Resources
We have hundreds of books, videos, DVDs, and periodicals in our library that are available to the community. There is no fee to borrow resources from our library!
Our Range of Subjects Include:
- Illnesses that strike the elderly
- How to provide care for your loved one
- Where to find assistance with living wills, powers of attorney, etc.
- Services available: When and how to access agencies
- Handling the emotional effects of providing care at home
- Providing a safe home environment
- Home health care: How it can help
- …and more!
Books
- “And Thou Shalt Honor: The Caregiver’s Companion” – Beth Witrogen
- “I’m Still Here: Breakthrough Approach to Understanding Someone Living With Alzheimer’s Disease” – John Zeisel, Ph.D.
- “The Forgetting: Alzheimer’s – Portrait of an Epidemic” – David Shenk
- “Geriatric Nursing Care Plans”
- …and many more!
Videos & DVD
- “The Alzheimer’s Project” – HBO Productions
- “Living with Parkinson’s” – 12 video set
- “Away from Her”
- “Caring for Your Aging Parents” – AARP
- …and many more!
Why do we need the Altenheim Resource & Referral Center?
Testimony before the Senate Special Committee on Aging by Gail Hunt, Executive Director of the National Alliance for Caregiving from the 2005 National Alliance for Caregiving/AARP National Caregiver survey:
“The implications of the data about caregivers: Greater public awareness and recognition of the value of their [the family caregiver’s] role in long-term care are the first steps we can take. Secondly, caregivers need information and education. They need to know where to turn for disease-specific information on their older relatives; information about older adult resources available in the community, including financial, legal and paperwork assistance, transportation, and other services; information about caregiver support programs within the workplace. They need education, not just from the acute care system on specific medical devices but hands-on, everyday caregiving education.”
What do other agencies think of the Altenheim Resource & referral Center?
“Altenheim Resource and Referral Center has established itself as an essential leader in the aging services field. Area social service agencies look to ARRC for professional and compassionate assistance for their clients and caregivers. The Northwestern Area Agency on Aging is proud of our 14-year partnership with the Altenheim Resource & Referral Center.”
Lynn DiPasquale, Director
Northwestern Area Agency on Aging
