Caregiver Tips
Other Places To Get Help
Organizations
| Family Caregiver Alliance | |
| 180 Montgomery Street | |
| Suite 900 | |
| San Francisco, CA 94104 | |
| Phone: | 1-800-445-8106 (415) 434-3388 |
| Email: | info@caregiver.org |
| Web Address: | www.caregiver.org |
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This organization supports and assists people who are providing long-term care at home. It also provides education, research, services, and advocacy. |
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| National Family Caregiver Support Program | |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | |
| Suite Administration on Aging | |
| Washington, DC 20201 | |
| Phone: | (202) 401-4634 |
| Fax: | (202) 357-3555 |
| Email: | aoainfo@aoa.gov |
| Web Address: | www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/HCLTC/Caregiver/index.aspx |
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This Web site is for caregivers and families. It offers many caregiving resources, including where to find help, ways to take care of others and yourself, how to join a caregiver support group, and more. There are links to information about and help for finding support services in your community. |
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| National Family Caregivers Association | |
| 10400 Connecticut Avenue | |
| Suite 500 | |
| Kensington, MD 20895-3944 | |
| Phone: | 1-800-896-3650 (301) 942-6430 |
| Fax: | (301) 942-2302 |
| Email: | info@thefamilycaregiver.org |
| Web Address: | www.nfcacares.org |
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The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) educates, supports, empowers, and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age. NFCA reaches across the boundaries of diagnoses, relationships, and life stages to address the common needs and concerns of all family caregivers. |
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| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference July 6, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference Shelly R. Garone, MD, FACP - Palliative Medicine |
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