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The
Full Circle of Care Caregiver Website

The
North Carolina
Division of Aging and Adult Services is the state aging agency.
They administer the Family
Caregiver Support Program, a national caregiver initiative.
In
2002, Triangle J arranged a partnership with the Division related
to caregivers. To provide consistent and unduplicated information
statewide, it was agreed that even though information for caregivers
will be on the Division's caregiver site, the Division's focus would
be to provide information appropriate for educators, leaders in
the field of aging, legislators and the media. The Full Circle of
Care website would provide "hands-on" information chosen
specifically to address the practical realities of caregiving. The
Full Circle of Care site was adjusted to provide local resource
links for the entire state and to provide links to other state "Divisions
of Aging" and Area Agencies on Aging to address the needs of
long-distance caregivers.

Intertwining
lives, Intertwining services
The
Full Circle of Care website has been endorsed as a statewide caregiver
resource by:
-
the N.C. Division of Aging and Adult Services,
- the
N.C. Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and
- the
N.C. Association of Regional Councils of Governments.
The
website is a non-profit governmental resource offered to caregivers
nationwide as a resource and source of information. It provides
information on topics such as:
- legal
issues
- paying
for care
- remaining
independent
- independent
housing options
- evaluating
and assessing needs
- assisted
living
- nursing
home care
- Alzheimer's
Disease & dementia
- long-distance
caregiving
- geriatric
evaluation clinics
- available
services
- prescription
drug assistance
- disease
information
- home
safety
- hospice
and end of life care
- grandparents
raising grandkids
- support
groups
- consumer
protection
- web
resources
- accessing
personalized service
- and
more
In
2005, the website won a national Aging Achievement
Award from the National
Association of Area Agencies on Aging. We hope you will use
the links within the Triangle J Area Agency on Aging website to
visit sections of the caregiver website. We hope you will find the
information, useful, relevant, and current. We welcome suggestions
for this website as well as for our Area Agency website.
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