Information and Resources

PCA Publications
Milestones e-news is a free, weekly electronic newsletter published by PCA to provide current information for caregivers and seniors about health, finances, work, leisure, elder care and more.

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Books for Caregivers

The Comfort of Home: An Illustrated Step by Step Guide for Caregivers by Maria Meyer with Paula Dern RN

 What Are Old People For?: How Elders Will Save the World by Dr. William Thomas

Caring for Your Parents: The Complete Family Guide by Hugh Delehanty, Elinor Ginzler, & Mary Pipher

Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease by Joanne Koenig Coste

Coping with Alzheimer’s: A Caregiver’s Emotional Survival Guide by Rose Oliver PhD and Frances Bock PhD
American Medical Association Guide to Caregiving.

The THIRTY SIX HOUR DAY: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer’s Disease, Other Dementias and Memory Loss in Later Life. Johns Hopkins Press Health Book

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers: Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping An
Aging Parent by Barry Jacobs PsyD

Guide for Recalling and Telling your Life Story. Developed by Martha Pelaez and Paul Rothman

The Caregivers Help Book, Powerful Tools for Caregivers from Legacy Caregiver Services

Share the Care by Cappy Capossela and Sheila Warnock

A Compete Guide on How to Care for Parents by Virginia Morris

Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional Responses.  Edited by Kenneth Doka and Joyce Davidson

A Loving Voice; a Caregivers Book of Read Aloud Stories for the Elderly by Banks and Rizzo

When Love G ets Tough: the Nursing Home Decision by Doug Manning 

Websites for Caregivers 

 Lotsa Helping Hands is a free website that enables you to post needs, helps organize volunteers, and enables people to sign up to help.

Aging Parents & Elder Care - Helping People Overcome the Challenges of Elder Care
Caregiving Blog - Insights, Information & Inspiration

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Caregiving Exchange

Discharge Planning Checklist for Patients & Their Caregivers Preparing to Leave Hospital,
Nursing Home or Other Health Care Facility

The Eldercare Locator - The U.S. Administration on Aging provides information about nationwide aging services for older adults and caregivers. The Eldercare Locator call center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 1-800-677-1116.

Family Caregiver Alliance

How to Care for a Senior at Home - Guide to Finding Home Care or Caring for Someone Yourself

National Alliance for Caregiving

National Center on LGBT Aging - Website dedicted to special needs of caregiving for lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender older adults.

National Family Caregivers Association

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Senior Health Website - Medicare Basics for Caregivers

Our Parents - Assisting You and Your Aging Parents:

Parkinson's Disease Foundation - Caregiving and Family Support Resources

Paying for Senior Care

Strength for Caring - A Place for Caregivers

Today's Caregiver Magazine      


Mobile Applications for Caregivers
For family caregivers, getting the right advice when needed is key. Caregivers who have an iPhone or iPod Touch can access mobile applications that provide them with information, checklists, and support needed to care for an elderly loved one. Elder911 is designed for emergency situations at home or in the hospital, such as a fall or sudden illness. Elder411 covers legal, financial, housing issues and more. Having well organized information in your pocket can help alleviate stress associated with the challenges of caregiving. For more information, go to www.elder411.net