Family Caregiver Support
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Many family caregivers step up to the role without hesitation. After all, to care for another, especially those that cared for you, is the ultimate act of love, compassion, selflessness and gratitude. However, caring for an aging parent or loved one can be very emotionally, physically and financially demanding; the role of a caregiver can quickly become overwhelming, especially if you feel uncertain of whether your efforts are helping or hindering. If caregiver stress is left untreated, it can have negative effects on your health, relationships, and state of mind. If you can not take care of yourself, then you will not be able to care for others. Self care is extremely important; self care is a necessity. 

​​Symptoms of Caregiver Stress and Burnout:

• You find yourself feeling Anxious, depressed, irritable, guilty, helpless or hopeless.
• You find yourself feeling exhausted, fatigued or run down.
• You find yourself struggling with getting enough sleep or feeling relaxed.
• You find yourself overreacting to minor nuisances and problems that normally you would not. 
• You find yourself battling new or worsening health problems like colds or flu.
• You struggle with difficulty concentrating or staying focused.
• You find yourself feeling increasingly impatient, resentful or angry toward your loved one.
• You find yourself drinking, smoking, or eating more than usual
• You find yourself neglecting  important responsibilities and other relationships such as with your spouse, children, friends or other family.​
• You don't have time to participate in your own leisure activities.​

​How Can Cook Care Management Help You
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When it comes to your loved one, we understand how hard it is to trust someone so important to outsides hands. However, Cook Care Management will go above and beyond to ensure the very best care for your loved you and for you, the caregiver. Our years of education, experience and vetting among the local senior industry gives us valuable insight on the very best of care available in the Raleigh and surrounding areas. Our clients become an extension of our own family and the care we coordinate will reflect nothing short of the care we would expect for our own loved ones.

​​Cook Care Management Can Assist Caregivers With:

• Help Reduce the Risk of Caregiver Stress, Fatigue and Burnout
• Help Create a Respite Care Plan
• Help Establish Respite Care When Needed
• Help Establish and Maintain a Personal/Work/ Caregiver Balance
• Help Establish and Monitor Outside Caregivers
• Help with Family Mediation, Crisis/Conflict Resolution and Communication
• Help with Health Care and Insurance Navigation 
• Help with Financial Review and Bill Pay
• Home Organization
• Establishing and Monitoring Care Plan
• Improving In-Home Safety
• Help Finding Elder Law Resources​

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​Let us help you! Cook Care Management can help alleviate the stress of being a caregiver and help you avoid burnout. When stress and burnout occur both you and your loved one suffers. Cook Care Management can help you restore balance and joy to your life so you can focus on the love you have for the person you are caring for rather than the hardships of their condition.... So you can focus on you and the other important parts of your life too. We can help give you back some of the control you have lost in this struggle. ​

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