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Helpful Resources & Information
Home Instead Senior Care
888.484.5759
www.homeinstead.com
Home Instead Senior Care is the world's largest provider of comprehensive, non-medical companionship and home care services for aging adults. These services are provided through a network of franchise offices located throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Ireland, Portugal, and Australia.
Senior Safety Checklists
Reduce your own stress by knowing that you are protecting your aging relative from harm and that they are in a safe environment when you can't be with them. Here are some signs and safety issues to watch out for, compiled by the Home Instead Senior Care Advisory Board:
Leeza's Place
888.OK.Leeza
www.leezasplace.org
Developed in response to the challenges Leeza Gibbons and her family encountered while seeking specific and needed support, Leeza's Place is a not-for-profit, potent source of information, strength and purpose. Nestled within your own community, Leeza's Place is a multifaceted reprieve - for both caregivers and those recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease - that integrates educational programs, connective social activities, emotional support, and intergenerational programming designed to help you navigate through your community's continuum of care.
National Family Caregivers Association
800.896.3650
www.nfcacares.org
The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) supports, empowers, educates, and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for a chronically ill, aged, or disabled loved one. NFCA reaches across the boundaries of different diagnoses, different relationships and different life stages to address the common needs and concerns of all family caregivers.
Family Caregiver Alliance
415.434.3388
www.caregiver.org
Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) supports and assists caregivers through education, research, services and advocacy. Part of California's statewide system of nonprofit Caregiver Resource Centers, FCA offers information, education, publications, care planning, legal/financial consultations and respite assistance.
Administration on Aging
800.677.1116
www.aoa.dhhs.gov
Through information, referral and outreach efforts at the community level, the Administration on Aging (AoA) seeks to educate older people and their caregivers about the benefits and services available to help them.
Well Spouse Foundation
800.838.0879
www.wellspouse.org
Well Spouse is a national, not-for-profit membership organization which gives support to wives, husbands, and partners of the chronically ill and/or disabled. Well Spouse support groups meet monthly. Here, members can share their thoughts and feelings openly with others facing similar circumstances in a supportive, non-judgmental environment. WS support groups are also an excellent source for information on a wide-range of practical issues facing spousal caregivers.
National Alzheimer's Association
800.272.3900
www.alz.org
The Alzheimer's Association, the world leader in Alzheimer research and support, is a voluntary health organization dedicated to finding preventions, treatments and, eventually, a cure for Alzheimer dementia. They provide reliable information and care consultation; create supportive services for families; increase funding for dementia research; and influence public policy changes.
The Alzheimer's Association nationwide network of chapters offers a broad range of programs and services for people with the disease, families, caregivers and professional care providers.
National Council on Aging "BenefitsCheckUp"
www.benefitscheckup.org
A service of The National Council of The Aging, the BenefitsCheckUp helps thousands every day to find programs for people ages 55 and over that may pay for some of their costs of prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other essential items or services
Caring Today Magazine
www.caringtoday.com
Caring Today Magazine provides readers with straight talk and sound advice on all the issues they face in providing care for family and/or aging parents. Actionable, inspiring and positive in tone, it combines practicality with empathy, grace, encouragement and, whenever possible, humor. An informative, vital resource for the family caregiver.
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys>
(Elder Law Attorney Locator)
www.naela.com
The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc. is a non-profit association that assists lawyers, bar organizations and others who work with older clients and their families. Established in 1987, the Academy provides a resource of information, education, networking and assistance to those who deal with the many specialized issues involved with legal services to the elderly and people with special needs.
Next StepsŪ Estate Planning and Eldercare Issues
www.lifemanagement.com/nextsteps/
With more than 30 years of experience in elder law and estate planning, attorney, author and expert Jan Warner has created Next Steps. Issues covered under NextSteps include long term care and long term health care, Medicaid qualification, patient's rights in nursing homes and hospitals, discharge and transfer issues, senior care, nursing home care, estate planning, retirement planning, health care planning, planning for incapacity, special needs trusts, protecting assets, and much more.
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