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AARP Family Caregiving Guides are designed to help develop and implement a caregiving plan for a loved one or friend. The guides include: Information on how to have vital conversations, ways to assess your loved one's needs, tips for organizing important documents, a roundup of federal and national resources, information on caring for yourself, and checklists, medication charts and contact lists.

Ways to Get a Free Guide:

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3. Call AARP at 877-333-5885 and select option 1

Adult Day Centers offer an interactive, safe, supervised environment for older adults and adults with a dementia-related disease, Parkinson’s Disease, or other organic brain syndromes. They provide personal care, nursing services, social services, therapeutic activities, nutrition, and therapeutic diets and emergency care. Some centers offer additional services such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical services, podiatry, etc.

The Locator Tool contains a list of Adult Day Centers in Pennsylvania by county. Each listing includes the centers’ most recent license, inspection summary, and (if applicable) a plan of correction.

The Alzheimer’s & related Dementias Education & Referral (ADEAR) Center is a service of the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. Call 800-438-4380/ TTY: 800-222-4225 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to talk with an information specialist.

Here you can find tips for caregiving, recommednations for home safety, learn more about clinical trials, and ways to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle.

Your local Area Agency on Aging will put you into contact with the programs and services in your area. This Locator Tool allows you to select your county from the drop-down menu to find contact information for the Area Agency on Aging serving your local area.

Quality health care in FTD depends on finding the right health professionals, advocating for services, arranging payment, and following up. However, coordinating care at this level can be a dauntingly complex task. If you are managing the health care needs of a loved one with FTD, the information provided can help guide you.

AFTD provides resources to help you understand FTD, some emerging treatments that can maximize quality of life, and support groups. Contact AFTD's HelpLine at 1-866-507-7222 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter serves 18 counties throughout Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania including: Southeastern Pennsylvania-
Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia

The Association helps those impacted by Alzheimer's disease and other dementias by providing support groups and educational resources, while advancing crucial research and public policy initiatives. The Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline serves people with memory loss, caregivers, health care professionals and the public, providing reliable information and support to all those who need assistance. Call toll-free anytime day or night at 800.272.3900.

Dementia Society of America® (DSA) is the nation’s leading volunteer-driven all-Dementias awareness organization. DSA provides an information hotline (1-800-DEMENTIA), many online resources, and an easy-to-use, web-based locator, which can help families and individuals find valuable support near to them.

The Alzheimer's Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter serves 59 counties in western, central and northeastern Pennsylvania including: Adams; Allegheny; Armstrong; Beaver; Bedford; Blair; Bradford; Butler; Cambria; Cameron; Carbon; Centre; Clarion; Clearfield; Clinton; Columbia; Crawford; Cumberland; Dauphin; Elk; Erie; Fayette; Forest; Franklin; Fulton; Greene; Huntingdon; Indiana; Jefferson; Juniata; Lackawanna; Lancaster; Lawrence; Lebanon; Luzerne; Lycoming; McKean; Mercer; Mifflin; Monroe; Montour; Northumberland; Perry; Pike; Potter; Schuylkill; Snyder; Somerset; Sullivan; Susquehanna; Tioga; Union; Venango; Warren; Washington; Wayne; Westmoreland; Wyoming; and York Counties.

The Association helps those impacted by Alzheimer's disease and other dementias by providing support groups and educational resources, while advancing crucial research and public policy initiatives. The Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline serves people with memory loss, caregivers, health care professionals and the public, providing reliable information and support to all those who need assistance. Call toll-free anytime day or night at 800.272.3900.

This extraordinary how-to manual provides essential information about living with dementia from 48 people living with dementia, care partners, and leading dementia specialists. The practical, helpful information, grounded in science, is presented in a user-friendly format.

The Penn Memory Center is a single, unified Penn Medicine source for those age 65 and older seeking evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, information, and research opportunities related to symptoms of progressive memory loss, and accompanying changes in thinking, communication and personality.

Penn Memory Center offers state-of-the-science diagnosis, treatment and research, focusing on individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and other age-related progressive memory disorders.

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging works to ensure that older adults across Pennsylvania have access to quality services and supports that help them age and live well.

The department provides a wide array of services and programs intended to help older Pennsylvanians live and thrive in their homes and communities for as long as possible. These services include home-delivered and congregate meals, caregiver support, health and wellness services, personal assistance, senior community centers, Medicare enrollment counseling, transportation, job training, elder abuse prevention, PACE prescription assistance and more.

The PA Link to Aging and Disability Resources is PA's effort designed to help persons with disabilities and seniors find information that will connect them to supports and services in their community. There is no charge for information and assistance provided by any PA Link or PA Link partner agency.

Call the PA Link to Aging and Disability Resource Center Toll-Free Helpline: 1-800-753-8827

This Conversation Starter Guide was designed for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. The Conversation Project wants to help everyone talk about their wishes for care through the end of life, so those wishes can be understood and respected.

The ADRC performs and coordinates AD-related clinical and research activities and is a core source of support (e.g., resources, patients, tissue, expert consultation for research, clinical and training activities) regionally and nationally.
Through outpatient evaluations, participants and their families receive state-of-the-art diagnostic assessments and contribute to the scientific study of Alzheimer’s disease.