Local Home Care Agency Helps Family Caregivers Prepare for Senior Emergencies

It's the midnight call that can strike terror in the hearts of so many local family caregivers. Home Instead Senior Care Daytona Beach provides a program to help family caregivers prepare for senior emergencies. End Quote

Daytona Beach, FL (1888PressRelease) May 06, 2011 - It's the midnight call that can strike terror in the hearts of so many local family caregivers. "Mom has suffered a stroke," or "Dad accidentally overdosed on his medications."

Home Instead Senior Care Daytona Beach has unveiled a new resource for those adult children who live in fear of getting "the call" that tells them their senior loved one is in trouble. Research conducted for the Home Instead Senior Care® network has revealed that many grown children don't know all they should about their older adults' medical histories.*

That's why Home Instead Senior Care has worked with Humana Points of Caregiving® to develop a variety of resources to help families be better prepared.

The Caring for Your Parents: Senior Emergency Kit, an information management tool, can help family caregivers keep important information at their fingertips such as their senior's doctors, pharmacy and insurance company, medications and dosage details as well as allergies. For more information, go to www.SeniorEmergencyKit.com or call Home Instead Senior Care Daytona Beach at (386) 255-0645

A survey of future family caregivers conducted for the Home Instead Senior Care network indicates a widespread lack of knowledge including the fact that less than half (47 percent) say they know about their parents' medical histories in case of an emergency.

"We've seen the turmoil that such an emergency creates and we've also witnessed how much smoother it can go when families are prepared," said Susan Miller, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office in Daytona Beach, "This resource will provide family caregivers with the tools they need to be ready for the unexpected."

* The Boomer Project (www.boomerproject.com) conducted a 15-minute online survey for the Home Instead Senior Care network of 611 U.S. adults ages 45-65 who said they are likely to assume a caregiver role for their parents within the next 10 years.

About Home Instead Senior Care - Volusia County and Daytona Beach, Florida. Care You Can Trust. Susan Miller (owner), the office administrators, and CAREGiversSM all share a passion for improving the quality of life for seniors and families in the community. Here in Volusia County and Daytona Beach, we offer a range of non-medical services that can be customized to your needs so you'll get exactly the help you need. Our CAREGivers are area residents who are kind, compassionate and truly enjoy working with seniors. They are professionals, extensively trained in elder care, and all are screened, insured and bonded.

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