Caregiver Resources
- National Family Caregivers Association: www.thefamilycaregiver.org/index.cfm
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has a new service called Ask Medicare. Ask Medicare provides information on a wide range of issues and can help with navigation of the many social services available nationwide. For more information visit www.medicare.gov/caregivers
- Well Spouse Association Support for Spousal Caregivers http://www.wellspouse.org/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
- For a general introduction to Medicare including medical and hospital benefits, enrollment, billing, prescription drug costs, home health care an much more, visit http://nihseniorhealth.gov/medicare/toc.html
- Health Questions? visit www.dehealthsource.org or www.medlineplus.gov
- Delaware Lifespan Respite Care Network information, support and assistance www.delrespite.org
Our chapter recently transitioned our lending library to the State of Delaware Public Library system. Included in the materials we turned over are a variety of books related to caregiver concerns. Some of those titles are:
- Caregiver Concerns: The Most Difficult Thing I Have To Do:
- Caring for Loved Ones with Advanced MS: A Guide for Families
- Coping with Caregiver Worries
- Creative Caregiving
- Dirty Details: The Days and Nights of a Well Spouse
- Magic of Humor in Caregiving, The
- Mainstay: For the Well Spouse of the Chronically Ill, 3rd Revision
- Positive Caregiver Attitudes
- Preventing Caregiver Burnout
- Surviving Your Spouse's Chronic Illness: A Compassionate Guide
For more information on these and other materials in the public library system, visit http://www.lib.de.us/ where you can search the state catalog.
To request a brochure entitled A Guide for Caregivers, please call or e-mail Debra Veenema at (302) 655-5610
More information for caregivers can be found by clicking here.