Aging Services

Caregiver Support: Info Center

The following websites contain caregiver information from Utah based groups, national groups, and useful PDF files provided by other caregiver specific sites and professionals.

All sites link directly to the website of origin. These sites include Government websites and publications, Caregiver Handbooks, Disease Centers, University Research Sites, multi-language sites and basic information handouts.

Utah’s Area Agencies on Aging - County Contact Information
Utah’s State Resources
Caregiver Handbooks
Emergency Preparedness
Multi-Language Sites
National Aging Resources
Physician, Hospital, and Care Facility Comparisons
Physical and Mental Health
Specific City Sites in Salt Lake County

Utah’s Area Agencies on Aging - County Contact Information

Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Washington Counties: Five County Area Agency on Aging, http://www.fcaog.state.ut.us/dep/aging/ or (435) 673-3548 (St. George), (435) 586-2975 (Cedar City), and (435) 676-2281 (Panguitch)
Box Elder, Cache and Rich Counties: Bear River Area Agency on Aging, http://www.brag.utah.gov/aging.html or (435) 752-7242
Carbon, Emery and Grand Counties: (435) 637-4268
Daggett and Duschesne Counties: Uintah Basin Area Agency on Aging, http://www.governor.utah.gov/planning/aog/ubag.htm or (435) 722-4518
Davis County Council on Aging: http://www.co.davis.utah.us/aging_services or (801) 451-3377
Morgan and Weber Counties: Weber Human Services, or (801) 625-3656
Salt Lake County Aging Services, http://www.aging.slco.org or (801) 468-2480
San Juan County Area Agency on Aging: http://sanjuancounty.org/aging.htm or (435) 587-3225
Summit, Utah and Wasatch Counties: Mountainland Department of Aging and Family Services, http://www.mountainland.org or (801) 229-3800
Tooele County Division of Aging and Adult Services: http://www.co.tooele.ut.us/senior.htm or (435) 882-2870
Wayne, Piute, Juab, Sanpete, Millard, and Sevier Counties: Six County Area Agency on Aging: http://www.sixcounty.com or (435) 896-9222
Uintah County Area Agency on Aging: http://www.co.uintah.ut.us/ or (435) 789-2169

Utah’s State Resources

Adult Protective Services: http://www.daas.utah.gov/ap_referral.htm or (801) 264-7669
Salt Lake County Aging Services: http://www.aging.slco.org or (801)468-2480
Salt Lake County Caregiver Support: http://www.aging.slco.org/caregiverSupport/ or (801)468-2460
Salt Lake County Caregiver Events calendar (choose Senior Events): http://www.slco.org/calendar/month.cfm?siteID=13
Salt Lake County 55+ directory: http://www.55plusbook.slco.org/
Utah Caregivers Coalition Calendar: http://www.caregiverevents.utah.gov/
Utah Dept. of Health Services—Caregivers: http://www.ucare.utah.gov/
Utah Dept. of Human Services—Elder Care: http://www.hs.utah.gov/service_elderly.htm
Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services, http://www.hsdaas.state.ut.us/ or (801) 538-3910
Utah Division of Veteran’s Affairs: http://veterans.utah.gov/index.html
Utah Hospitals: http://www.theagapecenter.com/Hospitals/Utah.htm
Utah Senior information Site: http://seniors.utah.gov/seniors/

Caregiver Handbooks (All PDF downloads)

Aging and Disability Services Administration Handbook: http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/Publications/22-277.pdf
Caregiver Handbook for Advanced Huntington’s: http://www.hdac.org/caregiving/pdf/Caregiver_Handbook.pdf
North Carolina University Caregiver Handbook: http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/aging/cargvrbk.pdf
Rush University Caregiver Manual: http://www.rush.edu/Rush_Document/CaregiversManual.pdf
Stroke Safe Caregivers Handbook: http://www.strokesafe.org/Caregivers_Handbook_rev5.pdf

Emergency Preparedness

Utah Division of Homeland Security: http://homelandsecurity.utah.gov/home/
Utah Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program: http://publicsafety.utah.gov/homelandsecurity/csepp.html
Utah Fire Information: http://www.utahfireinfo.gov
Bioterrorism in Utah: http://health.utah.gov/bt/
Citizen Corps Publications: http://www.citizencorps.gov/ready/cc_pubs.shtm
SLVH Family Plan: http://www.slvhealth.org/cs/media/pdf/
Family_Emergency_Preparedness.pdf
Salt Lake City Plan: http://www.slcgov.com/departments/emergency_man/
Salt Lake Earthquake Handbook: http://www.slcgov.com/fire/comm_ed/earthquake_handbook.pdf
Salt Lake Neighborhood Program: http://www.slcneighborhoodpreparedness.net/
Federal Emergency Management Agency: http://www.fema.gov
FEMA Utah Disaster History: http://www.fema.gov/news/disasters_state.fema?id=49
Red Cross Emergency Management: http://www.redcross.org/
University of Utah Earthquake Center: http://quake.utah.edu/
For individual city plans, see the city specific websites listed below.

Multi-Language Sites

Utah Center for Multi-Cultural Health: http://www.health.utah.gov/cmh/language.htm
Alzheimer’s Disease International: http://www.alz.co.uk/alzheimers/languages.html
Ethnomed: http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/index.html
FEMA Emergency Materials: http://www.fema.gov/media/resources/languages.shtm
FDA Language site: http://www.fda.gov/oia/foreigndocs.htm
National Institute on Aging Publications: http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/
Red Cross Language Materials: http://www.redcross.org/...

National Aging Resources

Administration on Aging website: http://www.aoa.gov
Aging and Disability Services Administration: http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/Library/publications/
brochurestext.htm
Alliance for Aging Research, articles, free tests, and information: http://www.agingresearch.org/
American Association of Retired Person (AARP): http://www.aarp.org
Benefits Checkup (Medicare, Rx): http://www.benefitscheckup.org
Center for WorkLife Law (Caregiver Discrimination): http://www.worklifelaw.org or call 1-800-981-9495
Eldercare nation-wide services locator: http://www.eldercare.gov or 1-800-677-1116
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: http://www.eeoc.gov
Family Caregiver Alliance: http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/home.jsp
Internal Revenue Service http://www.irs.gov or 800-829-3676 (IRS Publication 926, Household Employer's Tax Guide)
Medicare website: http://www.medicare.gov/
Medicare Rights: http://www.medicarerights.org
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging: http://www.n4a.org
National Federation of Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers: http://www.fiavolunteers.org or (816) 931-5442
National Senior Service Corps: (800) 424-8867
Rural Caregivers: http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/ABE/
Extension/BNG/Caregiving/bystate.html
United States Department of Veterans Affairs: http://www.va.gov
U.S. Government made easy: http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Seniors.shtml

Physician, Hospital, and Care Facility Comparisons

Assisted Living: http://www.assistedseniorliving.net/
BCBS Health Cost Estimators: http://www.bcbsnc.com/apps/cost-estimator/
Consumer Health Ratings: http://www.consumerhealthratings.com/
Elder Services Locator: http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare/Public/Home.asp
Filing a Complain against a Professional: http://www.dopl.utah.gov/investigations/complaint.html
Health & Human Services comparisons: http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
Health Insite Ratings: http://www.healthinsight.org/
Iasis Physician Search: http://iasis.photobooks.com/ (Davis, Jordan Valley, Pioneer Valley, Salt Lake Regional)
Intermountain Health Care Facilities: http://intermountainhealthcare.org/providers/ (All)
MountainStar Hospitals: http://www.mountainstarhealth.com/PhysRef.asp (Brigham, Layton, Ogden, St. Mark’s, St. Mark’s Lone Peak, Timpanogos, West Valley, Mountain View, and East Idaho)
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization website: http://www.caringinfo.org
National Physician Finder: http://doctor.webmd.com/physician_finder/home.aspx?sponsor=cor
Nursing Home Comparisons: http://www.nhpco.org
Physician Reports: http://www.physicianreports.com
University of Utah: http://healthcare.utah.edu/
Verify Doctor Certification: http://www.certifieddoctor.org/

Physical and Mental Health

Alzheimer’s Association of Utah: http://www.alzutah.org
American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
Arthritis Foundation: http://www.arthritis.org/
Behavioral Health, Utah Valley Regional: http://intermountainhealthcare.org/xp/public/uvrmc/services/bh.xml
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/
Deaf & Hard of Hearing: http://www.deafservices.utah.gov/
Mental Health, Seniors Unit Salt Lake Regional Hospital: http://www.saltlakeregional.com/
National Stroke Foundation: http://www.stroke.org/
Parkinson’s Foundation: http://www.pdf.org/
Shining Mountain Health and Wellness: http://www.southern-ute.nsn.us/ShiningMt/index.html
University of Utah Dementia: http://uuhsc.utah.edu/cacir/news.html
Utah Hospitals: http://www.theagapecenter.com/Hospitals/Utah.htm

Specific City Sites in Salt Lake County

Alta: http://www.alta.com/
Bluffdale: http://www.bluffdale.com/
Cottonwood Heights: http://cottonwoodheights.utah.gov/
Draper: http://www.draper.ut.us/
Herriman: http://www.herriman.org/
Holladay: http://www.cityofholladay.com/
Kearns: http://www.kearns-utah.org/
Magna: http://www.magnautah.org/
Midvale: http://www.midvalecity.org/
Murray: http://www.murray.utah.gov/
Riverton: http://www.rivertoncity.com/
Salt Lake City: http://www.ci.slc.ut.us/
Sandy: http://www.sandy.utah.gov/
South Jordan: http://www.southjordancity.org/
South Salt Lake: http://www.ssl.state.ut.us/
Taylorsville: http://www.taylorsvilleut.gov/
West Valley City: http://www.wvc-ut.gov/
Utah, State of: http://www.utah.gov/
Utah League of Cities and Towns: http://www.ulct.org/