Options for Caregivers

• Support Groups

• Education
  
  • Materials
  • Seminars
  • Caregiver Training
    
• Home Health Agencies
  
• Respite Care Programs
  
  • In-home
  • Short-term stay out-of-home
  • Adult day care

• Informal Support Network
  
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Neighbors
  • Church/Synagogue

• Community Social Services
  
  • Mental health
  • Hospice
  • Home-delivered meals
  • Case management

• Long-term Care

• Do It All Alone…

Source: Lela Knox Shanks, 1994.

Compiled by the Lincoln/Greater Nebraska Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, 1999.