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Respite Links and Resources
HELPFUL WEBSITE ADDRESSES:
Disability & Aging --
www.scaccesshelp.org and
www.caremanager.org
Aging:
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Find your local Council on
Aging number: 1-866-868-9095.
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Family Caregiver Support Program: 1-866-868-9095
(if your loved one is 60+, no matter what your age.)
Aging and Disabilities
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Community Long Term Care Office 1-803-898-2590.
(helps families have in home care for people needing nursing home level care)
Alzheimer’s
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Alzheimer’s Association:
Chapter: 800-273-2555
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ARCC part day respite centers:
1-866-868-9095
Disabilities / Head & Spinal Cord Injury:
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SC Dept. Disabilities & Special Needs: 1-800-376-4636
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S.C. Autism Society: 1-800-438-4790
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Multiple Sclerosis Society:
1-800-922-7591
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ALS Association: 1-803-667-4549
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Family Caregiver Support
Program: 1-866-868-9095
(if you
are 55+ and not a spouse or parent of a person 19-59 with disabilities)
Children with Disabilities or Chronic Health Needs:
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Family Connection of SC: 1-800-578-8750
Grandparents over 55 raising grandchildren 18 and under:
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Regional Family Caregiver Support Program: 1-866-868-9095
Mental Illness:
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National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill: 1-800-788-5131
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Federation of Families
(serves parents up to 19 year olds): 1-866-779-0402
For a copy of the family notebook for
caregivers of someone with Alzheimer’s to leave with a sitter go to
http://www.sph.sc.edu/osa/WhatYouNeedtoKnowaboutMe1-05-05.pdf.
Most pages are useful for any caregiver of any adult to use. You may print your
own copy.
For notebook for parents whose kids have special needs, contact Family
Connection: 803-252-0914.
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