The Department on Aging specializes in helping caregivers explore and access resources for their family's situation. Caregivers might be a loved one with a spouse or parent age 60 or older, a senior caring for an adult disabled child, or kinship caregivers 55 or older.

Services

The community services the Caregiver Support Program offers are:

• Caregiver Support Group
• Counseling
• Education
• Information
• Special workshops and a community conference
• Unmet needs assistance

Questions

Many questions can be answered over the phone, or an appointment can be made to meet with a caregiver specialist at our office. Call 517-788-4364 for further information.

ElderCare Locator

If you are looking for service information for another area in Michigan or in another state, call ElderCare Locator at 800-677-1116. They are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), Monday through Friday. Also there is a State website for information on Services for the Aging in Michigan.

Dementia Seminar

The Jackson County Department on Aging offers a one-hour seminar to help put the pieces of dementia together. For more information about bringing this educational seminar to your business/organization, please look over the Dementia Seminar flyer (PDF).