Contact us... Master's in Gerontology
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920
Phone: (217) 581-7843
Phone: (217) 581-6076
Fax: (217) 581-6090
Email: jrsnyder@eiu.edu
Resources
FACES - Families Accessing Caregiving Educational Support
The purpose of FACES is to provide information to older adults and caregivers of dependent aging parents and/or relatives by assisting them in accessing community services and educational resources designed to aid older adults and their families. Eastern Illinois University's Master's in Gerontology Program will provide a link between older adults, caregivers, and the aging services network by continually updating our website which provides educational resource information.
Hotlines
Illinois Department on Aging
(800) 252-8966
In addition to local information and assistance sites, the Senior HelpLine provides information on programs and services and links persons 60 years of age and older and their caregivers to local services.
Alzheimer's Association
(800) 272-3900
Provides information packets and phone numbers for local chapters, which in turn will assist with the complete array of medical and social services.
Safe Return Hotline
(888) 572-8566
Provides information on how to join the Alzheimer's Associations' identity registration program as a precaution for patients who may wander away from home.
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (National Institute on Aging)
(800) 438-4380
Provides pamphlets and referrals to other agencies
American Health Care Association
(202) 842-4444
Provides information on how to choose an assisted living facility or nursing home, and referral to a state chapter which will provide a specific list of local facilities.
Websites
National Family Caregiver Support Program www.aoa.gov/prof/aoaprog/caregiver/caregiver.asp
Where families, caregivers, and professionals can find information about The National Family Caregiver Support Program, including: where you can turn for support and assistance, and providing services to caregivers.
National Family Caregivers Association www.nfcacares.org/
The National Family Caregivers Association 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 help transform family caregivers' lives by removing barriers to health and well being.
AARP www.aarp.org/families/caregiving/
Guide to caregiving including sources for: planning ahead, providing care at home, learning from others, and information and resources for caregivers.
Caregiver.com www.caregiver.com
A leading provider of information, support and guidance for family and professional caregivers.
Caring Connections www.caringinfo.org
A program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) is a national consumer and community engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life, supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
National Caregivers Library www.caregiverslibrary.org/
It consists of hundreds of articles, forms, checklists and links to topic-specific external resources. The library is organized into the eighteen Caregivers Resources categories, which appear to your immediate left.
Recommended Books
My Turn To Care, Encouragement for Caregivers of Aging Parents,
by Marlene Bagnull. Ampelos Press
Caregiver's Reprieve: A guide to Emotional Survival When You're Caring For Someone You Love,
by Arverne Brandt. Impact Publishing
Circle of Years: A Caregiver's Journal,
by Houston Hodges, Moorehouse Publishing
Alzheimer List
Daily email contact between caregivers all over the world. Anyone can subscribe for free, and either actively participate or "lurk." Highly recommended.
The Alzheimer's Store
(800) 752.3238
Products for safety, comfort and amusement. Online catalog of caregiver-specific safety and health products
Caregiver Products.com
Caregiver Products from The Wright Stuff, Inc. specializes in caregiving products, disability aids, elderly care products, nursing home supplies, home medical supplies and equipment products that help make life easier for caregivers and care recipients.
