Caregiving - Resources - Older Adults

Information

The following organizations are good resources of information on caregiving for older adults:

National Institute on Aging -- www.nia.nih.gov/health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- www.cdc.gov/aging/caregiving/index.htm
Family Craegiver Alliance -- www.caregiver.org/national-center-caregiving
US Department of Health and Human Services - Long-Term Care -- www.hhs.gov/aging/long-term-care/index.html

In addition, many city, county and state governments have departments of aging that provide information on caregiving for older adults.

Last reviewed April 17, 2022 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team..