Where to Go For Help

Below are additional resouces where you may find helpful information regarding communicating with your senior parent or loved one.

Home Instead Senior Care
888.484.5759
www.homeinstead.com
Home Instead Senior Care is the world's largest provider of comprehensive, non-medical companionship and home care services for aging adults. These services are provided through a network of franchise offices located throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and South Korea.


Jake Harwood jharwood@u.arizona.edu Jake Harwood (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) is professor of communication and former director of the Graduate Program in Gerontology at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on communication and aging. Harwood's research draws on theories of social identity, intergroup behavior and communication accommodation. He is the author of Understanding Communication and Aging (2007, Sage Publications) and co-editor of Intergroup Communication: Multiple Perspectives (Peter Lang, 2005), and has published in professional journals more than 50 articles on intergenerational communication, grandparenting and media portrayals of aging. His recent publications have appeared in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Communication, Communication Monographs and Human Communication Research. He currently serves as the editor of Human Communication Research and is book review editor for the Journal of Language and Social Psychology. In 2004, Harwood was the recipient of the National Communication Association's Giles/Nussbaum Distinguished Scholar Award for outstanding teaching, scholarship and service to the field of communication and aging. To order his book, Understanding Communication and Aging, visit amazon.com.
National Family Caregivers Association 800.896.3650 www.thefamilycaregiver.org NFCA 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 address the common needs and concerns of all family caregivers. For more information about, "A Family Caregiver Speaks Up … It doesn't have to be this hard," a book written by NFCA Co-Founder and President Suzanne Mintz, log on to www.thefamilycaregiver.org
Family Caregiver Alliance/National Center on Caregiving 800.445.8106 www.caregiver.org info@caregiver.org Family Caregiver Alliance offers programs at national, state and local levels to support and sustain the important work of families and friends caring for adults with chronic, disabling health conditions. Through its National Center on Caregiving, the organization offers caregivers throughout the country information and assistance in locating supportive services in their communities.
National Alzheimer's Association 800.272.3900 www.alz.org National office: 225 N. Michigan Ave. Flr. 17, Chicago, IL 60601 The Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Its coast-to-coast network of affiliated chapters offer a broad range of programs and services, many free of charge, for people with the disease, families, caregivers and professional direct-care providers. The donor-supported Association provides 24/7 reliable information and care consultation through its web site and helpline. In addition, it builds awareness and concern through national campaigns and advocacy efforts to increase government funding for dementia research and to influence public policy changes.
Administration on Aging 202 619-0724 www.aoa.dhhs.gov Through information, referral and outreach efforts at the community level, the Administration on Aging (AoA) seeks to educate older people and their caregivers about the benefits and services available to help them.
Jo Myers www.GoodToGoTheBook.com Expert advice from Jo Myers, author of Good to Go ??? The ABCs of Death and Dying, The Ultimate Planning Guide for Baby Boomers and Their Parents. For more information: www.GoodToGoTheBook.com. For her book, Jo interviewed 30 professionals and Baby Boomers about end-of-life issues. Good to Go is her personal story with appropriate humor and professional advice about pre-planning for death. Good to Go contains an at-a-glance, personal, pre-planning checklist that can help anyone address the inevitable without intimidation.
Aging with Dignity 888-5 WISHES (594-7437) www.agingwithdignity.org For more information, or to obtain copies of the 11-page Five Wishes booklet and other resources, contact Aging with Dignity at 888-5 WISHES (594-7437) or online at www.agingwithdignity.org. Individual copies are $5, bulk orders of 25 or more are only $1 per copy.