AARP: Family Caregiving
http://www.aarp.org/home-family/caregiving
Explore caregiver basics, care guides and instructional videos provided by AARP. Phone support is also available.
Caring.com
https://www.caring.com/
This caregiver portal offers thousands of original articles and helpful tools, a community of caregivers, and a comprehensive directory of caregiving services.
This program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization provides free resources to help people make decisions about end-of-life care and services. Featured topics include advance directives, hospice, grief and pain.
ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center
https://archrespite.org/
This site helps families locate respite and crisis care services in their communities. Respite is planned or emergency care provided to people with special needs in order to provide temporary relief to family caregivers.
Eldercare Locator
https://eldercare.acl.gov/Public/Index.aspx
This public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging connects you with services for older adults and their families. Search for adult day care programs, in-home help, long-term care and more.
Family Care Navigator
https://www.caregiver.org/family-care-navigator
This directory from the Family Caregiver Alliance's National Center on Caregiving helps caregivers locate nearby public, nonprofit, and private programs and services. Resources include government health and disability programs, legal resources, disease-specific organizations and more.
Capossella, C. and Warnock, S. (2004). Share the Care: How to organize a group to care for someone who is seriously ill. New York: Touchstone.
This book shows you how to create a caregiver "family" from friends, family members, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances. A user-friendly workbook offers support to relieve worry and prevent caregiver burnout.
Hospice Foundation of America. (2007). A caregiver's guide to the dying process.
https://hospicefoundation.org/hfa/media/Files/Hospice_TheDyingProcess_Docutech-READERSPREADS.pdf
This booklet provides a description of physical, emotional and spiritual changes that occur near the end of life. It also includes suggestions for ways caregivers can ease physical and emotional distress, along with ways caregivers can care for themselves.
Caregiver Action Network
https://caregiveraction.org/
This caregiver organization works to improve the quality of life for more than 90 million Americans who care for loved ones with chronic conditions, disabilities, disease, or the frailties of old age. It offers a variety of resources and access to caregiving experts by chat or phone.
Family Caregiver Alliance
https://www.caregiver.org/
FCA supports caregivers through education, services, research, and advocacy. FCA services include assessment, care planning, direct care skills, wellness programs, respite services, and legal/financial consultation vouchers.
The National Alliance for Caregiving
https://www.caregiving.org/
NAC conducts research, does policy analysis, develops best-practice programs, and works to increase public awareness of family caregiving issues.