Eve Herold, who wrote I'll Be There, a booklet for sandwiched caregivers, said that people don't always realize how much help is available.
People think that they are reinventing the wheel.
A good place to start is Senior Services, which maintains a help line that provides all kinds of information on such things as legal care, medical care and home-care services. The help line number is 724-2040. Reassurance is a program run by Family Services Contact. Seniors registered with the program are called every day at the same time. A neighbor or relative is contacted if the call goes unanswered.