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| AARP 800-424-3410 |
| 601 E Street NW |
| Washington, DC 20049 |
| Web site:http://www.aarp.org |
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| AARP is a nonprofit membership organization of persons 50 and older dedicated to addressing their needs and interests |
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| Alzheimer’s Association 800-272-3900 |
| 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17 |
| Chicago, IL 60601-7633 |
| Website: http://www.alz.org |
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| The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. |
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| Caregiver.Com 800-829-2734 |
| 3005 Greene Street |
| Hollywood, Florida 33020 |
| Website: http://www.caregiver.com |
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| Caregiver Media Group is a leading provider of information, support and guidance for family and professional caregivers. They produce Today's Caregiver magazine, the "Sharing Wisdom Caregivers Conferences", and a web site, caregiver.com. |
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| Caregivinghelp.org 773.381.6008 |
| 3003 W. Touhy Ave. |
| Chicago, Illinois 60645 |
| Website: http://www.caregivinghelp.org |
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| This website provides caregivers with educational materials and resources that are applicable to many different caregiving situations. |
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| Children of Aging Parents (CAPS) 800-227-7294 |
| P.O. Box 167 |
| Richboro, Pennsylvania 18954 |
| Website: http://www.caps4caregivers.org |
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| 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. |
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| Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living (CCAL) 703-533-8121 |
| 2342 Oak Street |
| Falls Church, VA 22046 |
| Website: http://www.ccal.org |
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| The Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living (CCAL) is the only nonprofit consumer-based organization nationwide focused on the needs, rights and protection of assisted living consumers, their caregivers & loved ones |
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| Eldercare Locator 800-677-1116 |
| Website: http://www.eldercare.gov |
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| The Eldercare Locator is a free national service of the Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
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| Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) 800-445-8106 |
| 180 Montgomery St Ste. 1100 |
| San Francisco, California 94104 |
| Website: http://www.caregiver.org |
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| FCA is a California-based public voice for caregivers, illuminating the daily challenges they face, offering them the assistance they so desperately need and deserve, and championing their cause through education, services, research and advocacy. |
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| Medicare 800-MEDICARE (800-633-4227) |
| Website: http://www.medicare.gov |
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| This is an official government site for people with medicare. |
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| National Alliance for Caregiving |
| 4720 Montgomery Lane, 5th Floor |
| Bethesda, Maryland 20814 |
| Website: http://www.caregiving.org |
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| The National Alliance for Caregiving is a non-profit coalition of national organizations focusing on issues of family caregiving. Alliance members include grassroots organizations, professional associations, service organizations, disease-specific organizations, a government agency, and corporations. |
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| The National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers 520-881-8008 |
| 1604 North Country Club Road |
| Tucson, AZ 85716-3102 |
| Website: http://www.caremanager.org |
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| Professional Geriatric Care Managers are health and human services specialists who help families care for older relatives, while encouraging as much independence as possible. |
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| National Family Caregivers Association 800-896-3650 |
| 10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500 |
| Kensington, Maryland 20895-3944 |
| Website: http://www.thefamilycaregiver.org |
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| 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. |
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| Rosalynn Carter Institute for Human Development (RCI) |
| (229)928-1234 |
| 800 GSW Drive |
| Georgia Southwestern State University Americus, Georgia 31709-4379 |
| Website: http://www.rci.gsw.edu |
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| The Rosalynn Carter Institute establishes local, state and national partnerships committed to building quality long-term, home and community- based services. RCI focus includes supporting individuals and caregivers coping with chronic illness and disability across the lifespan as well as limitations due to aging. |
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| U.S. Administration on Aging 202-619-0724 |
| Administration on Aging |
| Washington, DC 20201 |
| Website: http://www.aoa.gov |
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| The Administration on Aging (AoA) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and one of the nation's largest providers of home- and community-based care for older persons and their caregivers. |