Caring for someone is a lot. Help for you.
Families end up asking strangers online at 2am because nobody told them where to turn. There are people whose job is to help you: helplines, groups, a free local caregiver program, and therapy your insurance probably covers.
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Free helplines with people who know caregiving. Call for advice, for local referrals, or just to talk it through.
Dementia experts on care, behaviors, caregiver stress and local help. They can also register you for support groups.
Visit their site ↗Support for families living with Lewy body dementia.
Visit their site ↗Information and a helpline for families facing frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Visit their site ↗Free, in English and Spanish. Specialists answer caregiving questions and refer you to local professionals, support groups and respite care.
Visit their site ↗Cancer information and help finding services for patients and the people caring for them.
Visit their site ↗Free navigation by phone and online for patients and caregivers, plus programs at 200+ locations.
Visit their site ↗Support for stroke survivors and their families.
Visit their site ↗Local support, equipment loans and support group referrals for people with ALS and their caregivers.
Visit their site ↗Free, confidential support and information for people with mental health conditions and their families, with a line for family caregivers.
Visit their site ↗Help for families of people with serious mental illness who won't or can't accept treatment, including what assisted outpatient treatment is.
Visit their site ↗Free guidance from caregiving experts on anything you're dealing with, for any condition.
Visit their site ↗Fact sheets, a care navigator tool and support for family caregivers of adults.
Visit their site ↗For caregivers of veterans: VA caregiver programs, local caregiver support coordinators and more.
Visit their site ↗Groups and classes
Other families going through the same thing, in person or online, often led by someone trained.
Local and virtual caregiver groups, and ALZConnected, a free online community for dementia caregivers.
Visit their site ↗Local chapters run support groups and classes for people with Parkinson's and care partners.
Visit their site ↗A free 8-session class for family and friends of people with mental health conditions, taught by trained family members. Ask your local NAMI affiliate.
Visit their site ↗Support groups for friends and family of someone living with depression or bipolar disorder.
Visit their site ↗Online groups for family caregivers, any condition.
Visit their site ↗Free help where your parent lives
Every area has a federally funded caregiver program: counseling, support groups, training and breaks (respite).
Finds the caregiver program near your parent. It's funded by the National Family Caregiver Support Program: counseling, support groups, caregiver training and respite breaks.
Visit their site ↗Find respite care, so someone else takes over for a few hours or days while you rest.
Visit their site ↗What Medicare and insurance can pay for
Help that's often already covered, if you know to ask.
Through participating practices: a dementia care team, a care navigator, caregiver training and support, and in some cases respite. Ask your parent's doctor whether they take part.
Visit their site ↗Your own health insurance usually covers therapy for stress, anxiety, depression or grief. Call the number on your card and ask for in-network therapists, or find one on Pairlo who understands caregiving.
Open →Since 2024, your parent's doctor or therapist can bill Medicare for training you as their caregiver (for example, how to help with walking, bathing or behaviors). Ask at the next appointment.
Visit their site ↗The legal side
Papers that let you act when your person can't, or won't, make decisions.
A legal document someone signs while well, saying what mental health treatment they want in a crisis and who can decide. State-by-state forms and guides.
Visit their site ↗Financial and health care powers of attorney, HIPAA releases and more, ideally signed while your person can still sign. If they can't, an elder law or disability attorney can explain guardianship.
Open →How are you doing, really?
On your family's Pairlo page, the For you tab has a private daily check-in. If the last month has been hard, Pairy points you to help that fits. It stays on your device.
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Make your free listingPhone numbers and hours checked with each organization in October 2026; call to confirm. Pairlo isn't affiliated with these organizations and isn't a medical or crisis service. General information, not medical or legal advice.