Minnesota Caregiver Support¶
Minnesota provides caregiver support for family, friends, and neighbors caring for older adults or people with dementia. Caregivers can contact Minnesota Aging Pathways for local support, including caregiver consultants, support groups, training, education, respite, and connections to services.
Family, friends, and neighbors caring for an older adult or person with dementia can access caregiver support across Minnesota. Supports include one-on-one caregiver consultants, support groups, training, education, respite, and help finding local services through Minnesota Aging Pathways. Minnesota law also authorizes the Minnesota Board on Aging to administer self-directed caregiver grants for at-risk family caregivers of older adults or others eligible under the Older Americans Act, and caregiver support programs may provide respite care within available funds.
Eligibility¶
- Care recipient must have a qualifying disability
- Relationship: child, other relative, non relative
Questions to ask the program¶
These are questions to ask the program, not a verdict on your eligibility. Confirm the current rules directly with the program.
- Does the person receiving care live in Minnesota? — Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- Does your relationship to the person — child, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
- What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name. — Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
- What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?
Services¶
Family, friends, and neighbors caring for an older adult or person with dementia can access caregiver support across Minnesota. Supports include one-on-one caregiver consultants, support groups, training, education, respite, and help finding local services through Minnesota Aging Pathways. Minnesota law also authorizes the Minnesota Board on Aging to administer self-directed caregiver grants for at-risk family caregivers of older adults or others eligible under the Older Americans Act, and caregiver support programs may provide respite care within available funds.
How to apply¶
- You can start by calling Minnesota Aging Pathways at 800-333-2433 - Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Use the official program page for application details: official program page.