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North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services

   

Resources for Family Caregiving

  1. North Carolina's careLINK nc carelink image
    A comprehensive health and human services web site. This website provides up-to-date information about programs and services across North Carolina for families, seniors, youths and everyone in-between. It is a collaborative effort of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and many other government and non-profit information and referral stakeholders across North Carolina.
  2. Full Circle of Care
    Triangle J Area Agency on Aging developed a website designed specifically with family caregivers in mind. It provides information on topics such as: legal issues, paying for care, remaining independent, independent housing options, evaluating and assessing needs, assisted living, nursing home care, Alzheimer's Disease & dementia, long-distance caregiving, geriatric evaluation clinics, available services, prescription drug assistance, disease information, home safety, hospice and end of life care, grandparents raising grandkids, support groups, web resources, and accessing personalized service.
  3. Caregiver Statistics from NC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey(BRFSS)
  4. Demographics and Planning Data
  5. American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry
    Information for both caregivers and care recipients; includes depression and dementia fact sheets, resources for caregivers, and the latest caregiver research.
  6. AARP
    This organization offers many resources for caregivers including fact sheets on various topics such as long distance caregiving, working caregivers, hiring a home health aide, and taking care of yourself.
  7. Children of Aging Parents
    Information and online support groups to caregivers of older people for issues such as finding the right care, paying for care, legal issues, and specific elder care situations
  8. Family Caregiver Alliance
    This website offers a mix of practical, hands-on information for caregivers to assist in care, planning, stress relief, and locating and using community resources, along with a clearinghouse of research findings and trends, information on specific diagnosis of cognitive disorders, statistics on long term care, policy issues, and recommended readings. 
  9. The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) is a grassroots organization created to empower, educate, support, and speak up for the millions of Americans who care for chronically ill, aged, or disabled loved ones. NFCA reaches across the boundaries of different diagnoses, different relationships and different life stages to address the common needs and concerns of all family care givers.  (thefamilycaregiver.org)
  10. National Alliance for Caregiving 
    The NAC     is dedicated to providing support to family caregivers and the professionals who help them and to increasing the public awareness of issues facing family caregivers. The site provides several national caregiver surveys.
  11. Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR)
    This site is offered by the Institute's Alzheimer's disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR) and contains an information and referral section for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other dementia.
  12. U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) has a caregiver resource website at http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/For_Caregivers/For_Caregivers.aspx AOA also has several mini-sites for family caregiver information within its main webpage.
  13. Resource Directory for Older People
    This directory contains names, addresses, phone numbers, and fax numbers of organizations which provide information and other resources on matters related to the needs of older persons.
  14. National Alzheimer’s Association
    This world leader in Alzheimer’s research and support works to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research and to enhance care and support for individuals, their families and caregivers. Federal Update
  15. Wellspouse
    Virtual support community for spouses of the frail elderly with, including message boards and live Internet chats with other spouse caregivers.
  16. Paid Family Medical Leave
  17. Lifespan Respite Care
  21. BenefitsCheckUp
    Developed and maintained by The National Council on Aging (NCOA), BenefitsCheckUp is the nation's most comprehensive Web-based service to screen for benefits programs for seniors
  22. Medicare Basics: A Guide for Caregivers
  23. Disease-Specific Resources

Last updated September 14, 2009

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