Resources for Health Care Teams

These resources can help health care teams identify and engage with caregivers, and then connect them with necessary support services. We highlight these resources because they provide national support and local referrals, have strong reputations in the field, are available at no cost, and offer multilingual options when possible. Providers can share these resources with caregivers, or caregivers can access them independently. 

These resources are for informational purposes and are not necessarily endorsed by CAP-CT.

Provider Resources

Caregiver Assessment Tools

Working With Diverse Caregivers

 

Caregiver Resources

Comprehensive Needs

Financial and Legal Planning

Food Insecurity

Transportation

Accessing the Health Record

 

Provider Resources

These tools can help health care professionals effectively identify, engage, and support caregivers, ensuring a more comprehensive approach to patient care.

Caregiver Assessment Tools

Working with Diverse Caregivers

 

Caregiver Resources

These are key national resources, with local referrals, that address common caregiver needs:

Comprehensive Needs (including respite care)

  • Area Agency on Aging, Eldercare Locator connects older adults, and often anyone with a disability, with local resources including support services, legal and financial planning, respite care, etc.   
  • Administration for Community Living provides a good starting point for resources for older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers.   
  • Family Caregiver Alliance offers care planning, direct care skills training, wellness programs, respite services, legal/financial consultation. 
  • Caregiver Action Network provides free peer support and resources for managing caregiving tasks, understanding conditions, and finding support communities. 
  • USAging works to improve services and resources for older adults, including within Native American communities.
  • ARCH National Respite Center offers the National Respite Locator Service.

Financial and Legal Planning

  • PREPARE for Your Care helps with medical planning and decisions.
  • Clarity is for anyone who needs help managing finances, especially helpful for individuals with memory difficulties and their caregivers.

Food Insecurity

Transportation

  • Eldercare Locator (transportation) helps older adults and their caregivers find local transportation options and guidelines for how to discuss transportation independence.
  • Rides in Sight provides transportation information for older adults in local communities throughout the U.S; information is made available through a website and hotline.
  • National Aging and Disability Transportation Center promotes the availability and accessibility of transportation options that meet the needs of older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers.

Accessing the Health Record

Emotional Support Services