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Formal caregivers are typically paid providers but they may also be volunteers from a government or nonprofit organization. Where care is being provided in the home there is often a mix of formal and informal care provided. And the trend is towards using more formal care since, unlike the past, more informal caregivers are employed.

Being a primary caregiver takes a lot of time and effort, especially if someone is caring for a person with Alzheimer\'s. Caregivers can easily get burned out or suffer health challenges of their own if they don\'t get regular breaks. Even if your family is well equipped for caregiving, its important to be familiar with the many home care services that are available today for the elderly.

If so, you are part of one fourth of American families who are caring for an older family member, an adult child with disabilities, or a friend. According to the AARP, you are one of more than 22.4 million Americans who are now caregivers to older adults, a number that has tripled in the last 10 years alone.

Home care providers for the elderly can fit your needs depending upon your situation and budget. Make a list of the specific needs of elderly care you are looking for and questions to ask the home care providers.

Rehabilitation/Therapy- Physical or occupational therapy required, improving or retaining function (range of motion, physical therapy following an injury), speech therapy or help swallowing (due to a stroke, Parkinson\'s disease or ALS) respiratory therapy, or help getting around the house or using assistive equipment?

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a progressive brain illness. In Lewy body dementia, abnormal round structures called Lewy bodies develop in regions of your brain involved in thinking and movement. Lewy bodies result in the death of nerve cells. Lewy bodies also develop in people with Parkinson\'s disease but only in one part of the brain.