HEALTHY AGING
If You’re Taking Care of a Family Member, Don’t Go It Alone. Take Advantage of These Support Resources.
“The need to provide caregiving often arises in a gradual transition, through a series of events that culminates with them taking on the caregiver role.”
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Tara Anglim, Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Social Worker (LCSW-R; ACHP-SW)
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Taking on the role of family caregiver without self-identifying as one can create a disconnect where it matters most: the healthcare system. Northwell Health is pioneering providing family caregiving resources, education, and support to help family caregivers as an integral part of an aging loved one’s continuum of care. Through programs offered at Northwell’s Caregiver Resource Centers, social workers like Anglim and clinician leaders like Susan Kwiatek, Northwell’s VP of Aging and Supportive Care, are helping bridge the gap between family caregivers and the healthcare system.
“The caregiver programs at our caregiver centers are dedicated to supporting the wellbeing and self-efficacy of family caregivers,” explains Kwiatek. “By identifying and connecting to family caregivers, we are trying to provide support to address the issues they may face, such as emotional distress, depression, anxiety, the burden of being a caregiver, assistance with skill building, and connecting them to community resources.”
Northwell Caregiver Center locations:
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Northwell Health Caregiver Centers
Every caregiver’s journey is unique. Northwell’s Caregiver Centers are an innovative opportunity to meet the caregivers where they’re at in their caregiver journey and provide them with support, guidance, and person-centered resources they may need in their specific geographic area while assisting them and their loved ones in navigating the health systems.
“The Caregiver Centers provide family caregivers whose loved ones are hospitalized with a quiet place to recharge and refresh when spending extended periods of time in the hospital,” says Kwiatek.
The centers feature designated licensed social workers. Support also comes from volunteer trained caregiver coaches who have been family caregivers themselves and are thus ideally suited to providing peer support. Caregiver Centers also connect family caregivers with resources specific to their current needs, ranging from palliative care and
hospice to education on advance care and elder care planning, as well as navigating entitlements (Veteran benefits, community Medicaid, etc.) and learning how to secure help at home to meet their loved ones' needs.
Says Kwiatek, “Importantly, our Caregiver Centers serve as a central hub for family caregivers as their loved ones are receiving care throughout the healthcare continuum and throughout their caregiving journey.”
Above all, Kwiatek and Anglim encourage family caregivers to seek the resources available to them.
“It can feel overwhelming and isolating when you first step into the role of family caregiver,” says Anglim. “Don’t go it alone. There is support and resources out there but they are not always easy to find. Ask for help and tap into what is available to help you, a healthcare professional is a great place to start.”
Kwiatek agrees. “Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness. There are many caregivers in similar situations. Current estimates are that in the US there are 48 million family caregivers. So you’re not alone. Take advantage of caregiver centers’ support groups, where caregivers can support each other, share experiences, and learn from each other.”
Peconic Bay Medical Center
Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Glen Cove Hospital
The Reichert Family Caregiver Center at Huntington Hospital
LIJ Medical Center
Charlotte and Roger Blumencranz Caregiver Center at North Shore University Hospital
Ken Hamilton Caregiver Center at Northern Westchester Hospital
Staten Island University Hospital
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How Healthy Aging Can Change Geriatric Healthcare Outcomes for the Better
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Change Geriatric Healthcare
Outcomes for the Better
As Northwell’s commitment to reversing environmental damage and health disparities unfolds, Northwell’s chief sustainability officer, is uncovering opportunities big and small to reduce Northwell’s footprint.
Tara Anglim, Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Social Worker (LCSW-R; ACHP-SW)
"There is support and resources out there but they are not always easy to find. Ask for help and tap into what is available to help you, a healthcare professional is a great place to start.”
Northwell Health wants to promote healthy aging, in all its multi-faceted forms. Family caregiving is a vital part of healthy aging. Northwell’s Caregiving Centers provide the support for those of us who are supporting others. Learn more at northwell.edu or visit one of the Caregiving Center locations.
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"I never thought of myself as a caregiver, even though I've been caring for my mom with Alzheimer’s for the last 7 years."
This is a quote Tara Anglim hears often. As an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Social Worker (ACHP-SW) at Northwell Health’s Peconic Bay Medical Center, Anglim advocates for the family caregiver experience. America is getting older, and who is conscripted into the role of caregiver is expanding. There are an estimated 48 million family caregivers in the US as the responsibility to care for ill, disabled, and aging populations is falling on relatives – spouses, siblings, adult children, grandchildren, and family of choice – and profoundly changing their day-to-day lives.
“The reality is most people don’t expect to be called on to provide this level of care to their loved ones until it actually happens,” says Anglim. “The need to provide caregiving often arises in a gradual transition, through a series of events that culminates with them taking on the caregiver role.”
Northwell Health Caregiver Centers
Every caregiver’s journey is unique. Northwell’s Caregiver Centers are an innovative opportunity to meet the caregivers where they’re at in their caregiver journey and provide them with support, guidance, and person-centered resources they may need in their specific geographic area while assisting them and their loved ones in navigating the health systems.
“The Caregiver Centers provide family caregivers whose loved ones are hospitalized with a quiet place to recharge and refresh when spending extended periods of time in the hospital,” says Kwiatek.
The centers feature designated licensed social workers and are additionally supported by volunteer trained caregiver coaches who have been family caregivers themselves and are thus ideally suited to providing peer support. Caregiver Centers also connect family caregivers with resources specific to their current needs, ranging from education on advance care and elder care planning to navigating entitlements (Veteran benefits, community Medicaid, etc.), to how to secure help at home to meet their loved ones needs.
Says Kwiatek, “Importantly, our Caregiver Centers serve as a central hub for family caregivers as their loved ones are receiving care throughout the healthcare continuum and throughout their caregiving journey.”
Above all, Kwiatek and Anglim encourage family caregivers to seek the resources available to them.
“It can feel overwhelming and isolating when you first step into the role of family caregiver,” says Anglim. “Don’t go it alone. There is support and resources out there but they are not always easy to find. Ask for help and tap into what is available to help you, a healthcare professional is a great place to start.”
Kwiatek agrees. “Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness. There are many caregivers in similar situations. Current estimates are that in the US there are 48 million family caregivers. So you’re not alone. Take advantage of caregiver centers’ support groups, where caregivers can support each other, share experiences, and learn from each other.”
Peconic Bay Medical Center
Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Glen Cove Hospital
The Reichert Family Caregiver Center at Huntington Hospital
LIJ Medical Center
Charlotte and Roger Blumencranz Caregiver Center at North Shore University Hospital
Ken Hamilton Caregiver Center at Northern Westchester Hospital
Staten Island University Hospital
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Age-Friendly Care Can Help You Age Well. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Age-Friendly Care Can Help
You Age Well. Here’s What You
Need to Know.
Age-Friendly care, adopted by Northwell, promotes life, longevity and quality of care for older adults and supports caregivers to achieve the best possible health outcomes
"I never thought of myself as a caregiver, even though I've been caring for my mom with Alzheimer’s for the last 7 years."
This is a quote Tara Anglim hears often. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R) and an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Social Worker (ACHP-SW) at Northwell Health’s Peconic Bay Medical Center, Anglim advocates for the family caregiver experience. America is getting older, and who is conscripted into the role of caregiver is expanding. There are an estimated 48 million family caregivers in the US as the responsibility to care for ill, disabled, and aging populations is falling on relatives – spouses, siblings, adult children, grandchildren, and family of choice – and profoundly changing their day-to-day lives.
“The reality is most people don’t expect to be called on to provide this level of care to their loved ones until it actually happens,” says Anglim. “The need to provide caregiving often arises in a gradual transition, through a series of events that culminates with them taking on the caregiver role.”