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Office of Work-Life Programs -
Elder Care

Who is Eligible for this Program?
The Elder Care Resource Program is available to the following members of Team Coast Guard:

• Active Duty
• Reservists
• Retirees and their dependents
• Civil Service employees
• Exchange System employees and MWR

Purpose of Program
The Elder Care Resource Program is intended to provide Elder Care information, and resources and referral service to members of Team Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is committed to supporting member’s needs to meet their family responsibilities by providing assistance in communicating with elderly family members, providing a direct link to elder care resources specifically located in their geographical locations of need and providing information on advance preparation and planning. It provides information on elder care support in an effort to prevent family stressors, promote healthy Coast Guard communities, and assist in freeing Coast Guard personnel and families from elder care concerns so they are able to focus on the mission of the service. Information provided will encourage self-reliance of families by increasing the skills and knowledge needed to obtain the tools to address their immediate family needs.

Program Confidentiality
Discussions of the Elder Care Resource Program with Work-Life personnel are confidential.

Definitions
Please refer to the Handbook of Elder Care Resources for the Federal Workplace for definitions.

Services and Resources Available
In our efforts to provide enrichment and prevention services to Coast Guard members and their families the Office of Work Life, Individual and Family Support Division, is pleased to provide the following resources:

• WorkLife4You Resource and Referral Service - This is a contracted service, provided by the Coast Guard, that offers external guidance, helpful educational materials, personalized referrals, and an interactive website to assist with all of your everyday and one-of-a-kind challenges. To speak to a specialist regarding elder care and aging issues, locate elder/adult care resources, or receive an adult care kit, call 1-800-222-0364. For educational materials, quick-tips, articles, webinars and other tools, go to the website at www.worklife4you.com (user name and password are "uscg" (lower case)) and select "Adult Care and Aging".
• Communicating with elderly family members - The Caregiver’s Friend series, a multimedia approach, which offers 24/7 access to problem-solving techniques, active listening strategies, and negotiation skills in the comfort of the member’s home on communicating with elderly family members. Caregiver’s Friend: Sensitive Conversations, and Caregiver’s Friend: Dealing with Dementia” on CD-ROM, will guide you through the problem-solving process in a way that promotes cooperation and respect while preserving trust and caring. Sensitive Conversations provides a road map to minimize discord while maximizing a viewer’s ability to handle personal emotions and successfully address difficult topics with your aging love ones. Dealing with Dementia efficiently routes viewers to the issues that are important to them and offers help specifically tailored to their role in the family and their relative’s level of dementia. These programs have been created with funding from the National Institute on Aging. They present state-of-the-art information that has been proven in randomized clinical trials to ease the stress for employed family caregivers. A limited number of these CDs are available for Team Coast Guard. A request for these materials may be emailed to Mitchia.D.Tull-Cook@uscg.mil.
• Eldercare Locator - designed to help older adults and their families and caregivers find their way through the maze of services for seniors by identifying trustworthy local support resources. The goal is to provide caregivers with the information and resources they need that will help older persons live independently and safely in their homes and communities for as long as possible. The toll-free telephone line is 1-800-677-1116 and the Web site is www.eldercare.gov
• Information on advance preparation and planning - Five Wishes is a framework for establishing advanced directives for end of life care provides practical information, advice, and tools to help you and those close to you plan and receive the care you want if you ever become seriously ill and unable to make your own health care decisions. This document will support Coast Guard families with information on advance preparation and planning by guidance on discussing medical, personal, emotional and spiritual needs of an individual. Five Wishes encourages discussing your wishes with your family, physician and legal advisor. Aging with Dignity - http://www.agingwithdignity.org/. A limited amount of these materials are available for Team Coast Guard. A request for these materials may be emailed to Mitchia.D.Tull-Cook@uscg.mil.

Related Program Information
The Coast Guard does not endorse the web sites listed below and has made every attempt to ensure they are appropriate as resources for Team Coast Guard. They are provided to help in your search for elder care information. It is important to check references and to research programs found on the web. DO NOT send monies to unidentified sources. Please email links that you find not working or services not appropriate for members of Team Coast Guard to the point of contact listed below.

Related Web Sites
The following web sites provide information related to Elder Care. The inks below will take you the the specific Elder Care category.

Caregiver Resources

• Eldercare Locator
  Need to Contact an Information Specialist? Call the National Eldercare Locator: 1-800-677-1116 or use the web directory of aging information centers: http://www.eldercare.gov/

Elder Care Assistance

• Driving

  • When You Are Concerned – A Handbook for Families, Friends, and Caregivers Worried about the Safety of an Aging Driver (New York Department for the Aging) - http://www.aging.ny.gov/Caregiving/OlderDriver/DriverIntroduction.cfm

• Family Communications

  • Using Family Meetings to Resolve Eldercare Issues (Elder Care On-Line) - http://www.ec-online.net/Knowledge/Articles/familymeetings.html
  • Do You Have a Difficult Parent? (Aging Network Services) - http://www.agingnets.com/questionaire.html

• In-Home Help

  • Hiring In-Home Help (Hospice Net) - http://www.hospicenet.org/html/hiring_help.html
  • Hiring In-Home Help (Family Caregiver Alliance) - http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=407
  • Hiring and Management of Personal Care Assistants for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (The Rehabilitation Research Center for Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury) - http://www.tbi-sci.org/pdf/pas.pdf
  • Parenting Your Parents (Iowa Public Television) - http://www.iptv.org/parentingyourparents/

• Legal Issues

  • Caregivers: Checking Legal Issues (AARP) - http://www.aarp.org/confacts/caregive/legalissue.html

• Medicare

  • Talking to Your Parents about Medicare and Health Coverage (Kaiser Family Foundation) - http://www.kff.org/medicare/media_note.cfm

General Guides

• Can We Talk? Families Discuss Older Parents Ability to Live Independently (AARP) - http://research.aarp.org/il/ind_liv.pdf
• Care Resource Planner Decision Support Tool - (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) - http://www2.careplanner.org/TopicReq?id=556
• Caregiver’s Guide to Hospital Discharge Planning (United Hospital Fund of New York) - http://www.uhfnyc.org/usr_doc/DischargePlan_Fam.pdf
• Eldercare At Home – Guide for Caregivers (American Geriatrics Association) - http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/eldercare/contents.php
• Explaining Medicare to Caregivers - (Center for Medicare Education) - http://http://www.futureofaging.org/
• Fact Sheet: Caregiving and Depression (Family Caregiving Alliance) - http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=393
• GeroNurseOnline - http://www.geronurseonline.org/
• Guide to the Family & Medical Leave Act (National Partnership for Women and Families) http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=library_fmla_FamilyandMedicalLeave
• Paying for Long Term Care (American Health Care Association) - http://www.longtermcareliving.com/financial_information/index.htm
• Prepare for Your Role as Caregiver - (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO) -http://www.afscme.org/publications/2642.cfm

National Family Caregiver Support Program

• National Family Caregiver Support Program (U.S. Administration on Aging) - http://aoa.gov/prof/aoaprog/caregiver/caregiver.aspx

Non-Profit Caregiver Organizations

• American Association for Caregiver Education - http://www.caregivered.org/
• Benefits Checkup - http://www.benefitscheckup.org/
• Care Planner - http://www2.careplanner.org/
• Caregiver Support Network: Directories  - http://www.ec-online.net/Community/Activists/can.htm
• Center for Family Caregivers - http://www.familycaregivers.org/
• Children of Aging Parents - http://www.caps4caregivers.org/
• Eldercare At Home (Foundation for Health in Aging) - http://www.healthinaging.org/
• Family Caregiving Alliance - http://www.caregiver.org/
• A Good Life - http://www.agoodlife.org/
• National Alliance for Caregiving - http://www.caregiving.org/
• National Family Caregivers Association - http://www.nfcacares.org/
• National Organizations for Empowering Caregivers - http://www.nofec.org/
• National Partnership for Women and Families - http://www.nationalpartnership.org/
• Well Spouse Foundation - http://www.wellspouse.org/

Other Caregiver Sites

• AgeNet - http://www.agenet.com/
• A Place for Mom - http://www.aplaceformom.com/
• Caregiver - http://www.caregiver.com/
• Caregivers Guide - http://www.caregiversguide.com/
• CaregiverCount - http://caregiverscount.com/
• CareGuide - http://www.careguide.com/
• Care Scout - http://www.carescout.com/
• Caregiving.com - http://www.caregiving.com/
• Caregivers.com - http://www.caregivers.com/
• CaregiversWorld - http://www.caregiversworld.com/
• Elder Care On-Line - http://www.ec-online.net/
• Elder Web - http://www.elderweb.com/
• Empowering Caregivers - http://www.care-givers.com/
• Family Caregiver America - http://www.familycareamerica.com/
• Healing Arts Communications - http://www.homecarecompanion.com/aboutus.html
• Healthy Caregiver.com - http://www.healthycaregiver.com/
• Home Health Finders - http://homehealthaidefinders.com/
• How to Care – Your Eldercare Survival Guide - http://www.howtocare.com/
• Support Path - http://www.supportpath.com/
• Work and Family Connection - http://www.workfamily.com/

Other Federal Government Programs

• Access America for Seniors  - http://www.seniors.gov/
• Caregiver:  Medline - (National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/caregivers.html
• Healthfinder - A Gateway Consumer Health Information - http://www.healthfinder.gov/

State Agency Caregiver Assistance Sites

• Alabama Cares - Support for Caregivers (Alabama Department of Senior Services) - http://www.adss.state.al.us/AlaCare/index.htm
• Connecticut - Caregiving (Connecticut Division of Elderly Services) - http://www.ctelderlyservices.state.ct.us/ProgramsFrm.htm
• Delaware - Caregiver Information and Support (Division of Services for Seniors and Adults with Physical Disabilities) -http://http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dsaapd/oaa_ssbg_state_service_specifications.html
• Florida - Caring for an Elder (Florida Department on Aging) http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us/doea/english/caring.html
• Idaho - Family Caregiver Support Program (Idaho Commission on Aging) - http://www.idahoaging.com/programs/ps_caregiver.htm
• Iowa Family Caregivers Support Program (Iowa Association of Area Agencies on Aging) - http://www.iowafamilycaregiver.org/
• Illinois - Family Caregiver Support Program (Illinois Department on Aging) - http://www.state.il.us/aging/1caregivers/caregivers-main.htm
• Maine - Family Caregiver Support Program (Bureau of Elder and Adult Services) - http://www.state.me.us/dhs/beas/nfcsp.htm
• Massachusetts - Connection for Caregivers (Central Massachusetts Area Agency on Aging) - http://media.seniorconnection.org/
• Maryland - Caregiving (Maryland Department on Aging) - http://www.mdoa.state.md.us/Caregiving/
• Michigan - Caregiver's Corner (Michigan Access to Seniors)  - http://www.michigan.gov/miseniors
• Minnesota - Caregiver- http://www.state.mn.us
• Mississippi - Family Caregiver Support Program (Mississippi Division of Aging and Adult Services) - http://www.mdhs.state.ms.us/aas_mfcsp.htm
• Missouri - Caregiver Background Screening Service (Office of the Governor) - http://www.dmh.missouri.gov/hr/careback/bgservices.htm
• Nevada’s Website for Caregivers (Nevada Division for Aging Services) - http://www.nveldercare.org/
• New Mexico - Caregiver Support (New Mexico State Agency on Aging) - http://www.nmaging.state.nm.us/talk.html
• New York - Families and Caregivers (New York State Office for the Aging) - http://aging.state.ny.us/caring/index.htm
• North Carolina
  • Family Caregiver Support Program - http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/aging/fcaregr/fchome.htm
  • Help for Family Caregivers (North Carolina Division of Aging) - http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/aging/cargvr.htm
• Ohio - Long Term Care Consumer Guide (Ohio Department on Aging) - http://www.ltcohio.org/consumer/index.asp?html=residentialcare
• Oklahoma - Caregivers (Oklahoma Aging Services Division) - http://www.okdhs.org/aging/caregivers.htm
• Oregon - Caregiving (Oregon Department of Human Services) - http://www.dhs.state.or.us/seniors/caregiving/index.htm
• Pennsylvania - Availability of Care (Pennsylvania Department on Aging) - http://www.longtermcare.state.pa.us/Index.asp?id=3&fs=2
• South Carolina - Family Caregiver Support Program (South Carolina Department of Health and Social Services) - http://www.dhhs.state.sc.us/dhhsnew/index.asp
• South Dakota - Caregiver Support (South Dakota Adult Services and Aging) - http://www.state.sd.us/dhs/dd/family/index.htm
• Tennessee - National Family Caregiver Support Program (Tennessee Commission on Aging) - http://www.state.tn.us/comaging/caregiving.html
• Texas - Caregiving Resources (Texas Department on Aging) - http://www.tdoa.state.tx.us/CaregivingResources.htm
• Virginia - Senior Navigator - http://www.seniornavigator.com/
• Washington - Help for Caregivers: You’re Not Alone (Washington Aging and Adult Services Administration) - http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/topics/caregiving/caregiving.htm
• Wisconsin - Family Caregivers Information (Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services) - http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/Aging/caregiver.htm

Point of Contact
If you are unable to contact the Family Resource Specialist on your Regional Work-Life Staff, or need additional assistance beyond the information provided here, please contact the Headquarters Family Support Services Specialist, Mitchia (Shay) Tull-Cook at (202) 475-5159, or Email at        Mitchia.D.Tull-Cook@uscg.mil.

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