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7/28/2019 10 Best Resources and Tools for Family Caregivers
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10 Best Resources and Tools for
Family Caregivers
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1. Eldercare Locator
Eldercare Locator is a public service of the U.S. Administration
on Aging
connecting you to services for older adults and their families.
http://eldercare.gov/Eldercare.NET/Public/Index.aspx
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Family Caregiver Alliance is a public voice for caregivers, illuminating the
daily challenges they face, offering them the assistance they so desperatelyneed and deserve, and championing their cause through education, services, research and advocacy.
http://www.caregiver.org2. Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA)
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CAN (formerly the National Family Caregivers Association) is a non-profit
organization providing education, peer support, and resources to familycaregivers across the country free of charge.
http://caregiveraction.org/3. Caregiver Action Network (CAN)
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The National Alliance for Caregiving is a non-profit coalition of national
organizations focusing on issues of family caregiving. Alliance membersinclude grassroots organizations, professional associations, service
organizations, disease-specific organizations, a government agency, and
corporations.
http://www.caregiving.org/4. National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC)
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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.
http://www.caregiver.va.gov/5. VA Caregiver Support
http://www.caregiver.va.gov/http://www.caregiver.va.gov/http://www.caregiver.va.gov/http://www.caregiver.va.gov/http://www.caregiver.va.gov/http://www.caregiver.va.gov/7/28/2019 10 Best Resources and Tools for Family Caregivers
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The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is a nonprofit service and advocacy
organization that improves the lives of all older adults and communityorganizations that serve them.
http://www.ncoa.org/6. National Council on Aging (NCOA)
http://www.ncoa.org/http://www.ncoa.org/http://www.ncoa.org/http://www.ncoa.org/7/28/2019 10 Best Resources and Tools for Family Caregivers
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AARP Caregiving Resource Center includes information about getting
started, providing care, housing options, legal issues, financial information,end of life care, and more.
http://www.aarp.org/content/aarp/en/home/relatio
nships/caregiving-resource-center.html7. AARP Caregiving Resource Center
http://www.aarp.org/content/aarp/en/home/relationships/caregiving-resource-center.htmlhttp://www.aarp.org/content/aarp/en/home/relationships/caregiving-resource-center.htmlhttp://www.aarp.org/content/aarp/en/home/relationships/caregiving-resource-center.htmlhttp://www.aarp.org/content/aarp/en/home/relationships/caregiving-resource-center.htmlhttp://www.aarp.org/content/aarp/en/home/relationships/caregiving-resource-center.htmlhttp://www.aarp.org/content/aarp/en/home/relationships/caregiving-resource-center.htmlhttp://www.aarp.org/content/aarp/en/home/relationships/caregiving-resource-center.htmlhttp://www.aarp.org/content/aarp/en/home/relationships/caregiving-resource-center.html7/28/2019 10 Best Resources and Tools for Family Caregivers
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The American Society on Aging is an association of diverse individuals
bound by a common goal: to support the commitment and enhance theknowledge and skills of those who seek to improve the quality of
life of
older adults and their families.
http://www.asaging.org/8. American Society on Aging
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Caregiving.com features the blogs of family caregivers, weekly words of
comforts, weekly self-care plans, weekly chats, a Community CaregivingJournal, free webinars, and online support groups.
http://www.caregiving.com/9. Caregiving.com
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BenefitsCheckUp
is free service of the National Council on Aging (NCOA),
a nonprofit service and advocacy organization. It helps you find benefitprograms that can help pay for medications, health care, food, utilities andmore.
https://www.benefitscheckup.org/10. BenefitsCheckUp
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