An e-community is a place for family caregivers to post questions and to seek advice on anything from "where can I find a reliable caregiver to come in on a Sunday morning" to "are there any local resources to help my teenagers better cope with Grandma moving into the house?" The e-communities are a great way to learn about local services with references, both positive and negative. An e-community creates a forum where members connect to one another via email. After registering, family caregivers will begin receiving emails with questions and information that is sent by other members and is received by everyone in the group. As a member of the e-community receiving these emails, it is your choice to read them or not and to respond or delete. Not every email or subject will be of interest to everyone. Family caregivers participating in the program choose what they want to read and when they want to respond on their own schedule.

To join an NFCA E-Community:
If you currently live in one of the states (below) where we have an established e-community just send an email to the addresses listed for each community. To ensure that only family caregivers join our community and to prevent spam, please include the following information in the body of your email which will be kept private and confidential.

• Your name


• The city in which you live


• How long you have been a family caregiver


• Your relationship to your loved one for whom you provide care


• His/her primary diagnosis

E-mail addresses for current e-communities:

MICHIGAN: MIFamilyCaregivers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

NEBRASKA: NEFamilyCaregivers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

NEW JERSEY: NJFamilyCaregivers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

VIRGINIA: VAFamilyCaregivers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you would like to help us launch an e-community in your city or state, please email the Program Coordinator at ecommunity@thefamilycaregiver.org.