Caregiver Services
When older adults need help, family members and friends often step in. These caregivers buy the groceries, pay the bills, mow the lawn, escort to medical appointments, and sometimes even bathe, dress, and feed the loved one. Caregiving can be rewarding, exhausting, educational, and bewildering.
DARTS provides information and support to hundreds of caregivers each year through coaching, respite care, education, support groups, service coordination, and resource information on specific caregiving situations, such as long-distance caregiving and caring for LGBT elders. DARTS' Workplace Eldercare Seminars benefit employers and caregivers alike. Watch as we grow our resource library for caregivers and tell us what you'd like to see next.
Could you use an expert's answer about your own caregiving situation? Check out our online caregiving advisor form, submit a question or concern, and get direct, one-to-one information and advice.
Coaching/Counseling Service for Caregivers
DARTS provides caregiver coaching and geriatric care management through Eldercare Partners, a collaboration of Twin Cities nonprofit organizations (including DARTS). Read more »
Respite
Respite, or a period of relief, from 24-hour caregiving helps the caregiver and elder alike. Compassionate and well-trained respite volunteers stay with the person who is ill or frail so the caregiver can take a break. Respite can be provided weekly for up to 4 hours at a time. Read more »
Caregiver Educational Programs and Support Groups
DARTS offers community education, programs, and speakers on aging and caregiving issues and strategies. One-hour sessions include:
Critical Issues in Aging Read more »
CaregiverMN.org
DARTS' website for family caregivers of older adults includes education and resources on topics ranging from caregiver basics to medical and housing issues; short descriptions of other helpful websites; confidential assistance from an online advisor; "Consider This" caregiving tips, news, and trends; and some culturally specific inform Read more »
Workplace Eldercare Seminars for Family Caregivers
How could eldercare education support your company's productivity? An average of 20 percent of any company's workforce is also providing up to 20 hours a week of eldercare services to an aging family member or friend. That means extra absences, loss of mindshare, and potential decrease in productivity. Read more »
