{"id":532,"date":"2025-02-24T15:20:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/caregive\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T15:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:20:37","slug":"caregive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/caregive\/","title":{"rendered":"caregive ~  Caregiver Information and Support  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/caregive.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span 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Caregivers often need support to effectively take care of their loved ones and at the same time take care of themselves.This section of the website is designed to assist caregivers by providing information about\u00a0available resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Resources for Caregivers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"alzheimers_toolkit.html\">Alzheimer&#8217;s Toolkit<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"caregivesg.html\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Caregiver Support Groups<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"caregiver_videos.html\">Caregiver Videos<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"linkscar.html\">Caregiving Links<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"\/dsaapd\/adrc.html\">Delaware Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"delaware_cares.html\"><em>Delaware Cares\u00a0<\/em>Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"ldcaregive.html\">Long-Distance Caregiving<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"caregiveorgs.html\">Organizations that Support Caregivers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"\/dsaapd\/caregivers_assistance.html\">Supports &#038; Services for Caregivers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Additional Resources for Grandparent\/Relative Caregivers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"delaware2.html\">Delaware Relative Caregivers&#8217; Medical Authorization Information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"delaware1.html\">Delaware Relative Caregivers&#8217; School Authorization Information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/dsaapd\/pdf\/legal_handbook.pdf\">Delaware\u2019s Legal Handbook for Grandparents &#038; Other Relatives Raising Children<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/dsaapd\/pdf\/grand.pdf\">GRAND &#8211; A Resource Guide for Grandparents And Relative Caregivers Raising Children<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"ig.html\">Grandparent Caregiver Links<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"fam.html\">Grandparent\u00a0and Relative Caregivers Support\u00a0and Information Groups<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/dsaapd\/pdf\/aging_and_disabilities_guide.pdf\">Guide to Services for Older Delawareans and Persons with Disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"\/dss\/kinshipcr.html\">Kinship Care Program<\/a>\u00a0(provided through the Delaware Division of State Service Centers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-center bg-info\"><br>\n\n\n\n\n\n<strong>To get up-to-date caregiver information from the Delaware Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities, join our email list today!<\/strong><br>\n\n\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n\n\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/d.jsp?llr=n7anakzab&#038;p=oi&#038;m=1126691144589&#038;sit=idhtdcelb&#038;f=eddbf4d4-c5ec-440f-a460-367b6b8423b7\" style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 144); border: 1px solid rgb(91, 91, 91); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline-block; padding: 8px 10px; text-shadow: none; border-radius: 20px;\">Sign Up Now<\/a><br>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n  <!--[END]-->\n\n\n  \n\n\n      <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Caregiver Information and Support Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities Menu Home About About DSAAPD Contact Information FAQs Useful Links Services Adult Protective Services All Services Assistance for Caregivers Home and Community-Based Services Information and Supports Residential Care Rights and Protections Information Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Advance Directives Alzheimer&#8217;s Toolkit Brain Injury [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dsaapd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}