Support Groups: Professionally facilitated, confidential environment for caregivers to share concerns, feelings regarding their role as caregiver, and to learn from each other

- Caregiver support groups; check website for groups and locations - Lunch & Learn gatherings for seniors provides socialization and educational opportunities - Powerful Tools for Caregivers and Matter of Balance trainings provided within the county

Provides supportive services for the African American and East African older adults and their caregivers through support groups, health monitoring and education, and respite care. Everyday Care: Provides caregiver support and coaching to older adults for healthy aging Alzheimer's Consulting: Dementia Consultants offer memory screening tools, Alzheimer's education classes, resources, and referrals Caregiver Support Groups: Provides culturally specific caregiver support groups for African Americans