Training Resources For Caregivers
DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
BENEFITS, LEGAL, CAREGIVING
- Free and low cost legal services on the Maryland Department of Aging website
- Information specific to Maryland’s Able Account
- Description of Able Accounts and a video about why Able Accounts were established
- Maryland Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST). Includes a video explaining the MOLST and a downloadable form
- Five Wishes is a user-friendly advance directive document recognized in the State of Maryland
- Guide for Making Medical Decisions for Someone Else (Maryland Edition)
- How to select a health care agent or proxy
- Description of legal documents
- Description of advance care planning, along with a brief video on the topic
- Maryland Legal Aid
DISEASE SPECIFIC CAREGIVING
- Stroke: American Heart Association & American Stroke Association:
- Parkinson’s Foundation
- American Cancer Society
- NAMI
- Aphasia
- Aphasia Communication Tips
- ALS Association
- Cancer
- Cancer – Gynecologic
- Cancer – HPV
- Cancer – Skin
- Cancer – Information Podcasts
- Cancer – Information Publications
- Lewy Body Dementia Association
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Muscular Dystrophy Assocation
- Muscular Dystrophy Guide for Caregivers
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
CHILDREN, ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT
OLDER ADULT
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Alzheimer’s/dementia
- Caregiver Action Network Webinars & resources on various topics
- ASA caregiver seminars
- Caregiver support kit
- On-line support group, education materials, newsletter
- Caregiver Training videos
- Videos, resources & educational materials
- Caregiver workshops
- Caregiver health
- UCLA Health Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program
- ALZ Training
- Caregiving Training
