Caregiver Consultation is a service that can help caregivers develop strategies to achieve a balanced lifestyle, allowing the caregiver to provide both good care and protect their own health. It is offered throughout Minnesota by professionals who are certified Caregiver Consultants. Consultants are certified by the Minnesota Board on Aging by meeting basic standards and completing training. Caregiver Consultation involves identifying a caregiver's strengths, needs and goals, and developing a plan with the caregiver.

Caregiver consultants are available to:
* Unpaid family, partners, and friends who provide care to an older adult (60 years or older)
* Unpaid family, partners, and friends who provide on-going care to younger persons with dementia
* Persons age 55 or older who live with and care for a grandchild, other relative's child, or an adult child with a disability

Caregiver Consultants may provide:
* Caregiving education and skills training
* Self-care and stress management suggestions
* Disease-specific information to support caregiving
* Guidance on managing family and care team relationships
* Communication and assertiveness skills training
* Support in developing informal networks of support
* Family meeting facilitation

The Caregiver Consultant service is part of the Minnesota Board on Aging's Live Well at Home program.

The Family Caregiver and Senior Advocate Program provides information, resources and referrals for services to seniors and their caregivers.

These services support caregivers and give seniors the tools they need to "age in place" successfully. Advocates can help people understand the Continuum of Care, community resources, one's journey with memory loss, the importance of Health Care Directive completion.

• Organization Type
  • Community Action Partnership 
• Payment
  • Title III 

Eligibility may vary by agency.

For Title III-E-funded providers, eligible individuals are unpaid caregivers (such as a spouse, adult child, relative, partner, or friend) who are caring for an older adult (60 years or older), or for an individual with dementia (such as Alzheimer's Disease).

Also eligible are people (age 55 or older) who live with and care for a grandchild, a relative's child, or an adult child with a disability.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Caregivers must be caring for a person over the age of 60. One person within the caregiving/senior circle must live within Goodhue, Rice or Wabasha County

Sliding fee scale based on income

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For Three Rivers Community Action donations are accepted.

8:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday

Goodhue County

https://threeriverscap.org/older-adults/family-caregiver

https://www.threeriverscap.org

11/21/2022