Kelly Corrigan – Author & Breast Cancer Survivor For years, Kelly Corrigan had a how-to website to help people step right up when a friend had breast cancer. From the heart info included: Upon first hearing the news; boosting her spirits, helping her family, supporting chemo treatments, and talking to your friend, for her husband […]
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Link2Care is an online information and support program for family caregivers in California. The resources on the site are specifically designed for those providing care for someone who is living with a disease-related dementia such as Alzheimer’s, stroke, Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis. Thanks to grant funding there is no cost to members to use this
Free, convenient advice and support via your computer. Link2Care if for caregivers caring for people with dementia and covers every facet of caregiving for this population. You’ll find help with care planning and decision making, timely articles, and a community of caring friends. You can consult an expert, one-on-one, for medical, legal and caregiving advice-it’s
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Living with Congestive Heart Failure and Living with Advanced Lung Disease are guides for family caregivers produced by the Center to Improve Care of the Dying. They include patient education and self-management tips for living well with either advanced congestive heart failure (CHF) or advanced lung disease, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Because CHF
Provides access to numerous articles that contain much good information in terms of effectively communicating with people in various stages of dementia to help them complete life rather than withdraw and close down. Visit Naomi Feil, M.S.W Validation Therapy Website
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The National Alliance for Caregiving was created to conduct research, do policy analysis, develop national programs and increase public awareness of family caregiving issues. The Alliance’s mission is to be the objective national resource on family caregiving with the goal of improving the quality of life for families and care recipients. Established in 1996, NCA
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National Family Caregivers Association is now doing business as Caregiver Action Network and supports, empowers, educates, and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for a chronically ill, aged, or disabled loved one. NFCA/CAN reaches across the boundaries of different diagnoses, different relationships and different life stages to address the common
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The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute provides numerous educational materials in Spanish concerning a variety of diseases and conditions. Health Topics provides science-based, plain-language information related to heart, lung, and blood diseases and conditions and sleep disorders. The site contains articles on diseases, conditions, tests, procedures, and other relevant topics, which you can e-mail,
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The National Kidney Foundation, Inc., a major voluntary health organization, seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. Visit National Kidney Foundation
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Promises to Keep: Changing the Way We Provide Care at the End of Life published by the National Coalition on Health Care and The Institute for Healthcare Improvement in October, 2000. This report presents the stories of institutions and organizations that made a commitment to change and innovation to improve care at the end of
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