Caregiver Tips: Other Places To Get Help
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Other Places To Get Help
Online Resource
| National Family Caregiver Support Program | |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging | |
| Web Address: | www.aoa.gov/prof/aoaprog/caregiver/caregiver.asp |
This Web site has a Caregiver Resource Room where families, caregivers, and professionals can find information about where to find support and assistance in providing services to caregivers. There is a caregiver tip sheet, financial tips, and information on taking care of yourself. | |
Organizations
| Family Caregiver Alliance | |
| 180 Montgomery Street | |
| Suite 1100 | |
| San Francisco, CA 94104 | |
| Phone: | 1-800-445-8106 (415) 434-3388 |
| E-mail: | info@caregiver.org |
| Web Address: | www.caregiver.org |
This organization supports and assists caregivers of adults who have brain impairment. It also provides education, research, services, and advocacy. | |
| National Family Caregivers Association | |
| 10400 Connecticut Avenue | |
| Suite 500 | |
| Kensington, MD 20895-3944 | |
| Phone: | 1-800-896-3650 (301) 942-6430 |
| Fax: | (301) 942-2302 |
| E-mail: | info@thefamilycaregiver.org |
| Web Address: | www.nfcacares.org |
The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) 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. NFCA reaches across the boundaries of diagnoses, relationships, and life stages to address the common needs and concerns of all family caregivers. | |
| Last updated: | March 15, 2007 |
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| Author: | Debby Golonka, MPH |
| Reviewed By: | Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine |
| Editors: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC, Pat Truman, MATC |
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