10 Best Resources and Tools for Family Caregivers

1. Eldercare Locator

http://eldercare.gov/Eldercare.NET/Public/Index.aspx

Eldercare Locator is a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging connecting you to services for older adults and their families.

2. Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA)

http://www.caregiver.org

Family Caregiver Alliance is a public voice for caregivers, illuminating the daily challenges they face, offering them the assistance they so desperately need and deserve, and championing their cause through education, services, research and advocacy.

3. Caregiver Action Network (CAN)

http://caregiveraction.org/

CAN (formerly the National Family Caregivers Association) is a non-profit organization providing education, peer support, and resources to family caregivers across the country free of charge.

4. National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC)

http://www.caregiving.org/

The National Alliance for Caregiving is 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.

5. VA Caregiver Support

http://www.caregiver.va.gov/

The Veterans Administration offers this website for caregivers of veterans of all ages, along with a toll-free Caregiver Support Line at 1-855-260-3274.

6. National Council on Aging (NCOA)

http://www.ncoa.org/

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is a nonprofit service and advocacy organization that improves the lives of all older adults and community organizations that serve them.

7. AARP Caregiving Resource Center

http://www.aarp.org/content/aarp/en/home/relatio nships/caregiving-resource-center.html

AARP Caregiving Resource Center includes information about getting started, providing care, housing options, legal issues, financial information, end of life care, and more.

8. American Society on Aging

http://www.asaging.org/

The American Society on Aging is an association of diverse individuals bound by a common goal: to support the commitment and enhance the knowledge and skills of those who seek to improve the quality of life of older adults and their families.

9. Caregiving.com

http://www.caregiving.com/

Caregiving.com features the blogs of family caregivers, weekly words of comforts, weekly self-care plans, weekly chats, a Community Caregiving Journal, free webinars, and online support groups.

10. BenefitsCheckUp

https://www.benefitscheckup.org/

BenefitsCheckUp is free service of the National Council on Aging (NCOA), a nonprofit service and advocacy organization. It helps you find benefit programs that can help pay for medications, health care, food, utilities and more.

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