Polk Family Caregivers is a charity that works to empower those caring for loved ones with long-term chronic health conditions...
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Contact Information
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Sheila Hollowell
CEO/President |
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1232 E. Magnolia St. Lakeland, Florida 33801 |
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| Mailing Address:
1232 E. Magnolia St., Lakeland, FL 33801 |
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| General Email:
info@polkcaregivers.org |
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Care Tips and Articles
Quick Guide For Caregivers - Local Community Resources 
Care Tips
- 7 Deadly Emotions
- 10 Tips for Family Caregivers
- Ten Tips for Communicating with a Person with Dementia
- A Caregiver's Bill of Rights
- A Guide for Planning a Stress Free Holiday
- Advance Directives
- Amputee Caregivers Need Help Too
- Caregiver Humor
- Caregiver Stress
- Caregiving Basics
- Caring for Senior Citizens with Chronic Illness
- Choosing a Homecare Aide
- Communicating with the Hearing Impaired
- Do Not Resuscitate Orders
- Do Your Homework
- Dressing
- Driving
- Fall Prevention for Family Caregivers
- Fun For Frail Seniors
- Giving a bed bath
- Glossary of Terms About Elder Housing
- Happy Senior Holidays
- How to Set Up a Caregiver Agreement
- How to Position a Bedridden Person
- Hurricane and Disaster Planning for Your Loved One
- Hurricane Preparation for the Caregiver
- In Case of Emergency Wallet Card
- Incontinence Care
- Ins and Outs of Hiring Professional Caregivers
- Lack of Sleep
- Legal and Financial Issues
- Legal Decisions About End of Life Care
- Let Your Fingers Do The Walking
- Living with a Cranky Older Adult
- Managing Caregiver Guilt
- Nine Ways to Get Someone To Eat
- Preventing Medication Errors
- Quick Guide for Polk County Health Insurance
- Remembering Medications
- Safety and Falls Prevention in Your Home
- Skin Tears 101
- Stop Junk Mail
- Stress Relieve for the Twelve Days of Christmas
- Talking to a Senior Who is No Longer Safe To Drive
- Tips for Hiring a Home Caregiving Agency
- Tips for Traveling with Your Loved One
- Tips for Traveling with Oxygen
- When There is a Hospitalization
- When Is it Time to Get Help at Home?
- Where To Start
- Who Is A Family Caregiver?
- How Credit Scores Work?
- What are ADLs?
- When administering Medicines
- Wounds and Pressure Sores
Articles
- And Thou Shalt Honor - PBS Television Series on Caregiving, Aired in 2002
- Are Anti-inflammatories Safe for Seniors?
- Caregivers Need Health Reforms, Too, US News and World Report, August 25,2009
- Females, Sodas and Osteoporosis
- Is "Cover Florida" Health Insurance for You?
- Managing Financial Affairs - Taming the Paperwork Monster
- New Laws on Background Checks
- New Veterans' Administration Benefits
- Practical Ideas for Finding Residential Care
- Seven Secrets to Successful Caregiving of Older Adults, PR Newswire, August 27, 2009
- Tips for Coping With The Holiday
- Years Later, Divorce Complicates Caregiving, New York Times, August 10,2009