When someone is acutely or chronically ill, house cleaning can easily fall by the wayside. This is one activity that friends and family can help with. When someone offers to help, specify what you'd like them to do. Having someone to count on to take care of your trash each week can be a real help.
You may qualify for a program that offers housekeeping services. However, with increasing demand and less funding, programs can't always deliver the service. Other resources which may offer help with cleaning include:
•Many schools (from grade school through college) have programs where students help with heavy chores, including the seasonal ones of cleaning windows, stacking wood, raking leaves, mowing the lawn etc.
• Church groups
• Civic organizations, such as Rotary, Lions Club etc.
• Community Action Agencies
A good way to find out what's available in your community is to call 211, the information and referral service helpline for your state. You can also look on-line through your state's 211 directory However, many communities will have services that are not necessarily listed in the directory so also check with your social worker or case manager, members of a support group, and people you may know connected with churches, civic groups etc.
A friend passed along the following information, which might be useful for some women. If you know any woman currently undergoing Chemo, please pass the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE housecleaning - 1 time per month for 4 months while she is in treatment. All she has to do is sign up and have her doctor fax a note confirming the treatment. 'Cleaning for a Reason' will have a participating maid service in her zip code area arrange for the service. This organization serves the entire USA and currently has 547 partners to help these women.
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