Here are some of the best resources and tools for family caregivers. Learn more about benefits of home care and types of senior homecare services at www.brightstarcare.com/senior-home-care.

1. 10 Best Resources and Tools for
Family Caregivers

2. 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

3. Family Caregiver Alliance is a public voice for caregivers, illuminating the
daily challenges they face, offering them the assistance they so desperately
need and deserve, and championing their cause through education,
services, research and advocacy.
http://www.caregiver.org
2. Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA)

4. CAN (formerly the National Family Caregivers Association) is a non-profit
organization providing education, peer support, and resources to family
caregivers across the country free of charge.
http://caregiveraction.org/
3. Caregiver Action Network (CAN)

5. The National Alliance for Caregiving is a non-profit coalition of national
organizations focusing on issues of family caregiving. Alliance members
include grassroots organizations, professional associations, service
organizations, disease-specific organizations, a government agency, and
corporations.
http://www.caregiving.org/4. National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC)

6. 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

7. The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is a nonprofit service and advocacy
organization that improves the lives of all older adults and community
organizations that serve them.
http://www.ncoa.org/6. National Council on Aging (NCOA)

8. 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/relations
7. AARP Caregiving Resource Center

9. The American Society on Aging is an association of diverse individuals
bound by a common goal: to support the commitment and enhance the
knowledge 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

10. Caregiving.com features the blogs of family caregivers, weekly words of
comforts, weekly self-care plans, weekly chats, a Community Caregiving
Journal, free webinars, and online support groups.
http://www.caregiving.com/9. Caregiving.com

11. BenefitsCheckUp® is free service of the National Council on Aging (NCOA),
a nonprofit service and advocacy organization. It helps you find benefit
programs that can help pay for medications, health care, food, utilities and
more.
https://www.benefitscheckup.org/
10. BenefitsCheckUp®

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