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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Guide to Writing a Letter of Intent (Courtesy of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Los Angeles, CA)—This is a document written by the primary caregivers of an adult with intellectual or developmental disabilities so that others can step in and provide care if necessary. For example, it can be used if the primary caregivers are unavailable due to a short or extended absence or after their death. This letter should be updated (annually, as needed) to reflect changes to important information and the changing needs, desires, and interests of the adult with special needs.
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• Individual's Planning Questionnaire (Courtesy of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Los Angeles, CA)
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Aging and Caregiving in the News

• States Look To Help Aging Parents Of Those With Disabilities—DisabilityScoop


• Adult, Autistic and Ignored—New York Times


• Protect Family Caregivers—University of Georgia Gerontology Video


• Problems Grow as Caregivers Age—Harold Pollack
  A new paper from Harold Pollack, a University of Chicago health policy professor, says many families are in a kind of quiet crisis, where they lack resources and long-term planning.


• Nurses, fathers, teachers, mothers. Why do we devalue someone the minute they care for others?—Washington Post
  In her new book, Unfinished Business, Anne-Marie Slaughter asserts that the real problem isn't about work-life balance; it's that we utterly devalue the importance of care-giving roles in our society.


• Nearly Half of Family Caregivers Spend Over $5,000 Per Year on Caregiving Costs—Caring.com


• Caregiving in the U.S. 2015—Caregiving.org
  Caregiving in the U.S. 2015 is a joint research study between the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP providing new insights into higher-hour caregivers (at least 21 hours of care a week), caregivers ages 75 and older, multicultural caregivers (including African American/black, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian American/Pacific Islander populations), and the challenges facing caregivers in the workplace.


• White House Conference on Aging, 2015


• True Cost of At-Home Care—npr.org


• Frontline: Living Old—pbs.org


• Profile of Long-term Caregivers—pbs.org


• More Caregivers Are No Spring Chickens Themselves—New York Times


• A New Snapshot of America's 44 Million Family Caregivers: Who They Are and What They Do—Forbes