A Stress Relieving Gift For Eldercare Providers
Baby Boomers are often frustrated that they can't do more to help friends who are caring for elderly parents. Assuming the role of caregiver to aging parents has a real life domino effect. Jobs, family and friendships are affected while caregivers' stress mounts. A gift certificate from a leading eldercare resource can help lower stress by placing needed information at caregivers' fingertips.
San Rafael, CA (PRWEB) May 14, 2007 -- Millions of Baby Boomers are assisting elderly parents. Millions of their friends see the toll this labor of love is taking and wish there was something they could do to help. Cascading caregiving demands affect jobs, spouses, children and caregivers' health. Add frequent travel to visit parents and stress levels can soar to a breaking point.
The introduction of the Parent Care gift certificate lets friends provide year long stress relief to caregiving friends. The service offers quarterly reports on senior services in the county where elderly parents reside to help caregivers locate and evaluate service providers. Monthly caregiving articles by financial, health care, fall prevention and legal experts convey much needed information. Caregivers can participate in chats with other caregivers to exchange ideas, use time and money saving tips the service provides as well as senior-related news and numerous safety checklists.
"We are a one-stop resource for caregivers" commented Parent Care CEO William Gillis. "Our service is useful to all caregivers but doubly so to the nation's long distance caregivers."
There are seven million long distance caregivers who Gillis terms "the road warriors of the new millennium". They live an average of 450 miles from their parents, spend an average of $450 per month to assist them and visit up to three times a month to attend to their needs. Undertaking this new role that is likely to last for years while working and caring for spouses and children all but eliminates social lives.
"Until now" says Gillis, "Friends could empathize but do little else beyond a comforting hug. They can now provide the stress relieving comfort of a Parent Care gift subscription.
About Parent Care, Inc.
Parent Care is the leading information source for the country's seven million long distance eldercare providers and their employers. Parent Care, The Parent Care Report and The Parent Care Channel are registered trademarks of the firm.
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