Resources - For Seniors / Family Members
Networking Sites
Caring.com
www.caring.com
Caring.com provides practical information, easy-to-use tools, and personal support to help those who are caring for aging parents and other loved ones. The seasoned executive team, editors, and technical staff have decades of experience producing award-winning health and family publications.
Eons
www.eons.com
Eons.com is the online community for “Boomers,” people born between 1946 and 1964 and beyond, who want to learn more and do more to make the most of every stage of life. This community is the place for Boomers to explore their passions and interests, to keep in touch with friends and family, to connect with interesting people to share life experiences, and most of all—to have fun!
Blogs
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP): Gail Sheehy
www.aarp.org/family/caregiving/gail_sheehy
AARP.org users and caregivers nationwide have filled Gail's inbox with questions about caring for loved ones. Readers ask Gail about local resources, tools, respite assistance, and more.
New Old Age
http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/
New Old Age is a New York Times blog about the unprecedented intergenerational challenge that results from the fact that adults over age 80 are the fastest growing segment of the population, and most will spend years dependent on others for the most basic needs. That burden falls to their baby boomer children, 77 million strong, who are flummoxed by the technicalities of eldercare, turned upside down by the changed architecture of their families, struggling to balance work and caregiving, and depleting their own retirement savings in the process.
Senior Living Info
http://www.seniorlivinginfo.com/senior_living_information/
Senior Living info is a blog published by Lori Solomon, who has gained both local and national recognition for her accomplishments serving the long-term care and hospital industry for over 25 years. She writes about various topics topics pertaining to senior living.
Senior Care
http://www.vidaseniorresource.com/blog/
Vida Senior Resource, a family owned and operated community resource in Boise, Idaho, publishes the “Senior Care” blog with posts about senior living health and advice for seniors, caregivers and families.
Publications
Caring Today
www.caringtoday.com
Caring Today is the leading provider of practical advice and knowledge for family caregivers. Since 2004, Caring Today has addressed the needs of America's 50 million caregivers with expertise, understanding and answers, through its quarterly national magazine and this website, as well as future e-newsletters and custom-publishing projects.
Today’s Caregiver
www.caregiver.com
Caregiver Media Group is a leading provider of information, support and guidance for family and caregivers. Caregiver Media Group and all of its products are developed for caregivers, about caregivers, and by caregivers.
Third Party Organizations
Alzheimer’s Association
www.alz.org
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research.
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
www.aarp.org/family/caregiving
Resources for helpful tools and calculating needs and resources.
American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL)
www.ahcancal.org
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations, together representing more than 10,000 non-profit and for-profit assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally-disabled, and subacute care providers that care for more than 1.5 million elderly and disabled individuals nationally.
Caring Bridge
www.caringbridge.org
Caring Bridge is a free site that updates a network of personal supporters about an individual’s ongoing health status, treatments, therapies, and recovery.
Caring Connections
www.caringinfo.org
Caring connections provides resources, information, and motivation for learning about end-of-life issues. The site includes links to each state’s advance directives requirements and to the national Hospice Palliation Care Organization for more resources on planning, decision making, grief, hospice care, and other end-of-life matters.
Lotsa Helping Hands
www.lotsahelpinghands.com
Lotsa Helping Hands was created to support family caregivers and volunteers by empowering their circles of community who are eager to help those in need.
National Alliance for Caregiving
www.caregiving.org
The National Alliance for Caregiving is dedicated to providing support to family caregivers and the professionals who help them and to increasing public awareness of issues facing family caregivers.
National Caregivers Library
www.caregiverslibrary.org
The National Caregivers Library is one of the most extensive libraries for caregivers that exists today. Hundreds of articles, forms, checklists and links to topic-specific external resources are organized into logical categories on the side of each page. Click any category for a list of sub-categories, articles, and other resources. Simply continue “drilling down” until you find what you need.
National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL)
www.ncal.org
The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) is the assisted living voice of the American Health Care Association (AHCA). NCAL is dedicated to serving the needs of the assisted living community through national advocacy, education, networking, professional development, and quality initiatives.
Disability Info
www.disabilityinfo.gov
DisabilityInfo.gov provides quick and easy access to comprehensive information about disability programs, services, laws, and benefits. You can begin your search by visiting any of the nine subject areas at the top of the page. To find disability resources in your state just click on the Find State and Local Resources map located in each of these subject areas.
The Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA)
www.caregiver.org
Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) was the first community-based nonprofit organization in the United States to address the needs of families and friends providing long-term care at home. FCA now offers programs at national, state, and local levels to support and sustain caregivers.
The Well Spouse Association
www.wellspouse.org
The Well Spouse Association is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1988 by author and spousal caregiver, Maggie Strong.