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:
- accessing personalized service
- Alzheimer's Disease & dementia
- assisted living
- available services
- consumer protection
- disease information
- evaluating and assessing needs
- geriatric evaluation clinics
- grandparents raising grandkids
- home safety
- hospice and end of life care
- paying for care
- remaining independent
- independent housing options
- legal issues
- long-distance caregiving
- nursing home care
- prescription drug assistance
- support groups
- web resources
- and more
There is a section specifically designed for N.C. family caregivers as well.
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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