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Over 40 million Americans are taking care of a loved one 50 or older.
Basic Dementia Care Guide
Oklahoma Health Brain Initiative’s Basic Dementia Care Guide
Ways to Support a Caregiver
Caregivers often miss out on help due to the ‘Let Me Know’ trap—vague offers that exhaust them further by requiring planning. The Caregiver Respite Card is a direct solution. When offered help, caregivers can immediately present the card, which features a simple menu of specific tasks (e.g., ‘Sit with Mom for two hours’). This shifts the planning burden to the helper, turning vague promises into concrete relief and making essential respite accessible.
Problem: Vague offers of help (“Let me know”) burden caregivers with planning, leading to missed support.
Solution: The Caregiver Respite Card.
How it works: Caregivers present the card when help is offered. The card provides a simple menu of concrete tasks (e.g., “Sit with Mom,” “Pick up groceries”).
Benefit: Shifts planning to the helper, bypasses awkward conversations, and makes essential respite easier to obtain, ensuring caregivers get needed breaks. Caregiver Support Respite Card
To order copies of the card, call 1-877-283-4113 (toll-free) or download it from oklahoma.gov/okdhs/library.html. (Refer to Pub. No. 22-19, or 22-19SV for Spanish.)
Oklahoma Family Caregiver Resource Guides
Caregiving: The Impact on the Workplace
Caregiving is not just a social issue, it is a critical workplace issue. Here is some useful information from Health Advocate, Inc. http://www.healthadvocate.com/downloads/webinars/caregiving.pdf
Tax Benefit for Oklahoma Family Caregivers
Find and Compare Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Other Providers Near You
Compare Medicare Healthcare Providers and Services
Caregiving While Working
Approximately six in ten of them are doing it while also trying to earn a living. If you’re among them, here is some help from AARP. https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/life-balance/info-2017/work-benefits-rights.html
Family Caregivers – Family Caregiving
The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers provides a first-ever roadmap to improve access to information, services, and resources for family caregivers of all ages — from youth to grandparents. Support Caregiving – Fulfilling the National Strategy to
Support Family Caregivers in Your Community
Oklahoma Guardianship (Adult and Minor)
Information on Guardianship in Oklahoma can be found in this location. You will also find the forms for filing and information on Powers of Attorney. Oklahoma Guardianship
Caregiving Statistics: Work & Caregiving
Here is some helpful data from the Family Caregiver Alliance of the National Center on Caregiving. https://www.caregiver.org/caregiver-statistics-work-and-caregiving