Resources available for caregivers

If you provide unpaid assistance to your spouse, a relative, or friend who is ill, disabled, or needs help with basic activities of daily living, you are a caregiver. You may be providing help with transportation to the doctor’s office or grocery store to your loved one; perhaps you assist with shopping or errand running or bill paying; you may be helping your loved one with dressing, bathing, walking, meal preparation, or helping them move from their bed to a chair or wheelchair, or maybe you are a grandparent raising a grandchild. Below are a few resources to assist you in the important job that you do:

• AARP Grandparent’s Information Center:www.aarp.org/fl
• Alzheimer’s Association: www.alz.org
• Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support On-Line: www.alzonline.net
• Disabled and Alone/Life Services for the Handicapped: www.disabledandalone.org
• National Family Caregivers Association: www.thefamilycaregiver.org
• USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute: http://health.usf.edu/nocms/byrd/

Address: 100 SW 75th Street, Suite 301 Gainesville, FL 32607
Phone:1-800-262-2243  •  Fax: 352-378-1256