Click here to read a great article BY BONNIE LAWRENCE, FAMILY CAREGIVER ALLIANCE entitled “How emerging technologies can help with care for ill or frail family members“.
I’ve taken the links out of the article and posted them below for your convenience.
Store your health data
HealthVault – You can store your health data here if you sign up for a Microsoft account. You could do the same thing by saving the information in Word files and spreadsheets if you don’t want to store your data in the cloud.
If you don’t mind storing your data in the cloud, you can also use Google drive.
Education and information sites
– Family Caregiver Alliance
– Easter Seals
– Eldercare Locator
– National Resource Directory
– AARP
– Alzheimer’s Association
Shopping resources:
– Buck and Buck
– The Alzheimer’s Store
– Amazon
Don’t forget, Pliny Lives has a Support for Seniors store on Amazon.
Helpful websites
Tools to help you to sleep
More useful links from the article:
Residential Care Search: Online listings by geographic area.
Helpful FCA Publications:
ABLEDATA:
This extensive federally funded database lists products for people with disabilities.
Tech for Long-Term Care:
Developed for long-term care facilities, this site offers information on tools that can help in any setting.
Long-Term Care Options Explored on PBS NewsHour:
- Why more seniors are going back to college — to retire
- Coping with Alzheimer’s: A mother and daughter portrait of long-term care
- Taking cues from ‘Golden Girls,’ more single baby boomers are building a future together
- There’s no place like home: seniors hold on to urban independence into old age
- Foster families find and share support with elders at Oregon housing community
- Increasing demand moves long-term care centers to cater to Latino elders
More Helpful Publications from Family Caregiver Alliance:
- Caregiving With Your Siblings
- Downsizing Your Home: A Checklist
- Holding a Family Meeting
- Legal Planning for Incapacity
- Home Away from Home
About Family Caregiver Alliance
Family Caregiver Alliance
National Center on Caregiving
785 Market Street, Suite 750
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 434-3388
(800) 445-8106
Website: www.caregiver.org
E-mail: info@caregiver.org