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Search for Elder Care, Senior Care Resources & Programs
There are a wide variety of support organizations and groups available to caregivers. You owe it to yourself (or to a caregiver you are acquainted with). Be sure to include in your search effort support groups such as:
Alzheimer's disease support groups
Groups that help caregivers cope with the stress and groups that provide breaks for caregivers
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Chronic illness support groups
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Groups to help caregivers and those receiving the care deal with depression
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Groups providing the needed spiritual support
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Volunteer support groups
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Work - life support programs
Government Elder Care Services - be sure to include in your search, the extensive support and services provided by government (local and national) organizations. Here's a few examples:
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Eldercare Locator, a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging http://www.eldercare.gov/ & http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare.NET/Public/Index.aspx for the locator service.
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Senior Citizens' Resources - USA.gov government "...resources for seniors on money, housing, health, consumer protection, and more"
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Administration on Aging (AOA) - Dept. of Health & Human Services, AOA.gov; and announced on April 16, 2012, a new organization within the Department of Health & Human Services was formed, the "Administration for Community Living” (ACL). The ACLagency has been charged "...with the goal of increasing access to community supports and full participation, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of older Americans and people with disabilities" as noted on their Website. http://www.hhs.gov/acl/
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Guide to long term care planning - a free guide provided by NCPC, National Care Planning Council
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http://www.longtermcarelink.net/a13information_guide.htm. And, because of the importance they have placed on the guide, this is their use statement, "You have our limited permission to reproduce the information found on the pages within the Guide to Long Term Care Planning, so long as it is for personal use, noncommercial endeavors, or part of an institution's educational or classroom curriculum" Be sure to bookmark the link to the guide as it is an online resource that you'll need to return to for future reference time and time again we suspect!
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The NCPC Website also has a valuable list of 45 categories that include links to "...hundreds of useful long term care web sites." http://www.longtermcarelink.net/a14useful_links.htm
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With this one resource and the link above you will save a great deal of time by simply bookmarking the link above to this page; clicking on any of the 45 category listings takes you to their next page that highlights the types of organziations that are available for that category and has links to every one of the sites that have a focus on the particular category. Once again, a very valuable resource providing links to hundreds of equally valuable elder care and elder caregiver resources. http://www.longtermcarelink.net/a14useful_links.htm
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National Association of Area Agencies on Aging The organization
addresses aging issues for Area Agencies on Aging and helps Title VI Native
American aging programs. The organization supports over 600 AAAs along with over
200 Title VI programs through the country. Elder Care -
informative site with contributions from numerous sources, with a key focus on
elder care / senior care Below are links we believe you will find helpful to reach resources, organizations and more... As we build out our site these links and others will transform into
pages on our site where we will provide overviews and comments on each
of the Websites and pages that we link to. ...again, providing our elder care 'intermediary' and 'infomediary'
services to help guide you in your quest for the best elder/senior care
services available.
Finding Community Services - Eldercare Locator
Topics that can be searched for on the Eldercare Locator...click
here to start a search
Alzheimer's Disease
Each
selection opens a Web page with a description of information and
connections to resources you have available (with links to numerous
resources included).
Please note that the links below are not yet active...
The RSS choices above are not yet active...
Caring Cards: Conversations with your loved one -
a wonderful idea and product resulting from one daughter's desire to
communicate with her mother suffering from dementia
Article in The News-Times on Kathie Nitz
Where to purchase the Caring Cards
More on the services Kathie Nitz provides (her Website)
National
Alliance for Caregiving
National Family Caregivers Association
Administration on Aging (AOA) Elders and Families resource list
American Society on Aging
ElderWeb - an
online community for adult computer users
Seniors - U.S. government site for a variety of services geared towards
senior citizens
Caregiver
Elder Abuse Prevention
Financial Assistance
Food & Nutrition
Health
Insurance
Healthy Aging
Home Repair &
Modification
Housing Options
In-Home Services
Legal Assistance
Long Term Care
Nursing Home & Long
Term Care Facilities
Transportation
Volunteerism
Topics that can be searched for on the Eldercare Locator
Elder Care Programs
In Home Elder Care
