Additional Care Partner Resources

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From choosing the right assistive equipment or mobility device to driving safely with MS and hiring extra help at home, you'll discover expert tips and best practices designed to guide your decision-making and save you time.

This website provides extensive information and resources for family caregivers. Although not specific to families affected by MS, 99.9% of the information pertains to all family caregivers.

This website provides information for finding assistive equipment vendors, things to consider when purchasing durable medical equipment, and how to get your equipment covered by your health insurance.

Download this booklet that offers a review of mobility devices ranging from canes to power wheelchairs.

Download this booklet that covers how MS symptoms may affect your driving, how adaptive automobile equipment may help, DMV policies, how to obtain a "Disabled" parking placard, and more.

Download this booklet that guides you through all the steps of hiring qualified help.

Download this booklet that provides an illustrated manual for relieving spasticity through stretching.

Review this list of 10 tools for getting organized and balancing caregiving with self-care.

When planning for your or your loved one's future medical care, clearly expressing your wishes and preferences in an advance directive is a must. You can create your own legally binding advance directive here.

Organize all your care information in one convenient place. Using this tool will save you an enormous amount of time and anxiety if and when your loved one requires hospitalization.

Caring for a loved one may be profoundly rewarding, but it can also be very stressful. It's not unusual to feel overwhelmed and, left unchecked, those feelings can lead to burnout. This article provides an overview of what causes caregiver burnout and what you can do to avoid it.