Winner of the 2007 National Family Caregiving Technology Award from the National Alliance for Caregiving!
Nearly 100 non-profit organizations competed in the categories of caregiver support, education, and technology. Applicants were judged by a panel of caregiving experts. Click here for more information about the MinnesotaHelp Network's Long-Term Care Choices.
Your mother needs assistance. She's sharp as a tack, but arthritis has severely limited her mobility. She wants to stay in or near the community she knows. How can you help her find answers?
Or let's say you're 21, and you've just lost your job. You need help paying the rent, advice about vocational training options and a new job. Where can you turn?
Resource Advisor makes this kind of planning and decision- making easier. A straightforward set of questionnaires leads you through all the criteria involved (if your Mom is computer savvy, she can navigate Resource Advisor herself). Based on your answers, Resource Advisor guides you to relevant resources in the region you select.
Now you're ready to shape your own plan. Drawing from the resources you've found, simply save the information you want to your own home page and print out a personal plan that's uniquely customized to your (or your mother's) needs, preferences and location.
Resource Advisor is already hard at work for seniors and youth. But this versatile decision tool can be configured for whatever topics and populations you want: parents, people with disabilities or refugees, for example. You decide what areas make most sense for your community and create your own configurations-which automatically work with your existing database.
When it comes to meat and potatoes, the menu is entirely in your hands. What does your community need? What resources can you offer? You get to shape the functionality of your own Resource Advisor. That way, those who use it can shape better, more informed decisions.
For some ideas on how this people-friendly application could work in your service area, follow this link. It will take to you a state that is already reaping the benefits of a better educated, more empowered public.
Krista Boston, J.D.
Director, Consumer Assistance Programs
Minnesota DHS
"The Resource Advisors are some of the best work I’ve seen this team ever do... Wow, I am so proud of these tools, and we all can be. Good work all. All I can say is Wow!"
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