new online resources

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Over 1.3 Million Americans are cared for through hospice each year, and there is a daughter, son, brother, husband, or friend acting as a family caregiver for each patient. The emotional challenge of caring for a loved one during the last few weeks can be draining and extremely stressful without support and help.

AGIS.com has partnered with the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) to offer expert advice and information on end-of-life issues for caregivers. This new addition to the AGIS eldercare portal showcases HFA’s unique expertise in caregiving issues involving terminal illness, grief, emotional pain and other complex issues associated with the last months or weeks of a loved one’s life.

HFA’s Ask the Expert section is located at: http://www.agis.com/community/Ask-The-Experts/hfa/

AGIS End of Life section is located at: http://www.agis.com/eldercare-basics/Support-Services/End-of-Life/

AGIS’ new information section includes information on comfort through treatment of illness-related symptoms, hospice care and grief. Individual sections on the site feature additional information on solace and grief management strategies for both caregivers and ailing loved ones that enable practical and comforting solutions for every step of the process. The new AGIS interactive HFA “Ask the Experts” section enables families to find specific answers to personal challenges easily online.

While no one can ever be fully prepared for the emotions and situations that come from caring for a dying loved one, HFA and AGIS desire that no family caregiver will ever have to face this time alone.