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Caregiving - resources - older adults

The following organizations are good resources of information on caregiving for older adults:

In addition, many city, county, and state governments have departments of aging that provide information on caregiving for older adults.

Review Date 4/17/2022

Updated by: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.

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