Office for the Aging（老龄办公室）的Caregiver’s Resource Center（照护者资源中心）和 Alzheimer’s Support Unit（阿尔茨海默氏症支持单位）旨在帮助照护者为老年人和残疾人提供高质量的照护，同时也维护他们自己和家庭成员的生活质量。
Caregiver Instructional Videos
照护者资源中心的服务包括：
信息、转介和咨询
在确定您的需求、转介以满足这些需求以及如何应对照护工作的压力方面提供个人协助。了解更多关于我们的 Caregiver's Resource Center（照护者的资源中心）--欢迎随时前来或访问我们的网页。
支持团体
照护者支持团体
This group meets every other week on Tuesdays from 1 pm-2 pm. Participants are welcome to join in person at the Office for the Aging, 214 W. Martin Luther King Jr/State Street, Ithaca, or via zoom. Call 607-274-5486 with questions or to register.
通讯刊物
请致电（607）274-5486加入我们的邮寄名单，开始接收免费订阅《In Support of Caregivers》，这是一份季度通讯刊物，内容包括家庭照护者感兴趣的文章和公告。照护者资源中心还为社区成员和专业人士维护一个资源和借阅图书馆。要查看最近几期的《In Support of Caregivers》，请点击这里。
讲习班和课程
定期提供关于照护的讲习班。有关日期和地点的信息，请致电（607）274-5486。讲习会主题包含的内容：
- “照护者的有力工具”课程
- 照顾你自己
- 沟通技巧
- 社区资源
- 痴呆症
- 抑郁症和衰老
- 照顾年迈父母的介绍
- 老化的医疗问题
- 老化的心理层面
阿尔茨海默氏症支持单位
照护者资源中心为照料疾病各阶段的阿尔茨海默氏症或其他类型的痴呆症患者的照护者提供信息和支持。除了关于痴呆症照护的书籍和视频外，借阅图书馆还提供关于照护者所关心的各种问题的文章和小册子。定期安排痴呆症看护培训。除了支持团体和工作人员提供的咨询外，还提供来自痴呆症患者前看护的电话支持。
通过Project CARE为照护者提供喘息和支持
老龄办公室的Project CARE是一项为家庭照护者提供家庭支持以及直接帮助身体虚弱的居家老年人的计划。Project Care Program的志愿者们以各种方式提供协助，帮助从事以下一项或多项活动：
- 友好访问
- 跑腿
- 买菜
- 简易家务
- 简单的院子工作
- 给照护者喘息
Volunteers may stay with a frail senior so that the caregiver can take a walk, do an errand or simply read a book! In addition, small grants may also be available for short-term (temporary) respite--to help fund substitute care so that a stressed family caregiver can get away for a few days. These grants are intended for caregivers who would otherwise find it difficult to afford the respite care--whether at home or a respite stay in a facility.
Caregiver Assessment
Do you provide unpaid care to a family member, friend, or neighbor who has an illness, disability, memory loss, or injury? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are a caregiver! Are you feeling overwhelmed, constantly worried, tired, sad, easily irritated, and/or extremely stressed? You are not alone and there is support available. If you would like to learn more about resources, tools, and supports available for caregivers, please answer the following questions to get connected to the right starting place.
- Are you over the age of 18 and caring for an older adult (age 60+)?
- Are you over the age of 18 caring for an individual (any age) with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder (e.g., dementia, traumatic brain injury, mild cognitive impairment, chronic traumatic encephalopathy)?
If you answered yes to either of the questions above, you are eligible for the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP). The goal of the NFCSP is to support family caregivers so they may continue to carry out their caregiving roles and responsibilities. The program can provide services such as caregiver counseling, information and assistance, caregiver training, respite care (a break from caregiving), and much more. If you would like to learn more about how this program can assist you, please contact Amy Jackson, Caregiver Coordinator at 607-274-5486 or ajackson@tompkins-co.org.
If you answered no to either question above, or you are not interested in learning about the resources available through the NFCSP, there is still help available to you through the Any Care Counts-New York (ACC-NY) Campaign which recognizes and supports the millions of unpaid caregivers across the state. Through ACC-NY you can discover your caregiver intensity score by taking the ARCHANGELS Caregiver Intensity Index (CII). It takes just 2 minutes to complete. You will find out whether you are "in the red", "yellow, or "green", and be connected to trusted resources.
Do you prefer to search resources on your own? Visit the NY Connects Resource Directory. NY Connects links individuals of all ages and their caregivers to long term services and supports and provides one stop access to free, objective, comprehensive information and assistance.
New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) Statewide Partnerships
NYSOFA has engaged in two new partnerships to provide important resources to caregivers.