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Pages tagged "bereavement"


Care for the Caregiver (you!)

Posted on Caregivers' Tips and Tails Blog by Michelle Nichols · January 27, 2015 3:52 PM

How will I get over the loss of my best friend? We in AHELP have come to know that you don’t get OVER a loss; you get THROUGH your loss…

We commonly hear, "what can I do to feel better?" In this post we offer a few practical tips that can be "a Help" to you and your family during the hospice period and after their passing.

 

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A ceremony at your companion's favorite spot can be a valuable in helping you get closure after their passing. Michelle Nichols and her daughter Zoe sprinkle Sora's cremains at the beach she had loved. (Photo: Chris Nichols)

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Caregiver Tips and Tails Blog

Posted on Our Community by Test Testing · June 15, 2014 12:05 AM

Preparing your Home for an Animal in Hospice

Posted by Jane Sandwood · February 15, 2018 12:29 PM · 1 reaction

A Caregiver's Tale: FIV Lessons Learned from Russ

Posted by Suz Garcia · February 28, 2015 11:56 AM

Care for the Caregiver (you!)

Posted by Michelle Nichols · January 27, 2015 3:52 PM

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Animal Caregiver Support Program

Posted on About by Michelle Nichols · January 23, 2014 12:45 PM
Why caregiver support?

When the goal of care shifts from cure to comfort, tools and guidance from our AHELP Comprehensive Care Team will care for you as you care for your animal. Our “care for the caregiver” will allow you to adapt to twists and turns in the end-of-life journey. Quality of life for your dog, cat or horse is maximized as we work within the veterinary care plan with regular check-ins, tools for planning, tips for home care and strategies to help you navigate as issues come up. We ensure communication through interdisciplinary teamwork principles. Professional Network family service providers help you cope with daily challenges, assuring your confident caregiving.  Professional counselors offer your family grief and bereavement support. Your Care Team is there for you with "A Help" when you most need it with 24/7 weekday availability and on weekends, too.

Comfort. Choices. Empowerment.

Help your animal companion achieve COMFORT by building a solid plan with a veterinarian, or vet tech who first consults with your regular vet. AHELP's Comprehensive Care Home Visits are centered around your animal companion and your entire family's circumstances. Your AHELP Care Team will include an AHELP Care Coordinator who is a professional counselor, an AHELPer volunteer who is assigned only to you and a veterinarian best suited to your situation. You will have access our spiritual counselor through personal phone visits and our monthly Seattle Support Circle.

Comprehensive Care Team
"People want the same care for their animal family members as their human loved ones had. Animal hospice and palliative care gives them the power them to do so."

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What you can Expect

With veterinary recommendations from your animal companion's quality of life assessment, you and your Care Team will evaluate your choices and build a plan according to your wishes. When the appropriate times come, the AHELP Care Team will support you in your decision making and assist while you enact the steps in that plan. You will feel the satisfaction that comes in knowing that you paid a worthy tribute to the life shared with your animal companion. You'll likely describe the experience of providing this care as transformative, empowering, and true to your love for them.

Through this process of achieving comfort and quality of life, weighing your choices, visualizing your journey, and being empowered to act on your plans at the appropriate times, you will be most likely be able to follow your "path of least regrets." Healing from the inevitable loss of your animal family member comes naturally and at your own pace.


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