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Advanced Directives and Other Helpful Forms for Selecting Services and Making Decisions

IN HOME CARE RESOURCES

Links

 
Options, You have a Choice!

Choosing Care in an Adult Family Home
or Boarding Home


Caregiver's Handbook
- Also available in a PDF version (Requires Adobe Acrobat)

Because We Care: A Guide for People Who Care, Chapter 5, "What Housing Options are Available?"

Choosing a Nursing Home

xRESIDENTIAL/LONG TERM CARE RESOURCES

Links
Need help with Senior Housing?
Are you looking for comprehensive, unbiased information about senior housing for yourself or a loved one? SNAPforSeniors™ is a FREE service that will help you find suitable housing options as well as give you the tools and resources you need to make these important decisions.

Nursing Home Compare (HCFA)

Guide to Choosing Care in an Adult Family Home or Boarding Home

CAREGIVER RESOURCES

Links
 
Because We Care: A Guide for People Who Care


Taking Care of the Caregiver Support Kit

Children of Aging Parents (CAPS)

Partners Against Adult Abuse, A Reporting Guide for Mandatory Reporters

Long Distance Carewww.eldercare.gov

Caregiver.com (Today's Caregiver Magazine)

Caregiver.org (Family Caregiver Alliance)

Caregiver Survival Resources

Family Caregiver Alliance (San Francisco)

Family Care America

National Family Caregiver Association (NFCA)

Web Of Care (Online shopping service for caregiver products)

Caregiver's Handbook
- Also available in a PDF version ( Requires Adobe Acrobat)
Books, Pamphlets, Brochures
Taking Care of Aging Family Member: A Practical Guide
Wendy Lustbader and Nancy Hooyman. (paperback) New York: Free Press, Rev/Ex edition (1994).

Counting on Kindness, Dilemmas of Dependency
Wendy Lustbader. (paperback) New York: Free Press (1991).

Because We Care: A Guide for People Who Care
Administration on Aging. On-line at www.aoa.gov/wecare/default.htm.

The Caregiver Helpbook, Powerful Tools for Caring
V. Schmall, M. Cleland and M. Sturdevant. Portland, Oregon: Legacy Caregiver Services.(2000). $20.00. Order by phone 503-413-6578 or visit them online at: http://www.legacyhealth.org/healthcare/caregiver/bookform.ssi
Options, You have a Choice!

Caregiver's Handbook
- Also available in a PDF version ( Requires Adobe Acrobat)

Coping with Caregiving, How to Manage Stress
when Caring for Elderly Relatives
,

By Vicki Schmall, Pacific Northwest Extension Publication, Family Caregiver Support Program handout.

Aging Parents: Helping When Health Fails
by V.L.Schmall and I. Isbess
Helping Your Older Family Member Handle Finance

Ties That Bind: Sharing the Responsibilities of Parent Care: Sibling Relationships in Later Life

Taking Care of Aging Family Member
Wendy Lustbader and Nancy Hooyman

Growing Up and Growing Old, Caring For Our Parents,
a video produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting with Oregon Senior and Disabled Services. To order go to www.opb.org or call 503/977-7792.

We Are All Partners Against Adult Abuse
Telephone
Call 1-866-EndHarm, or 1-866-363-4276
to report suspected abuse or neglect

COST OF CARE ASSISTANCE  RESOURCES

Links
 
Medicaid for people who need long-term care

Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner, Statewide Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA).
Also offers free publications. Call 1-800-379-4422 to speak with trained volunteers and counselors.
Books, Pamphlets, Brochures
Options, You have a Choice!

Caregivers' Handbook, "Planning for Tomorrow"

LEGAL AND FINANCIAL PLANNING RESOURCES

Links
 
Washington Law Help


Office of the Attorney General, "A Guide to Dealing with Death" Toll Free 1-800-551-4636

Northwest Justice Project
Books, Pamphlets, Brochures
Your Legal right to Make Decisions About Health Care and Advance Directive in Washington State

HEALTH ISSUE RESOURCE

Links
Alzheimer's Association
Toll Free 1-800-272-3900

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR)

Caregiver Guide

Living with Alzheimer's Disease
 

Talking with Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People
National Institute on Aging

Communicating Effectively with Your Doctor
Family Caregiver Alliance, Newsletter Spring 2001

Alzheimer's Association National office: www.alz.org

Alzheimer's Association, Western and Central Washington Chapter: www.alzwa.org


Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR): www.alzheimers.org


Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Kit: http://www.nwrcwa.org/caregiverkit2.shtml


Arthritis Foundation


Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Books, Pamphlets, Brochures
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, A Guide for Caregivers
The 36-Hour Day
By Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins

The Forgetting. Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic
by David Shenk

Helping Memory-Impaired Elders: A Guide for Caregivers
by V.I. Schmall and M. Cleland.

The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life.
Nancy L. Mace, and Peter V. Rabins. Mass Market Paperback (2001)

The Forgetting. Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic.
David Shenk, New York: Doubleday (2001).

Caregivers' Handbook
"Depression"

Talking to Your Family and Doctor About Difficult Health Care Decisions

Depression in Later Life: Recognition and Treatment
by V. I. Schmall, Pacific Northwest Extension publication PNW 196, Oregon State University, Corvallis, l980.

Talking to Your Family and Doctor About Difficult Health Care Decisions
Telephone
Alzheimer's Association
Toll Free 1-800-272-3900

Alzheimer's Association, Western and Central Washington State Chapter
Toll Free 1-800-848-7097

Alzheimer's Association, Inland Northwest Chapter
Toll Free 1-800-256-6659

Alzheimer's Association, Safe Return Program
Toll Free 1-888-572-8566
PO Box 9307,
St. Louis, MO, 63117-0307

Alzheimer's Society of Washington
Toll Free 1-800-493-3959

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