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Finding Community Resources to Help the Caregiver Care for Their Loved One

Caregiving is sacred work and often the caregiver is a family member who steps up to the plate when the need arises, often during a medical crisis.


Caregivers need to know about the resources in their community - the help that is available - to help them continue to care for their loved one. In the United States, our government has many programs - just knowing where to start esearching for resources can be difficult.

Brethren Retirement Community, located in Greenville, OH, has over a century of experience caring for those who cared for you.


Brethren Home Community Services offers non-medical homecare in the Greater Dayton area and operates the "Shuff Club" Adult Day Center on our Greenville campus. Both in-home non-medical care and adult day services, provide a welcome repsite for caregivers.

For more information please give us a call 937-547-7600

Our government has federal and state programs in place to assist family caregivers in caring for their loved one.

The Eldercare Locator, is a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging and your first step for finding local agencies, in every U.S. community, that can help older persons and their families access home and community-based services like transportation, meals, home care, and caregiver support services.

To begin, click on the link below to enter your criteria below or call them at 800.677.1116.
Click here to enter your search information

We urge you to seek help before you actually need it - the process to sign up for these programs is often lengthy and can take many months to get approval.