Useful Links...

Family Caregiver's Support Group of Davidson County: Find links to other supported caregiver support programs here in our area and North Carolina.

North Carolina's careLINK: This website provides up-to-date information about programs and services across North Carolina for families, seniors, youths and everyone in-between. It is a collaborative effort of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and many other government and non-profit information and referral stakeholders across North Carolina.

Empowering Caregivers: Have you ever been caught off guard by the challenge of caring for a parent, a spouse or a child in the midst of your busy life?

Today's Caregiver: Caregiver Media Group is a leading provider of information, support and guidance for family and professional caregivers. Founded in 1995, we produce Today's Caregiver magazine, the first national magazine dedicated to caregivers, the "Sharing Wisdom Caregivers Conferences", and our web site, caregiver.com which includes topic specific newsletters, online discussion lists, back issue articles of Today's Caregiver magazine, chat rooms and an online store. Caregiver Media Group and all of it's products are developed for caregivers, about caregivers and by caregivers.

A Healthy Me: This site is produced by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) for use by anyone who is interested in keeping themselves and their loved ones healthy. It's designed to give you immediate, open access to information on the health issues that are important to you--at the moment they become important to you.

Children of Aging Parents: Children of Aging Parents is a nonprofit, charitable organization whose mission is to assist the nation's nearly 54 million caregivers of the elderly or chronically ill with reliable information, referrals and support, and to heighten public awareness that the health of the family caregivers is essential to ensure quality care of the nation's growing elderly population.

National Family Caregivers Association: 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.

The NC Adult Day Services Association: and also the National Adult Day Services Association

Caregivers Network: The Caregivers Network is committed to improving the quality of life of caregiving individuals and families by supporting, empowering and advocating for those who care for the chronically ill, aged or a disabled loved one.

Caregiver Stress: Please use this informative Web site to find ways to cope with caregiver stress, in order to make your family caregiving role more rewarding. A caregiver who takes care of herself or himself - body and mind - will ultimately be a better caregiver to a loved one.

Senior Resource: The "E-cyclopedia" of housing options and information for
retirement, finance, insurance and care.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: There is much information on this website for grandparents raising grandchildren or other relatives parenting someone else's child.