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Respite Links and Resources


HELPFUL WEBSITE ADDRESSES:
  

Disability & Aging    -- www.scaccesshelp.org  and  www.caremanager.org
 

Aging:

·         Find your local Council on Aging number: 1-866-868-9095.

·         Family Caregiver Support Program:  1-866-868-9095
(if your loved one is 60+, no matter what your age.)


Aging and Disabilities

·         Community Long Term Care Office 1-803-898-2590.
(helps families have in home care for people needing nursing home level care)


Alzheimer’s

·         Alzheimer’s Association: Chapter:  800-273-2555

·         ARCC part day respite centers: 1-866-868-9095 


Disabilities / Head & Spinal Cord Injury: 

·         SC Dept. Disabilities & Special Needs: 1-800-376-4636

·         S.C. Autism Society:  1-800-438-4790

·         Multiple Sclerosis Society:  1-800-922-7591

·         ALS Association:  1-803-667-4549

·         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:

·         Family Connection of SC: 1-800-578-8750


Grandparents over 55 raising grandchildren 18 and under:

·         Regional Family Caregiver Support Program: 1-866-868-9095


Mental Illness:

·         National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: 1-800-788-5131

·         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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Last modified: 01/09/10