Caregivers are likely to experience enormous stress from their responsibilities. We must often learn through trial and error the best ways to help a loved one while at the same time, maintain our own lives.
Do you need to talk with other caregivers? Share tips and strategies? Ask for support during a difficult period? Here are some online resources that can help.
How do I find caregiver support?
For more information on this program, contact your local Area Agency on Aging. The 11 Area Agencies on Aging in Kansas are committed to meeting the needs of older Kansans. Caregivers may turn to their local Area Agency on Aging for information and assistance on the most eff cient ways of tapping into varied sources of support.
Related Links
Below is a list of caregiver support resources to help you understand some of the options which are available. However, ADRC does not endorse or recommend any of these sites, but provides these links for your information only.
Family Caregiver Alliance, founded in 1977, was the first community-based nonprofit organization in the U.S. to address the needs of families and friends providing long-term care at home. FCA serves as a public voice for caregivers, offering them assistance and championing their cause through education, services, research and advocacy.
Caregiver Action Network represents the more than 25 million family caregivers in this country. NFCA provides information and education, support and validation, public awareness and advocacy.
National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) is a non-profit joint venture, created in 1996 to support family caregivers of the elderly and the professionals who serve them. There are three NAC partners – the American Society on Aging, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging.