Family & Friends

Retirement (and pre-retirement) is filled with issues regarding your family and friends. How to deal with the spouse you suddenly see a lot more of every day? How do you keep up with your grandkids? For that matter, you may be called upon to take care of an elderly parent! These sites can help with interpersonal relationships as you enter retirement.

• http://www.caregiver.com/ - A web-based magazine centered on the trials of being a primary caregiver.
• http://www.eldercare.gov - An organization providing seniors and caregivers with help in finding local services.
• http://www.caregiving.org/ - An organization on caregiving supported and driven by caregivers themselves.
• http://www.caregiving.com/ - Another site for caregivers, this time focusing specifically on being a primary caregiver for an elderly parent.
• http://www.caregiver.on.ca/ - A site specifically for Canadian caregivers.
• http://www.seniorresourcesec.org/ caregivers/family.html - If you're a caregiver for someone in your family, the Senior Resource Center has good tips and information on programs that can help.
• http://www.compassionatefriends.org - The Compassionate Friends is a national, non-profit self-help organization that offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings.
• http://www.adec.org - Association For Death Education And Counseling is a professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in death education, bereavement counseling and the care of the dying.