Your Caregiving Deals

Monitoring Peace of Mind
Kathy, who cares for her husband, shared on her blog about a monitor she found which seems to meet her needs. She found the monitor at Amazon.com, which offers it for $129.99 (retail price is $399.95). The monitor allows you to communicate with your caree when you are in different rooms and features automatic night vision. The 100% digital technology ensures the signal is secure, interference-free and has a wireless range of up to 450 feet. Buy here.

Take the Taxing Out of Taxes
Amazon.com also has deals today on Turbo Tax software, including TurboTax Deluxe, on sale for $41.99 (regularly $59.95). TurboTax Deluxe was designed to make it easy for you to get the biggest tax refund possible, checking for accuracy and uncovering 350+ deductions and credits. Includes free Federal Efile and TurboTax State for completing your state taxes. Buy here.

And, we're talking about taxes on Your Caregiving Journey on Friday at 9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET, 7 a.m. PT). You can listen here.

Let Family and Friends Give
Do you worry about your caree's medical bills? GiveForward lets you set up a fundaiser to friends and family members can help offset medical expenses. To date, GiveForward has raised $3,509,515 for medical expenses and other causes. It's free to set up a fundraiser; Give Forward takes 7% of what you raise. More here.

Accepting Your Power
In today's free caregiving webinar, “Surviving Caregiving: The Power of Acceptance,” we talked about how to move into acceptance. Our March four-week class takes acceptance on step further: It helps you find your power.

Caregiving seems to steal your power, leaving you powerless over your days and your life. By accepting caregiving, you can move from losing to gaining, which is how your find your power. In our four-week class, we’ll help you gain peace, a plan, preparation, priorities, perspective and prosperity. Those six Ps add up to your Power.

You can participate in our class by joining our live class or listening to the recording at your convenience. Our live class will take place every Monday in March at 3 p.m. CT (4 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. PT). When you register, you’ll receive details on how to join the live and access the recordings.

The cost of the four-week class is $47. You can save 30% and register for $32.90. This deal is available to the first five who email me; put “I Want My Power” in your subject line.

Uninsured Can Save on Diabetic Meds
The American Diabetes Association^®, the nation’s leading voluntary health organization in the fight to Stop Diabetes^®, and Together Rx Access, which offers a free prescription savings card, have joined together to help inform eligible uninsured Americans affected by diabetes how they may be able to save money on their prescription medicines. Cardholders simply bring their Together Rx Access Card to their neighborhood pharmacist along with their prescription and the savings are calculated right at the pharmacy counter. The income levels for which individuals are eligible for a Together Rx Access Card range from $45,000 for a single person to $90,000 for a family of four. In addition, individuals must have no public or private prescription coverage and must not qualify for Medicare. For more information, contact Together Rx Access at 1-800-250-2839, or visit TogetherRxAccess.com.

A Back-Up Plan Possibility
Last week on Your Caregiving Journey, we spoke about managing caregiving help and the importance of a back-up plan. Care.com lists individual in-home caregivers may help in creating your back-up plan. It's free to join which allows you to view partial profiles. When you upgrade from a free account, you can see full profiles, reviews and background checks. Visit here to learn more. (And, you can read CareGiverGuy's review of Care.com here.)

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