When facing a serious, life-limiting illness, you want to feel both prepared – so you can understand your choices and make decisions – and present – so that you are mindful of today’s needs.

Understanding and using the resources available to you, whether you are a patient or caregiver may be overwhelming. Whether its medical resources such as palliative care and hospice, financial resources such as Medicare and insurance, or other items like advance directives or bereavement care, we will help you navigate them so you can have the experience that is best for you.

Open, honest conversations about end-of-life will relieve loved ones and healthcare providers of the need to guess what you would want if you are ever facing a healthcare or medical crisis.

These conversations – initiated by the patient or by those caring for them – form the basis for any written expression of wishes such as an advance directive.

Caregivers provide support to someone who needs help. It doesn’t matter how many hours per week are spent providing support, caring for a family member or friend is not easy, nor is it something most of us are prepared to do.

Often, we don’t even think of ourselves as caregivers, we are simply stepping up to do what needs to be done, be it paying bills, talking with doctors, or being present 24 hours a day. These tasks can be new, even bewildering, but CaringInfo is here to provide the information you need.