National Family Caregivers Association www.nfcacares.org - educates, supports, empowers and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age.
National Alliance for Caregiving www.caregiving.org - dedicated to providing support to family caregivers and the professionals who help them and to increasing public awareness of issues facing family caregivers
Family Caregiving Alliance www.caregiver.org - a public voice for caregivers, illuminating the daily challenges they face, offering them the assistance they so desperately need and deserve, and championing their cause through education, services, research and advocacy.
National Association for Home Care www.nahc.org - the nation's largest trade association representing the interests and concerns of home care agencies, hospices, home care aide organizations, and medical equipment suppliers.
Voluntary Health Agencies:
Voluntary health agencies are not-for-profit organizations that provide valuable information and resources about chronic illnesses for both patients and concerned family members. At VNA Private Care, we work as an extension of your family to keep your loved one as independent as possible for as long as possible. We hope you will find one or more of these organizations helpful for your situation. Please call on us if we can help you on your caregiving journey.
Alzheimer’s Association, (800) 272-3900; www.alz.org
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, (800) 598-4668
American Cancer Society, (800) ACS-2345 (227-2345); www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association, (800) 342-2383; www.diabetes.org
American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), (800) 39-amfAR (392-6327); www.amfar.org
American Heart Association, National Center, (800) AHA-USA1 (242-8721); www.americanheart.org
American Kidney Fund, (800) 638-8299 (Spanish line: (866) 300-2900); www.kidneyfund.org
American Liver Foundation, (800) GO-LIVER (465-4837); www.liverfoundation.org
American Lung Association®, To connect to local offices: (800) LUNG-USA; www.lungusa.org
American Parkinson Disease Association, (800) 223-2732; www.apdaparkinson.org
American Tinnitus Association, (800) 634-8978; www.ata.org
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, (800) 782-4747; www.alsa.org
Arthritis Foundation (800) 283-7800; www.arthritis.org
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America, (800) 7-ASTHMA (727-8462); www.aafa.org
Cancer Research Foundation of America, (800) 227-CRFA; www.preventcancer.org
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, (800) 343-3637; www.ccfa.org
Easter Seals Society, (800) 221-6827; www.easter-seals.org
Epilepsy Foundation, (800) EFA-1000 (800-332-1000); www.epilepsyfoundation.org
The Foundation Fighting Blindness, (888) 394-3937, TDD: (800) 683-5551; www.blindness.org
Huntington’s Disease Society of America, (800) 345-HDSA; www.hdsa.org
Kidney Cancer Association, (800) 850-9132; www.kidneycancerassociation.org
The Brain Tumor Society, (617) 924-9997; www.tbts.org
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, (800) 955-4572; www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
Lupus Foundation of America, (800) 558-0121; www.lupus.org
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, (800) 541-5454; www.myasthenia.org
Myositis Association of America, 800-821-7356; www.myositis.org
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, (800) 950-NAMI (6264); www.nami.org
National Down Syndrome Society, (800) 221-4602; www.ndss.org
National Hemophilia Foundation, 800-42-HANDI (424-2634); www.hemophilia.org
National Mental Health Association, (800) 969-NMHA (6642), TTY: (800) 433-5959; www.nmha.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, (800) FIGHT-MS (344-4867); www.nationalmssociety.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation, (202) 223-2226; www.nof.org
National Psoriasis Foundation, (800) 723-9166; www.psoriasis.org
National Sleep Foundation, (202) 347-3471; www.sleepfoundation.org
National Stroke Association, (800) STROKES, www.stroke.org
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation, (800) 981-BONE (2663); www.oif.org
The Paget Foundation, (800) 23-PAGET (237-2438); www.paget.org
Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation, (800) 4SJOGREN (475-6473); www.sjogrens.org
Spina Bifida Association of America, (800) 621-3141; www.sbaa.org
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc., (888) 4-TOURET (486-8738); www.tsa-usa.org
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, (800) 225-6872; www.tsalliance.org
United Ostomy Association, (800) 826-0826; www.uoa.org
