Caregiving Resources

• AARP Caregiving web site
• American Red Cross Family Caregiver Program
• AoA caregiver links
• Alzheimer’s Association
• Assuring Healthy Caregivers, A Public Health Approach to Translating Research into Practice: The RE-AIM Framework
• Caregiver Stress Check
• Caregiver Tip Sheet [PDF-99.8Kb]
• Caregivers Count Too! An Online Toolkit to Help Practitioners Assess the Needs of Family Caregivers
• Caregiving in the U.S. [PDF-442Kb]
• Eldercare Locator service, (800-677-1116)
• Family Caregiver Alliance
• Family Caregiving
• Family Caregiver Support – State Facts at a Glance
• Medicare caregiver information
• National Alliance for Caregiving
• REACH OUT Caregiving program
• Rosalyn Carter Institute on Caregiving’s Evidence-Based Caregiver Intervention Resource Center

 

Caregiving for American Indian & Alaska Native

 

Organizations

• Addressing Critical Concerns of Healthcare Systems Serving American Indians/Alaska Natives
• Administration on Aging, 202-619-0724
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 301-427-1364
• American Red Cross Family Caregiver Program, 202-303 5000
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services American Indian/Alaska Native Center
• Elderly Healthcare
• Grants for Native Americans program
• Indian Health Service Elder Care Initiative, 413-584-0790
• Medicaid HCBS Waiver Program
• National Indian Council on Aging, 505-292-2001
• National Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Elders, University of Alaska-Anchorage
• National Resource Center on Native American Aging (NRCNAA), University of North Dakota, needs assessment

Select Publications

• American Indian and Alaska Native Roundtable on Long-Term Care: Final Report 2002, [PDF-3.5Mb]
• Caregiver Assessment: Principles and Strategies for Change (Volume I) and Caregiver Assessment: Voices and Views from the Field (Volume II)
• Caregivers Count Too! An Online Toolkit to Help Practitioners Assess the Needs of Family Caregivers
• Family Caregiver Support – State Facts at a Glance
• Family Caregiver Support of the Rural Elderly,” The 2006 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues
• Medicaid Home Care for Tribal Health Services: A Tool Kit for Developing New Programs
• Native Aging Facts: Informal Caregivers: Challenges in Providing Care [PDF-33Kb]
• Various caregiving publications, call 1-800-222-2225, or e-mail info@niapublications.org