TenderCare Information & Links

TenderCare believes that staying as independent as possible promotes higher morale, quality of life and longevity for our patients. We have also found that elderly patients respond to physical therapy and other treatments better when kept out of a "facility setting" and providing them with a feeling of independence within their own homes. We have extensive experience:

• Caring for Alzheimer's / dementia patients
• Providing support following a stroke
• Providing respite care for a family caregiver
• Helping reduce the risk of falling
• Providing transportation
• Accompanying patients home following discharge from a hospital or rehabilitation facility
• Providing individual support in a hospital or other facility
• Providing companionship to lonely patients
• Enhancing security and safety
• Assisting with visits home from a rehabilitation facility

Whether your loved one needs care next month or next Monday, we're ready to start – usually within 24-48 hours.

Please visit these links below for more information regarding:

Adult Day Care

National Adult Day Services Association
(877) 745-1440
http://nadsa.org

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Association
Phone: (800) 272-3900
http://alz.org

National Institute on Aging
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
Phone: (800) 438-4380
http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers

Assisted Living, Long Term Care, Etc.

Administration on Aging
Eldercare Locator (800) 677-1116
Information Center (202) 619-0724
http://www.aoa.gov/

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
ALF Unit (850) 487-2515
Information and Complaints (888) 419-3456
http://ahca.myflorida.com

Florida Department of Elder Affairs
Phone: (800) 963-5337
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program (888) 831-0404
http://www.elderaffairs.org/

Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs
Phone: (800) 827-1000
http://www.floridavets.org/

Cancer

American Cancer Society:
http://www.cancer.org

Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)

National Stroke Association
Phone: (800) 787-6537
http://stroke.org

Disabilities

Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities
Phone: (800) 342-0823, TDD: (800) 346-4127
http://www.disabilityrightsflorida.org/

Elder Abuse

Florida Department of Children and Families
Adult Protective Services - Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Phone: (800) 962-2873, TDD: (800) 453-5145
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/

Heart

American Heart Association
Phone: (800) 242-8721
http://www.heart.org

Hospice

Hospice Foundation of America
Phone: (800) 854-3402
https://hospicefoundation.org/

Lung Cancer

American Lung Association
1-800-LUNGUSA
http://www.lung.org

Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease Foundation
Phone: (800) 457-6676
http://www.pdf.org