Additional Hospice & Caregiving Resources
Medicare & You – Hospice Care: A brief video describing how Medicare covers hospice and respite care.
Advocacy Organizations
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Fact and Tip Sheets: Information on health topics, caregiving issues and strategies, statistics, and more.
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Learning Center: Read articles, fact sheets and tips, watch webinars, videos and slide
shows, and listen to meditations and teleconferences
Hospice Foundation of America: Information about living with advanced life-limiting illness, options
for care and helpful resources for caregivers
Morningside Ministries: caregiver training videos covering a wide range of topics on specific
illnesses, caregiving strategies and more.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: Information and support for anyone who is planning to give care, currently
caregiving, living with a serious illness or grieving a loss.
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Caregiving: Information on preparing for giving care, providing care, caring for
the caregiver, caring for children, and other helpful services
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Resources: Help with advanced directives, planning ahead, caregiving, end-of-life
care, grief, pain, pediatric, spirituality, serious illnesses and more
US Department of Veterans Affairs: Resources specifically addressing caregiving for veterans including care
for caregivers, care for veterans, tips by diagnosis, help with finances and more.
Cancer Care Organizations
Palliative Care in Cancer: Frequently asked questions answered by the National Cancer Institute
about cancer palliative care.
What is a Cancer Caregiver?: Information from the American Cancer Society for those who are giving
care to a loved one with cancer.
Dementia Care Organizations
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Center: Specific resources on caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia.
MIND in Memory Care: Guidance and information for those dealing with loved ones with any type
of dementia.
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Dementia Care Videos: Videos addressing the importance of hydration, home safety tips, things
to avoid and more
Positive Approach to Brain Change with Teepa Snow: Expert Teepa Snow addresses specific aspects of caring for someone with dementia.
Regional Organizations
Arrowhead Area Agency on Aging: Resources to help develop community-based, long-term care services that
foster independence for older persons.
Age Well Arrowhead: Services for older adults and caregivers that support healthy aging and
independence including care consultation, caregiver support, transportation,
help in the home, groceries-to-go and training.
The Senior Reporter: The Senior Reporter is the most established information source for persons
50 years and older in Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin.