Topic Resources

FAMILY CAREGIVING

Patient and Family Resources

Aging in the Know: Your Gateway to Health and Aging Resources on the Web. Created by the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA) http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Information on long-term care financing, home care, and housing options. http://www.aarp.org/life/caregiving Caregiver Circle: Discussion group. http://community.aarp.org/n/mb/listsf.asp?webtag=rp-lifeanswers&ctx=128

Alzheimer's Association 1-800-272-3900 or http://www.alz.org Contact Center 24 hours/7 days per week: http://www.alz.org/Services/ContactCenter.asp Safety Services: http://www.alz.org/Services/SafeReturn.asp

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center: http://www.alzheimers.org

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists &
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation - website directory of senior care pharmacists and resources for seniors: http://www.seniorcarepharmacist.com

CareGuide. News on health, legal, and financial topics. Includes Resource Guide with articles and advice on eldercare situations. http://www.careguide.com

Caregiver.com: Today's Caregiver Magazine. Includes links to Web sites of national health care associations. http://www.caregiver911.com/

C.A.R.E. - Pro, Caregiving Awareness through Resources and Education for Professionals

ElderCare Locator. A public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging. The Eldercare Locator connects older Americans and their caregivers with sources of information on senior services. The service links those who need assistance with state and local area agencies on aging and community-based organizations that serve older adults and their caregivers. 1-800-677-1116. http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare/Public/Home.asp

ElderCareOnline. Articles, bimonthly newsletter "The Caregiver's Beacon." http://www.ec-online.net

ElderLifePlanning.com. Care manager resources, Elder Law attorney resources, online forum, newsletter. http://www.elderlifeplanning.com

Faith in Action. A national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. How to find and volunteer in a program in a community. http://www.fiavolunteers.org/programs/index.cfm

Family Caregiver Alliance. Information, education, services, research, and advocacy. http://www.caregiver.org

Friends' Health Connection. Two support networks: Patient Network connects individuals with health problems; Caregiver Network connects family members, friends and caregivers of people with health problems. http://www.48friend.com/index.php

League for the Hard of Hearing - http://www.lhh.org/

National Alliance for Caregiving. Reports and surveys on caregivers, caregiving tips. http://www.caregiving.org Family Care Resource Connection. Helps find books, videos, fact sheets, website information on caregiving issues. http://www.caregiving.org/AXA%20Foundation%20Family%20Care%20Resource%20Connection.htm

National Council on the Aging: http://www.ncoa.org/index.cfm

National Family Caregivers Association. Provides information and education to family caregivers and data from survey. Includes caregiving tips. http://www.nfcacares.org

National Institutes of Health: Health Information: http://health.nih.gov/

National Institute on Aging: http://www.nia.nih.gov/

National Quality Caregiving Coalition (NQCC). Founded by Rosalynn Carter. Provides information on initiatives that promote high-quality support for caregiving across all disabilities through the life span. First-ever Report Card on Caregiving in America to be published in 2005. http://www.nqcc.us

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPG) Project. (2004): Caregiving strategies for older adults with delirium, dementia, and depression. Retrieved August 2, 2004, from http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices/completed_guidelines/BPG_Guide_C4_caregiving_elders_ddd.asp

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Home Page: http://www.cdc.gov/

U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: Medline Plus Links to multiple governmental, private, and professional web sites: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ http://nihseniorhealth.gov/

United States Department of Health and Human Services: Home Page: http://www.hhs.gov/

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing: The John A. Hartford Center of Nursing Excellence: http://hartfordcenter.uams.edu/ Caregiver Support: Dementia Presentation: http://hartfordcenter.uams.edu/caregiver/Dementia/dementia_presentation.asp

Well Spouse Foundation. Local support groups, activities and publications. http://www.wellspouse.org

Prentiss Care Networks Project (Care Networks for Formal and Informal Caregivers of Older Adults) http://caregiving.case.edu


Last updated - May 2006