Care Giving

Caring Companions is a program operated out of the Northern Colorado Services of Volunteers of America's Colorado Branch. The program provides caring volunteers to visit with homebound seniors, providing a much needed break to family care-givers.

The National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver Alliance has launched the Family Care Navigator, a first-of-its-kind comprehensive online guide intended to help families in all 50 states and the District of Columbia locate government, nonprofit, and private caregiver support programs.

The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) supports, empowers, educates, and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for a chronically ill, aged, or disabled loved one. NFCA reaches across the boundaries of different diagnoses, different relationships and different life stages to address the common needs and concerns of all family caregivers. 

Many adult children who are caregivers for frail parents have primary responsibility for administering medicines. Yet even active older adults who care for themselves may need help in taking medicines safely and appropriately. Here are some ideas from the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE), for helping parents who are not in your care to make good use of their medicines. The time you take now can help your parents stay independent longer.

also see:
http://www.9news.com/advertorial/seniorsource/docs/monthly/1008_RxTips.pdf

NIH: Medicare Information for Caregivers offers an easy-to-read overview, Medicare Basics for Caregivers. This web site is specifically for older adults from the National Institutes of Health.

This brief, yet comprehensive introduction to Medicare gives caregivers the basics and helps them find answers to their questions.
Also see:
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/medicare/toc.html