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Toolkit for Caregivers

I. Introduction

  1. a. Introduction to the Caregiver Path
  2. b. You are caregiver if.
  3. c. Tips for Caregivers
  4. d. Setting Your Course: What Older Adults Should know about Health Care Choices (Power Point Presentation) Setting Your Course is also available as a .pdf
  5. e. Caring for Your Parents Conversation Booklet (pdf documdent)

II. AARP Prepare to Care Guide(External Link)

III. Caring for Your Parents Handbook

  1. Caring for Your Parents Handbook (Entire 10-Chapter, 96 page Handbook)
  2. Chapter on Getting Started
  3. Chapter on Caring for the Caregiver
  4. Chapter on Finances
  5. Chapter on Health Care
  6. Chapter on Home Care
  7. Chapter on Housing and Transportation
  8. Chapter on Insurance
  9. Chapter on Legal Issues
  10. Chapter on Staying Active
  11. Glossary

IV. 7 Caring for Your Parents Fact Sheets (English and Spanish)

  1. It Starts with a Conversation/Todo comienza con un diálogo
  2. At the Doctor's/En el consultorio del médico
  3. Caregiver Self Assessment/Auto-evalución de cuidadores
  4. Checklist of Activities of Daily Living/Lista de actividades de la vida diaria
  5. Joys of Caregiving/La satisfacción de cuidar a alguien
  6. List of Important Documents/Lista de documentos importantes
  7. Selected Books and Web Sites

V. NYS Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) Resources

  1. The New York State Office for the Aging Description
  2. NY Connects Program Overview(External Link)
  3. List of Local NY Connects Programs (External Link)
  4. List of Local Offices for the Aging by County
  5. NYS Senior Citizens Resource Guide
  6. NYSOFA Caregivers Newsletter November 2007
  7. NYSOFA Caregivers Newsletter February 2008

VI. Health Care and Insurances: Health, Long Term Care and Other

  1. List of Health Care and Insurance Resources
  2. Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program (HIICAP) Brochure
  3. NYS Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Program (EPIC)(External Link)
  4. NYS Partnership for Long Term Care(External Link)

VII. Local Caregiver Resources (on-line and other)

  1. Capital District Resources
  2. Home, Community-based and Residential Care Resources
  3. General Caregiving Resources
  4. Tools and Guides for Caregivers
  5. End of Life Issues
  6. Grandparents and Kinship Caregivers
  7. Support Groups
  8. Housing and Transportation
  9. Resources for Housing Alternatives
  10. Home Repair
  11. Legal Issues