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Family Caregiver Resources

Family Caregiver Resources. Rick Greene Administration on Aging Presentation at the National Title VI Training & Technical Assistance Forum Baltimore, MD May 1-2, 2007. American Red Cross. 9 module skills training program DVD – 20 min. on each module

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Family Caregiver Resources

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  1. Family Caregiver Resources Rick Greene Administration on Aging Presentation at the National Title VI Training & Technical Assistance Forum Baltimore, MD May 1-2, 2007

  2. American Red Cross • 9 module skills training program • DVD – 20 min. on each module • Leader’s Guide & Participant’s Booklets • www.redcross.org

  3. Easter Seals • Transportation Solutions for Family Caregivers • Solutions Package for Volunteer Transportation Programs • Solutions Package for Adult Day Services Transportation Programs • Senior Transportation Options Template

  4. Family Caregiver Alliance • Caregiver Policy Digest • Fact Sheets on Caregiver Issues • Research & Policy Studies • State by State Caregiver Statistics • Caregiver Monographs

  5. Family Caregiver Alliance • Policy Briefs • Update • State Profiles • www.caregiver.org

  6. Generations United • Network of Experts on Kinship Care • Fact Sheets • A Guide to the National Family Caregiver Support Program and Its Inclusion of Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children • Annotated Bibliography • http://ipath.gu.org/GU_Fa8161318.asp

  7. Georgia Division of Aging Services • Consumer Directed Care for Caregivers • Mobile Adult Day Services • Congregation Based Caregiving Initiative • Grandparents Raising Grandchildren • www.aging.dhr.georgia.gov

  8. Hospice Institute of the Florida Suncoast • Caregiving at Life’s End National Needs Assessment • Caregiving at Life’s End National Train-the-Trainer Program • Trainers Available in Most States • www.thehospice.org/caregiv/index.html

  9. Mather Lifeways • Powerful Tools for Caregivers • Train the Trainer Program • On-Line Version • http://www.tools4caregivers.com/ • USDA

  10. N4A • Project Toolkit • Physician Resource Kit • Physician Outreach Strategy Kit • Promising Practices: Engaging Physicians . . . Supporting Family Caregivers • www.n4a.org

  11. NASUA • The Aging Network Implements the National Family Caregiver Support Program • Serving Older Persons with Visual Impairments and Their Caregivers: Suggestions for State Units on Aging • www.nasua.org/family caregiver/index.htm

  12. National Alliance for Caregiving • Caregiving in the U.S. • Young Caregivers in the U.S. • Other Research Studies • Caregiving 101 • Developing Caregiver Coalitions • www.caregiving.org

  13. National Cancer Institute • When Someone You Know Is Being Treated for Cancer • When Someone You Know Has Advanced Cancer • Facing Forward When Someone You Love Has Completed Cancer Treatment • http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Someone-You-Love-Is-Treated

  14. Senior Service Ctrs - Albany Telephone Support Groups • Leading Telephone Support Groups: A Manual for a Model Psycho Educational Program • Telephone Support Group Program Participant Workbook • The Evaluation of a Telephone Caregiver Support Group Intervention • http://www.seniorservicesofalbany.com/AOA.cfm

  15. The ARC • Aiding Older Caregivers of Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Tool Kit for State and Local Aging Agencies • Fact Sheets • www.theare.org • Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities - http://www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr/familya.html

  16. USDA Cooperative Extension Service • Each U.S. state and territory has a state Extension office at its land-grant university. • Have an office in or near most of the nation’s approximately 3,000 counties • Provides education and information about critical issues facing individuals, families and communities.

  17. USDA Cooperative Extension Service • AgrAbility is a consumer-driven USDA-funded program that provides vital education, assistance, and support to farmers and ranchers with disabilities. • Powerful Tools for Caregivers • Website - www.csrees.usda.gov

  18. Contact Information Rick Greenerick.greene@aoa.gov202-357-3586 Eldercare Locator 1-800-677-1116 www.eldercare.gov

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