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Helping those who are caring for elderly parents by providing information, access to eldercare experts, an online support group, and a directory of local caregiving services
The best organizing tool for all caregivers and families. RememberItNow! is a new, simple-to-use online personal healthcare management service, featuring medication reminders and the ability to create an interactive private care community. It's perfect for everyone to stay connected - patients, families, caregivers, and more.
Create a free of charge, private, web-based community to organize family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues — a family’s ‘circles of community’ — during times of need. Easily coordinate activities and manage volunteers with Lotsa Helping Hands intuitive group calendar. Communicate and share information using announcements, messages boards, and photos.
This website provides caregivers with the basic tools, skills and information they need to protect their own physical and mental health while they provide high quality care for their loved one. It is also a place for family caregivers to return again and again as new levels of caregiving are reached.
In The New Old Age, Jane Gross explores that challenges faced by baby boomer children as they face the technicalities of eldercare, struggle to balance work and caregiving and deplete their own retirement savings in the process.
The Caregiver Resource Room is where families, caregivers, and professionals can find information about The National Family Caregiver Support Program, including: where you can turn for support and assistance, and finding services for caregivers.
The caregiver self-assessment questionnaire helps caregivers analyze their own behavior and health risks and, with their physician's help, make decisions that will benefit both the caregiver and the patient.
Children of Aging Parents is a nonprofit, charitable organization whose mission is to assist the nation's nearly 54 million caregivers of the elderly or chronically ill.
The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) focuses on public awareness, and caregiver education and support, especially as it relates to helping family caregivers work effectively with healthcare providers. Resources on the site include ways to link and support family caregivers through the stories project and a caregiver bulletin board.
A print and web magazine dedicated to providing information, support and guidance for family and professional caregivers.