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Mission
- To provide, in one website, a directory of useful links, contacts, resources & information about all aspects of caregiving in order to more efficiently & effectively provide care to loved ones or to oneself when care is needed
- To inform and to educate caregivers about rules, regulations and care
- To "meet" other caregivers in order to gain support, friendship, motivation & ways to cope as well as to exchange ideas
- To provide caregivers with a comfortable & inviting place where they can "take a coffee break" from their duties, remembering that everyone needs time & space to recharge
Support: assistance, comfort, advocacy
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Welcome to CaregivingCafe!
Thank you for visiting our website! Here, we hope that you will find ways to more easily address the many caregiving issues that arise as one cares for oneself or for someone else. Rather than looking for answers to questions across many topics by conducting many individual searches or asking lots of people, we have assembled links that provide information, resources and support in one location. Among these are Social Security, Medicare, health insurance, COBRA, benefits, eldercare, mobility, assistive technology, caregiver burnout, How-to videos, products & services that are available to care recipients and to caregivers. You have plenty to deal with without using up your precious time and energy trying to get information in order to find effective solutions!
We are also working on CaregivingCafeService, a paid service that gives you, the caregiver or care recipient, the choice of letting us find services and products for you. When time is limited, or when you need to deal with other pressing concerns, we can take care of things like booking doctor’s appointments; booking reservations for travel, lodging or entertainment; looking for services like accommodations, long-term care, home care, hospice or local transportation; or perhaps booking that desperately-needed break. We are here to help you with your caregiving duties.
CaregivingCafeService can also provide transportation to doctor’s appointments and just about any other destination in the Austin, Texas area. We can even help you run errands or take you or your loved one to visit friends! We want to make caregiving easier for you because we understand. We have been there!
The care you give makes a big difference to your loved one. We aim to help and to support you along the way. Do remember that you are not alone and that many people and organizations exist to help and to guide. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Best wishes,
CaregivingCafe
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