Caregiving

Older folks sometimes need help caring for themselves. This page provides information for people serving as caregivers and those for whom they care.

To find resources for people with special needs or disabilities and their caregivers, see Special Needs.

UF/IFAS Publications

• Balancing Work and Caregiving: A Guide for Employers
• Caregiver's Contacts: How to Get the Help You Need
• Caregiving Legal Issues
• Caring for Aging Stepparents
• Disaster Planning Tips for Caregivers of the Elderly and People with Disabilities
• Disaster Planning Tips for Senior Adults (pdf)
• Guidelines for Caregivers
• Hospice
• Long-term Care: Places to Call Home
• Physical Changes of Aging
• Proper Hand Washing for Caregivers
• Respite Care for Caregivers of Older Adults
• Safe Return (Dealing with Dementia)
• Stop, Look, and Listen: Tips for Talking to Older Adults
• Stress Management
• What is Caregiving?
• Working and Caregiving

Other Sites & Publications

• Caregiving Info & Advice--Family Caregiver Alliance
• Caregiver Support--Area Agency on Aging for North Florida
• Caregivers--MedlinePlus
• Caring for an Aging Loved One--Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC)
• Financial Caregiving: a Survival Guide--FDIC
• National Family Caregiver Support Program--AoA

• Return to Aging & Caregiving

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