Caregiver's Resource Helpline of Houston

1-866-608-6131

As a caregiver, if you’ve ever attempted doing a local Internet search in Houston for “elder care”, you’ll find up to 58,800 websites and likely experience “information overload”, the difficulty users experience in trying to locate and process useful information. Often unprepared, a caregiver’s greatest challenge is to know what resources are available, how to find them and what to do with them. The Caregiver’s Resource Helpline of Houston can help to shorten the learning curve and equip caregivers with useful resources they can trust.

Remember how easy it used to be to just pick up a phone to get information! Now, you can simply call to get answers to the most common concerns of caring for an elderly loved one and “direct connect” with trusted, and in some cases, pre-certified local elder care business or service resource and provider.

Core content comes from Caring Families: How to care for your aging family, James R. Cook, PhD and C.D. Fernald, PhD of the "Family Caregiver Project" of the UNC at Charlotte’s Department of Psychology served as subject matter experts and content advisors. Based on their research, the following Programs of Interest and Topics of Interest were identified as the most common concerns of caring for an elderly loved one.

1. Physical and Mental Conditions of Aging
• Vision and Hearing
• Taste, Touch and Smell
• Help With Eating
• Maintaining an Active Mind
• Dealing With Confusion


2. Living Arrangements
• Exploring Housing Options
• Long Distance Caregiving
• Locating Community Resources
• Safety In The Home
• Dealing With Medication
• Choosing A Nursing Home
• Sub acute Nursing Home Care


3. Financial and Legal Assistance
• Help For Medical & Long-term Care
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Help With Income & Housing Expenses
• Legally Protecting Your Family Member
• Protecting Your Family Member's Assets
• Getting Private Insurance
• Wills & Living Wills


4. Self Help for the Caregiver
• Taking Charge
• Maintaining A Positive Attitude
• Determining Your Family's Needs
• Dealing With Professionals
• Involving The Family
• Avoiding Burnout


5. Dealing With Changes
• Dealing With Your Feelings
• Changing Family Roles
• Avoiding Isolation
• Recognizing Changes
• Planning For Difficult Situations
• Planning For Death

The Caregiver’s Resource Helpline of Houston provides you with comprehensive professional guidance, practical “how to” information, and a listing of local resources in an easy-to-listen format, to help plan and manage your care of an aging elderly loved one.

Dial 24 hours a day toll-free 1-866-608-6131. Listen to the main menu and follow the prompts. Simply, use your voice to speak your request or touch tone to select Programs of Interest, Topics of Interest or the Directory of Resources and Services. At any time, just say “menu” for a previous menu, “representative” to speak with an elder-care representative and “help” assistance to navigate the Caregiver’s Resource Helpline of Houston.

With a select number of advertisers in each of the following categories, callers can:

• talk to advertiser for consultation*
• leave a return call message
• request information about related product or service

Meeting the need, the Directory of Resources and Services is opened to a growing number of select businesses. Limited to three (3) in each category, we seek businesses offering the highest quality of value and service. In fact, our collaboration with Senior Approved Services enables us to recognize those businesses with a 90% or higher rating of customer satisfaction.