Family Caregiving in North Carolina

One out of six North Carolinians cares for a family member or friend age 60 or older. As the state continues to grow, providing resources to North Carolina caregivers is a top priority for AARP North Carolina. Here are some helpful resources to help you enhance caregiving for your loved one.

Download this guide for Caregivers in PDF format. This will take several minutes to download.

Guide to Long-Term Care

Nearly everyone wants to live independently as long as they can, and planning ahead increases the number of available choices. Recognizing that it may become increasingly difficult to continue the care of a loved one at home, AARP provides resources to help caregivers make long-term care decisions.

Promoting Health and Well-being

Today’s older adults are living longer. It's essential that these additional years be quality years. You can take steps to promote a healthy aging lifestyle.

Prepare to Care: A Planning Guide for Families

This guide is available to help you and other family members discuss and create a caregiving plan for yourself, an aging parent or other relative, or a close friend or neighbor. Request a hard copy from AARP North Carolina via email or 1-866-389-5650 toll-free.

Caring for Your Parents: The Complete AARP Guide

This AARP book lays out proven methods for helping your aging parents live their lives to the fullest. If you are one of the 30 million Americans engaged in providing care to an older parent, relative, or friend, Caring for Your Parents is for you—and for your family.

Share Your Experiences

Learn from others and share your caregiving experiences through AARP’s valuable Caregiving Community.

Grandparents and Relatives Raising Children

Are you faced with being the parent for your grandchild, niece, nephew, or cousin? Find informational brochures, newsletters, guides and videos to help you raise a relative’s child.

Driver Safety and Education

Does your loved one still want to drive? Is it still safe for them to do so? Find information on driver safety classes, answer questions related to mature driver needs, offer vehicle modification recommendations to help make your car a better fit for you and teach you how to have the difficult conversation when it is time for a loved one to stop driving.
AARP Driver Safety Program - classroom education or online or 1-888-227-7669 toll-free.

Find Resources for Working Caregivers

AARP North Carolina provides working caregiver resources including:
• Helping Employees Balance Work & Caregiving
• When Employees Become Caregivers
• Family Conversations That Help Parents Stay Independent
• NC Caregivers in the Workplace survey
Follow the link to Policy and Research and enter “North Carolina” in the search window.