Family caregivers by necessity become experts in providing long-term care. This specialized knowledge can include medication management, dietary requirements, understanding the best way to communicate with a person, transferring skills, toileting skills, and knowing specific emotional needs. But what happens if illness or injury should strike the caregiver? Who will step in to provide the needed essential care? How will they manage without the benefit of the family caregiver’s person-specific expertise and experience?

“What If Something Happens to Me?” covers this important topic with information on how to manage your concerns, how to identify a backup caregiver, and what information to include so the backup caregiver can provide the best care possible in this situation. This session will include two checklists to help you plan. Program based on article and research done by Donna Schempp, LCSW, and the Family Caregiver Alliance.