Caregiver Resources
AARP Caregiving: Contains articles, tools and forums to assist caregivers in navigating the "labyrinth of caregiving".
Aging in Place Guide: You're afraid your mom's not eating enough. She slipped in the shower last week and got a nasty bruise. Dad's recovering from a hip replacement and he seems depressed since your mom died. Your grandmother is fighting breast cancer and needs someone to drive her to chemo. You go over to help out as much as you can but you can't quit your job, and you still have kids at home and their college expenses to think about.
Caregiver.com: Includes topic-specific newsletters, online discussion lists, back issues of Today's Caregiver magazine, chat rooms and an online store.
Caregiver Guide to Senior Health Issues: Caring for elderly loved ones at home or in a nursing facility is commonplace, but figuring out how to do it well is a challenge faced by many families. Care.com's Caregiver Guide to Senior Health Issues offers expert advice to help you handle the everyday challenges caused by common senior illnesses and conditions.
Caregiving in America: Each issue includes personal stories, professional articles and other valuable resources.
Caring.com: Provides practical information, easy-to-use tools, and personal support needed during this challenging time.
Caring Today: Addresses the needs of America's 50 million caregivers with expertise, understanding and answers.
Center for Positive Aging: A partnership of individuals, community organizations and congregations working together to connect seniors and their families to resources.
Family Caregiver Alliance: Free reports, fact sheets, newsletter, support groups and care advice for families, caregivers, policy makers, providers and media. Includes a "Family Care Navigator" to assist in locating resources across the country.
Family Caregiving 101: Provides caregivers with the basic tools, skills and information needed to protect their own physical and mental health while they provide high quality care for their loved one.
National Alliance for Caregiving: A non-profit coalition of national organizations focusing on issues of family caregiving. Alliance members include grassroots organizations, professional associations, service organizations, disease-specific organizations, a government agency and corporations.
National Family Caregivers Association: Educates, supports, empowers and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age.
National Institute of Aging: Home safety for people with Alzheimer's.
Next Step in Care: Provides easy-to-use guides to help family caregivers and health care providers work closely together to plan and implement safe and smooth transitions for chronically or seriously ill patients.
Senior Care Cost Calculator: There are several factors that influence costs for senior care. Please take the following into account as you are planning for how to pay for care.
Senior Care Guide Index: Whether it's your mom or dad, your sister recovering from breast cancer, your spouse showing signs of dementia, or your grandmother who recently broke her hip, you realize that you are now a caregiver. You have a million questions. Where do you start?
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