Helpful Links

Our Partnerships & Memberships:
AARP: American Association for Retired Persons is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people over 50.
ACPA: American Chronic Pain Association, raising support and awareness about chronic pain.

Last Acts: A national coalition to improve care and caring near the end of life.

Life View Resources: Educational resources for senior living.

Medical Breakthroughs by Ivanhoe: Features news on the latest advances in medicine.
NQCC: National Quality Cargiving Coalition of the Rosalynn Carter Institute.
OWL: Older Women's League, focuses on women's issues as they live longer.

The Solutions Group: Largest senior home care agency insurer in the U.S.

Senior Resources:
AFAR: American Federation for Aging Research.
Aging Parents and Elder Care: A wealth of information, variety of articles, checklists & links to key resources.
Alliance for Aging Research: Improving the universal human experience of aging.
American Bar Association: Commission on Law & Aging.
American Geriatrics Society: Dedicated to improving the health and well being of all older adults.
American Red Cross: Together we can save a life.
ASA: American Society On Aging.
Bathtime Mobility: Provide full range of walk in baths and bath lifts in the UK.
Blue Tree Books: Large Print Books.
DAV: Disabled American Veterans.
ElderLifePlanning.com: Informed Eldercare Decisions, Inc.
Elder Rage: How to manage challenging elders medically and behaviorally.
Empowering Caregivers Choices. Healing. Love.
Family Caregiver Alliance: An information resource on long-term care.
Forward In Time: PBS Special "Productive Aging in the 21st Century".
Frety Webengine: Links to senior care.
Home Health Products: Search for companies that supply home health products.
Medicare Rights Center: Your Guide Through the Medicare Maze.
MyZiva.net: Free resource for prospective nursing home residents, caregivers and healthcare professionals.
National Alliance for Caring: A National resource on caregiving.
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers: Care Management Resources.
NCOA: The National Council On Aging.
New LifeStyles OnLine: The Source for Seniors. A comprehensive guide to senior housing and care.
Over 70,000 people search for senior housing and care every month. Make sure they find you here!
NOFEC: National Association for Empowering Caregivers.
NRHA: National Rural Health Association.
NSCLC: National Senior Citizen Law Center.
RAC: Health & Human Services information for Rural America.
Senior.com: Best On-line Community for Seniors.
SeniorNet: Bring Wisdom to the Age of Information.
Senior Service America: Non-Profit organization to help seniors work in their communities.

Government Services:
ADEAR: Alzheimer's Disease Education.
AIDS Info: A Service of the U.S. Departmemt of Health & Human Services.
Administration On Aging: Resources from the Department of Health and Human Services.
CDC: Centers For Disease Control and Prevention.
CMS: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Department of Veteran's Affairs: Health, Burial, Compensation & More.
Eldercare Locator: A way to find community assistance through government sources.
First Gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal.
HRSA: US Department of Health Resources Services Administration.
MEDLINE Plus: Health information from the National Library of Medicine.
National Cancer Institute: A government cancer resource to research, clinical trials and information.
NHLBI: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institude.
NIAAA: National Institude on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism.
NIA: National Institude on Aging Research.
NIAMS: National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases.
NIDA: National Institute on Drug Abuse.
NIDDK: National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases.
NIH: National Institudes of Health.
NIMH: National Institude of Mental Health.
SSA: Social Security Online.
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.

Health Resources:
AFB: National Foundation for the Blind.
AHAF: The American Health Assistance Foundation.
ALS Association: The Lou Gehrig Challenge.
Alzheimer's Association: Research, Support and Education.
American Brain Tumor Society: Resource for information about brain tumors, treatment options, clinical trials and living with a brain tumor.
American Cancer Society: No matter who you are, we can help.
American Diabetes Association: Cure. Care. Commitment.
American Heart Association: Fighting Heart Diseases and Stroke.
American Pain Society: Pain-related research, education, treatment and professional practice.
American Stroke Association: A Division of the American Heart Association.
APDA: American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc.
Arthritus Foundation: Take Control. We Can Help.
ATA: American Tinnitus Association.
Brain Injury Association Of America: Creating a better future.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc.: Informational resouce to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
CRPF: Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.
Epilepsy Foundation: Ensure that people with seizures are able to participate in all life experiences.
Health and Age: Health at every age.
Healing Well: On diseases, disorders and chronic illness.
HD Foundation: Hereditary Disease Control.
HDSA: Huntington's Disease Society of America.
ILEA: International League about Epilepsy.
LUPUS: The Lupus Foundation of America.
MSAA: Multiple Sclerosis Association of America.
NAFC: National Association For Continence.
National Brain Tumor Foundation: Giving Help, Giving Hope.
National Kidney Foundation: Making Lives Better.
NARIC: National Rehabilitation Information Center for Independence.
NMSS: National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
NPF: National Parkinson Foundation Inc.
Parkinson's Resource Organization: Helping families affected by Parkinson's since 1990.
Senior Health Resources: A directory of Senior Health related websites.
SHHH: Self Help for Hard of Hearing People.
Skin Cancer Foundation: The only organization dedicated to research and information on skin cancer.
Spinal Victory: Searching for the spinal cord injury cure.
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation: The Power of a Promise.
TASH: Equity Opportunity for People with Disabilities since 1975.
UCI Senior Health: Making memory loss a thing of the past.
UCP National (aka United Cerebral Palsy) : A leading source of information on cerebral palsy.

Death & Dying Services:
ABC Caskets Factory: Serving the greater Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
AAHPM: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
ADEC: Association for Death Education and Counseling.
Beyond Indigo: Changing the way you feel about grief and loss.
Bruderhof Grief Companion: Grieving takes time. Take time to grieve.
Compassion in Dying: Improving care and expanding options at the end of life.
Elisabeth Kubler Ross: "Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death".
Funeral Depot: Where overpaying is not dignified.
GreenBurials.org: Return naturally – U.S. green burial information
Grief Healing: Anticipating or coping with a significant loss in your life.
Growth House: Resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care.
HFA: Hospice Foundation of America.
In The Light Urns: Affordable alternative when a loved one passes.
Mount Casket Company: Don't make an emotional loss a financial loss.
Patnership For Caring: Advance Directive's and other information for dying.

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