Education and resources

Please use this directory to find local and online caregiver resources available to you.

Caring for the Caregiver Services

A program of the School of Nursing at UT Health San Antonio.

UT Health San Antonio

Other UT Health San Antonio services to support families living with dementia.

Community resources

Community resources available in San Antonio and South Texas.

Featured Caring for the Caregiver Programs

The Essentials of Caregiving

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Learning Skills Together

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SA Amigos Memory Café

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Web resources

NIH Senior Health Getting Help with Alzheimer’s Caregiving

AARP Family Caregiving

National Alliance for Caregiving

» Veteran Resources 

Criteria for our Resource Recommendations

  • To be included as a resource on our website, your organization must meet our 8-item inclusion criteria found here.

Guidebooks for caregivers

» The 36-Hour Day, Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH

 

Experiences living with dementia or caring for someone with dementia

» Memory’s Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia, Gerda Saunders, PhD

» On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s, Greg O’Brien

» Come Back Early Today: A Memoir of Love, Alzheimer’s and Joy, Marie Marley, PhD

» Slow Dancing with a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer’s, Meryl Comer