What is University of Kentucky Elder Care?
University of Kentucky Elder Care is a free employee benefit established to support regular full-time and part-time UK faculty, staff, retirees and their spouses nationwide who help their parents, spouses and other older family members. Our staff can assist by providing information, consultation, guidance, referrals, and by helping caregivers to plan ahead. The Elder Care Program has assisted employees with elders in 46 states. Elder Care’s staff basically “never says no” to a request for information. In addition to the general information covered in the “Elder Care Resource Guide for Caregivers” the staff has compiled extensive reference materials on virtually everything, including such areas as medical services, power of attorney and other legal matters, senior education programs, home-safety, alternative housing options, long-term care and Alzheimer’s Disease. Get as much information as possible now, before a crisis. Pre-planning decreases stress! Elder Care advises employees to sta
