Caregiver 360®: The Caregiver’s Gal Friday

This interactive Web service can be a personalized care guide for
caregivers so that your loved one may receive state-of-the-art 24-7
care in the comforting environs of your home.

Ken Ziel came to the nuts and bolts of compassionate care the hard
way. When his son Austin was born in 1990 with multiple disabilities,
he was fearful that his son would not be approached with the same level
of skill, compassion, and love that he and his wife could provide.
Among other things, Ziel learned that without individualized
instructions or personalized care guides, the very act of providing
care could prove problematic.

Enter the system Ziel invented, Caregiver360®. An easy to use
interactive Web service that assists in creating a safe and secure
Personal Care Guide, it can serve as a comprehensive database of
intimate experience, knowledge, and specific needs of your loved one.
Besides providing immediate access to this personalized care guide,
this Web-based service (economically priced at < $10.00 per month)
makes available ample caregiving resources through a searchable online
library. Testimonials on Ziel’s website address a potpourri of
circumstances where hiring at-home caregivers and complementing their
efforts with Caregiver360® might prove practical – children with
chronic illness, adults with developmental disabilities, compassionate
Alzheimer’s care, assorted elder issues, and persons suffering
traumatic injuries such as brain stem encephalitis.

When you’re faced with a loved one in need of 24-7 at-home care,
just getting away for an afternoon or evening can be a hurdle. It can
be an even greater challenge to plan care for your loved one’s future
if you were to become incapacitated or pass away. Locating and hiring a
caregiver qualified and skilled enough to address your loved one’s
needs is difficult enough. But that carefully selected caregiver will
need detailed lists of instructions so that all your best intentions
concerning your loved one’s needs are addressed, including a litany of
“what ifs?” Caregiver360® can keep a record of all details, regimens,
and instructions including prescriptions and medications, and update
and communicate that information as circumstances change. To have this
comprehensive record linked to the latest research, resources, and
best-practice recommendations at the click of a mouse can be a
comforting resource.

Gene Osofsky is an East Bay elder law attorney in California. Gene
Osofsky specializes in Medi-Cal planning, wills, probate, trusts,
nursing home issues, special needs planning, and disability planning.
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