Educational
AARP Family Caregiving
Offers caregiving guides, planning tools, checklists, and educational resources for family caregivers.
Helpful for: Caregivers · Family Members · General Public
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CancerCare
Offers cancer counseling, support groups, education and case management. Financial assistance is available through some programs, subject to eligibility and funding.
Helpful for: Cancer Patients · Caregivers · Family Members
Nonprofit
Caregiver Action Network
Provides free caregiver education, peer resources and a Caregiver Help Desk for practical questions about caring for a loved one.
Helpful for: Caregivers · End-of-Life Support · Family Members · Serious Illness
Educational
CaringInfo
Provides free information about hospice, palliative care, advance directives and care planning for people with serious illness and their families.
Helpful for: Caregivers · End-of-Life Support · Family Members · Serious Illness
Government
Eldercare Locator
Connects older adults and caregivers with local aging services, including information about transportation, home support and benefits.
Helpful for: Caregivers · Family Members · General Public
Nonprofit
Family Caregiver Alliance
Offers caregiver education, planning tools and a Family Care Navigator to help families find services in their state.
Helpful for: Caregivers · End-of-Life Support · Family Members · Serious Illness
Nonprofit
Healthy Generations Area Agency on Aging
The regional Area Agency on Aging serving Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Caroline and King George with programs that include meals, transportation, caregiver support and services for older adults.
Helpful for: Caregivers · Chronic Pain · End-of-Life Support · Family Members · General Public · Serious Illness
Nonprofit
Mary Washington Hospice
Local hospice care focused on comfort and dignity for people with life-limiting illness, with nursing support, pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual support and bereavement services for families.
Helpful for: Cancer Patients · Caregivers · End-of-Life Support · Family Members · Serious Illness
Nonprofit
Mary Washington Palliative Care
Specialized care for people living with serious or life-limiting illness, including symptom management, care coordination, family meetings, advance-care planning and emotional and spiritual support alongside primary treatment.
Helpful for: Cancer Patients · Caregivers · End-of-Life Support · Family Members · Serious Illness
Nonprofit
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Provides mental health education, support groups and a HelpLine for information and resource referrals. The HelpLine is not a crisis service.
Helpful for: Caregivers · Family Members · General Public · Mental Health
Government
Veterans Affairs
VA provides health care, benefits information and support programs for eligible veterans and their families, including caregiver support.
Helpful for: Caregivers · Family Members · Veterans
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