Guidebook Falls Prevention Conversation Guide Working with the National Council on Aging, this guide focuses on how to help older adults prevent falls. Many caregivers may not realize that 1 in 4 adults over the age of 65 falls every year, injuring themselves and...
Guidebook Download Memory Loss Conversation Guide | Let’s Talk Brain Health Working with the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, NAC has created a conversation guide for family caregivers on talking about memory changes and cognitive health. If you’ve been...
Guidebook The Circle of Care Guidebook for Caregivers of Children and Adolescents Managing Crohn’s Disease Crohn’s disease (CD) impacts many millions of people globally and is becoming more common, particularly in the developing world. While this debilitating...
Guidebook The Circle of Care Guidebook for Mental Health Caregivers The National Alliance for Caregiving is pleased to present Circle of Care: A Guidebook for Mental Health Caregivers. It was developed with generous support from the Alkermes Inspiration Grant Program,...
Unified Caregiving Strategy Developing a Unified Strategy to Support Family Caregivers The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) presents From Momentum to Movement: Developing a Unified Strategy to Support Family Caregivers Across the Nation. This report is aligned...
Paid Leave Paid Family & Medical Leave The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year to recover from their own serious health conditions or to care for a newborn, a newly adopted child, or a seriously...
Share Care Act Advocacy > Share Care Act Millions of Americans are caring for a parent, spouse or other loved one, helping them to live independently at home. For many, family caregiving is more than helping with household chores or providing transportation. It...
Donate Donate Donate by Mail You may be a family caregiver – have been one – or are about to become one. If so, then you know about the daily challenges of finding resources to provide the best care possible for those you love. Since 1996, the Alliance has been...
Care Planning Tools Advocacy > Care Planning Tools Advance Care Planning The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pays for voluntary Advance Care Planning (ACP) under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective...
Training & Information Advocacy > Training & Information Best Practice Caregiving Best Practice Caregiving is a free online database of proven dementia programs for family caregivers. It offers a searchable, interactive, national database of vetted,...
State Plans Advocacy > State Plans for Caregivers Several states have taken the lead to further define how caregivers need to be supported on the community level. You can find those reports here. Alabama Caregiver Task Force...
R.A.I.S.E. NAC is partnering with the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), the Administration for Community Living (ACL), and the John A. Hartford Foundation to develop a series of vignettes to be used to add the caregiver voice into the work of the...
Global Engagement International Alliance of Carer Organizations (IACO) Caregiving is truly an international phenomenon. No nation is without family caregivers, and the ways in which nations support the needs of caregivers are many. NAC is proud to serve as Secretariat...
